Organizing a Speech

Organization is… The order of things

Organization is in your lives: 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 Arranged by time: beginning to end 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 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 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. EX: A speech about outer space: 1.Planet earth 2.Our solar system 3.Our galaxy

Topical Splits the main topic into subtopics; clustering 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, EX: A speech about cancer would list different types 1.Leukemia 2.Breast 3.Colon

Topical categories Importance Complexity Lessons Values Characteristics (Hero Sp) Aspects Reasons (why in Iraq) Evaluations Judgments Merits Classes Types (cancer) Concerns Qualities (Hero Sp) Features Causes Results Examples

Cause-and-Effect 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) EX: a speech about student stress 1.Stress that students have (effect) 2.Discuss potential reasons for the stress (cause)

Problem-and-Solution 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 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 EX: drunk driving, school safety