 Informative Speech is Due May 7


Read Chapters 12 & 16

Rewrite your Preparation Outline (make corrections) it is Due next class.

Write your Speaking Outline (don’t forget cues)

Make sure your Speech is under 4:15; after 4:15 you start loosing points. (3:45-
4:15 is safe)

Instructor: Jered Faires
Week #8

 Beginning and Ending the Speech

1. Gain interest and Attention
1.
Use a HOOK to relate to the audience
2.
State the importance of your topic
3.
Startle the audience
4.
Arouse the Curiosity of the audience
5.
Question the audience
6.
Use a Quotation
7.
Tell a Story (“Who is my neighbor?”)

2. Create a positive relationship
See the example of Reagan p. 108
3. Establish Credibility
4. Preview the body of the speech using a preview statement
See checklist for speech introduction p. 110
See Tips for Introduction p. 111

In your notebook/on paper record how the speaker:
1.
2.
3.
4.
Gains Interest
Reveals Topic
Establishes Credibility
Previews the Body

In pairs, switch papers with your desk mate
1.
2.
3.
You will be given 10 minutes
Read their introduction
Compare with checklist on p. 110
4.
Give your partner feedback
5.
Partner makes any changes

Main idea -
1.
2.
Lets the audience know your are ending
Reinforces the central idea

Signal the end of the speech
1.
Crescendo ending (reaches the climax)
2.
Dissolve ending (slowly drifts off)

In your notebook record how the speaker
1.
2.
Lets the audience know he is ending
Reinforces central idea

Reinforce the Central Idea
1.
Summarize the speech
2.
End with a Quotation
3.
Make a dramatic statement
4.
Refer back to the introduction
5.
See Checklist and Tips on p. 116

In pairs, switch papers with your desk mate
1.
2.
3.
You will be given 10 minutes
Read their Conclusion
Compare with checklist on p. 116
4.
Give your partner feedback
5.
Partner makes any changes

 Preparation Outline
 Detailed outline developed while you are
working on your speech using complete sentences.
 Speaking Outline
 Simplified version of preparation outline using
only key words or phrases to help you remember major points, subpoints and connectives. (use to give speech – not required for the first speech!)

 Helps you prepare the speech. Should be a fully developed speech manuscript written in outline form. (very detailed). Includes the following.
 Title
 Specific purposewhat you want to accomplish
 Central ideayour main focus
 Introduction
 Main points
 Sub points
 Connectives
 Conclusion
 bibliography

Use full sentences.
Label the parts of your speech
(Intro, body, conclusion, etc).

Organizing Your Preparation Outline
Title
Specific Purpose Statement
Central idea (one sentence statement that sums up the major ideas of your speech)
Introduction
Get audience attention
Tell audience what your speech is about
Body:
Two to three main points
Use connective transition statements
Conclusion:
Bring the speech to a thought-provoking end
Summarize the thesis of your speech

Using a consistent pattern of symbolization and indentations.
Main points are usually identified by Roman numerals
Subpoints are identified by capital letters
Sub-subpoints are identified by numbers
Main points, subpoints and sub-subpoints are all indented equally and aligned down the page
I. Main Point
A. Subpoint
B. Subpoint
1. Sub-subpoint
2. Sub-subpoint a. Sub-sub-subpoint b. Sub-sub-subpoint
II. Main Point
A. Subpoint
1. Sub-subpoint
2. Sub-subpoint
B. Subpoint
1. Sub-subpoint
2. Sub-subpoint

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follows same format as preparation outline
I.
Only contains key words or phrases
II.
Purpose – memory jogger
III.
Statistics, quotations, and cues (smile, pause, louder, repeat, etc.)

I.
Follows the visual framework of the preparation outline
II.
Legible and brief
III.
Use highlighting, underlining, etc. to emphasize points.
IV.
You will use the speaking outline to give your second speech!


“Outline Maker” on
Textbook CD-ROM under
Applications/speech_outliner

I. Your title should be:
A. Brief
B. Gain attention quickly
C. Contain the main thrust
II. Three types of titles (p.121-122)
• A. Straightforward and descriptive: “Living with deafness”
• B. Figurative: “The Sounds of
Silence”
• C. Question: “Can you see what I'm saying?”

Printed Source
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• Author’s name
Title of publication
Date of publication
Place of publication
Publishing company
Volume number
The page numbers
Web Site
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Authors and editor names
Title of the page
The company or organization who posted the webpage
The web address
The last date you looked at the page

• Books & magazines
• Authors last name, first name. Book title. City of publication: Publishing company, publication date.
• Allen, Thomas B. Vanishing Wildlife on North
America. Washington, D.C.: National Geographic
Society, 1974.
• Website or Webpage
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Author’s last name, first name. “Title of work within a project or database.” Title of site, project or database.
Editor. Electronic publication information. Date of access
Levy, Steven. “Great Minds, Great Ideas.”
Newsweek 27 May 2002. htt://www.msnbc.com/news 754336.asp 10 June
2002


“Bibliography maker” on
Textbook CD-ROM under
Applications/APA bibliomaker

 Outlines are essential to effective speeches.
 Outlines makes sure related ideas are together.
 Speech is coherent
 Two types :
Preparation and
Speaking .
 Must turn in a copy of your Preparation outline the day you give your speech!

I. Introduction
A. Give your thesis statement
B. Introduce main points of the speech
II. Body
A. Point 1
1. Sub-point 1
2. Sub-point 2, etc.
B. Point 2
1. Sub-point 1
2. Sub-point 2, etc.
C. Point 3, etc.
III. Conclusion/Summary
A. Restate your thesis statement in summary form
B. Give the audience something to think about

1. Prepare your
Speaking Outline for your Informative Speech
to be turned in before your speech (make
2 copies)
– worth 10% of your speech grade.
2. Practice your Informative Speech