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Chapter 9 Organizing and Outlining Your Speech Copyright © 2014, 2011, 2008 Pearson Education, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

This Chapter Will Help You: Identify ways to organize the body of your speeches. Organize the introduction of your speech. Compose an effective conclusion to your speech. Construct outlines to help you stay organized in your presentations. Copyright © 2014, 2011, 2008 Pearson Education, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Organize the Body of Your Speech Organizing is arranging ideas and elements into a systematic and meaningful whole Body is the main content of a speech that develops the speaker’s general and specific purposes Main points are the principal subdivisions of a speech Copyright © 2014, 2011, 2008 Pearson Education, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Develop the Main Points Main points are broad, overarching statements that help to organize the main particulars you have found through your research. Relate your main points, specific purpose, and thesis. Present Your Main Points Be specific Use vivid language Show relevance Create parallel structure Copyright © 2014, 2011, 2008 Pearson Education, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Order the Main Points Time-Sequence Pattern Spatial Pattern Also known as Chronological Begins at a particular point in time and continues either forward or backward Spatial Pattern Content of a speech is organized according to relationships in space Appropriate for describing distances, directions, or physical surroundings Topical Pattern Order of presentation in which the main topic is divided into a series of related subtopics Likely to be used when other patterns cann0t be applied Copyright © 2014, 2011, 2008 Pearson Education, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Choosing the Best Pattern Consider the audience Culture may influence the organization Organizational strategies Mind Mapping—a visual organizational strategy that used words or symbols to identify the concepts and their connections to each other Narrative or Storytelling— an organizational strategy using a reporting of ideas and situations, as in a “story,” but without the traditional components of a story Copyright © 2014, 2011, 2008 Pearson Education, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Support the Main Points An audience needs supporting and clarifying material to accept what a speaker says. It is crucial that each point be supported and that the support be relevant and logically organized. Chapter 9, page 221 © Corbis Bridge/Alamy Copyright © 2014, 2011, 2008 Pearson Education, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Organize the Introduction of Your Speech Opening statements that orient the audience to the subject and motivates them to listen Orients the audience to the topic Motivate the audience to listen Forecast the main points Copyright © 2014, 2011, 2008 Pearson Education, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Organizing the Conclusion of Your Speech Show that you are finishing the speech Make your thesis clear Review the main points End with a memorable thought Synthesize and summarize Copyright © 2014, 2011, 2008 Pearson Education, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Outline Your Speech Outlining Principles of Outlining Arranging materials in a logical sequence, often referred to as the blueprint or skeleton of a speech, and writing out that sequence in a standardized form. Principles of Outlining Subordination Coordination Parallelism Copyright © 2014, 2011, 2008 Pearson Education, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Types of Outlines Preliminary Full-Sentence Presentational A list of all the points that may be used in a speech. Full-Sentence An outline that expands on the ideas you have decided to include in your speech. It identifies the main points and subpoints you will cover, written as full sentences. Presentational A concise, condensed outline with notations, usually a combination of full sentences and key words and phrases. This is the outline you work from when you present your speech. Copyright © 2014, 2011, 2008 Pearson Education, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Guidelines for Using Presentational Note Cards Use only a few Always number the cards Write only on one side Use abbreviations Do not write out your speech Write intro/conclusion if needed List only main points and subpoints on cards Write out stats, quotes, etc. if necessary Photo from chapter 9 page 214 Copyright © 2014, 2011, 2008 Pearson Education, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

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