Organizing a Speech
Organization is…
The order of
things
Organization is in your lives:
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When watching a movie
Reading a book
Directions to a party
Telling a story
Writing a paper
The news
questions
• How are movies organized?
• How is a book organized?
• How do you organize
directions?
• What order do you tell a story?
• How do you organize a paper?
• How is the news organized?
Chronological
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Arranged by time: beginning to end
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EX: a speech on the history of fashion might
organize chronologically:
1. Fashion in the 60’s
2. Fashion in the 70’s
3. Fashion in the 80’s
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EX: a speech that demonstrates how to write a
paper:
1. Brainstorm 2. Outline 3. Write 4. Proofread
EX: Martin Luther King Jr., events of hurricane
Katrina, grades in high school
Spatial
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Describes an object, person, or phenomenon
as it exists in space.
Speeches such as telling the components of a
computer, design of a new car, floor plan on
LHS would use spatial organization.
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EX: A speech about outer space:
1. Planet earth
2. Our solar system
3. Our galaxy
Topical
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Splits the main topic into subtopics;
clustering
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Most commonly used in the informative speech
EX: A speech discussing why we are at war in Iraq might
list a reason for each point, best classes to take in high
school,
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EX: A speech about cancer would list different
types
1. Leukemia
2. Breast
3. Colon
Topical categories
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Importance
Complexity
Lessons
Values
Characteristics (Hero Sp)
Aspects
Reasons (why in Iraq)
Evaluations
Judgments
Merits
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Classes
Types (cancer)
Concerns
Qualities (Hero Sp)
Features
Causes
Results
Examples
Cause-and-Effect
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Categorize your material into things
related to the causes of a problem and
things related to its effects.
Often effect comes before cause.
EX: a speech about hurricanes
1. Describes how a hurricane is formed. (cause)
2. Destructiveness of a hurricane. (effect)
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EX: a speech about student stress
1. Stress that students have (effect)
2. Discuss potential reasons for the stress (cause)
Problem-and-Solution
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Present the problem and a solution to
the problem.
Most often in persuasive speeches, like
the one you will give.
1. Status quo
2. Why a problem
3. A solution to the problem
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EX: a speech about global warming
1. Current conditions of global warming
2. Why global warming is a problem
3. A solution to help fix/stop global warming
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EX: drunk driving, school safety