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PUBLIC SPEAKING – COMM 1000 Chapter 8: Organizing and Outlining Your Speech The Parts of a Speech  Introduction o Capture the audience’s attention o Indicate the purpose and thesis o Establish credibility o Preview the speech’s main points  Body o All main points and subordinate points  Transitions o Words, phrases, sentences, paragraphs o Move from point to point  Conclusion o Review the main points o Restate the thesis o Provide closure Organizing the Body of Your Speech  Body o Middle and main parts of a speech o Includes main and subordinate points Developing Your Main Points  Should indicate what your speech is about  Must support the thesis and specific purpose  Must be relevant to topic  Make sure all main points are equal Patterns for Organizing Your Main Points  Patterns of organization o Structure for ordering the main points of a speech  Chronological pattern o Organizes the speech by how something develops or occurs in a time sequence o Good for historical topics  Spatial pattern o Organizes a speech by the physical or directional relationship between objects or places  Topical pattern o Organizes a speech by arranging subtopics by equal importance  Narrative pattern o Organizes a speech by a dramatic retelling of events as a story or a series of short stories  Cause and Effect o Organizes a speech by showing how an action produces a particular outcome  Problem-solution o Organizes a speech by describing a problem and providing possible solutions 

Monroe’s Motivated Sequence o Five-step pattern or organization that requires speakers to identify and respond to what will motivate an audience to pay attention o Step 1: Attention  Gain the audience’s attention 1

PUBLIC SPEAKING – COMM 1000 o Step 2: Need  Establish the need for something/draw attention to a problem o Step 3: Satisfaction  Satisfy the problem with information o Step 4: Visualization  Help the audience visualize an outcome o Step 5: Action  Moving an audience to action Connecting Your Ideas with Transitions  Coherence o Obvious and plausible connection among ideas  Transitions o Words, phrase, sentence, paragraph used throughout a speech to mark locations in the organization and clearly link the parts of the speech together Introducing the First Main Point  Include a brief transition between introduction and first point  Signpost o Transition that indicates a key move in the speech o Makes the organization clear to the audience Transitions between Main Points  Briefly remind the audience of the previous point  Internal summaries o Review of main points or sub-points given before going on to the next point o Reminds the audience of key points o Link previous points with upcoming ones Transitions to the Conclusion  Prepare the audience for the conclusion Putting Your Ideas Together: The Complete-Sentence Outline The Purpose of the Complete-Sentence Outline  Complete-Sentence Outline o Formal outline using full sentences for all points developed after researching the speech and identifying supporting materials o Includes: topic, general purpose, specific purpose, thesis, introduction, main points, subpoints, conclusion, transitions, and references Formatting the Complete-Sentence Outline  Main points: uppercase Roman numerals (I, II, III)  Sub-point: capital letters (A, B, C)  Sub-sub-points: Arabic numbers (1, 2, 3)  For lengthy speeches continue on using lowercase Roman numerals and letters  List your main points in the order they will be presented  State points and sub-points in complete sentences  Maintain the same level of importance for all points and sub-points  Subordinate ideas that support your main points  Make sure the amount of sub-points is equal  Use a consistent system

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