1. Giving It a Try: Preparing Your First Speech
Chapter 2

2. A Brief Overview of the Speechmaking Process
Steps in the speechmaking Process

3. Determine Speech Purpose & Compose Thesis Statement
The General Speech purpose will either be to inform, to persuade, or to mark a special person.
The Specific Speech Purpose will be “to inform the audience about _______”
The Thesis presents to the audience the three main points being discussed in the speech. Example:
General Speech Purpose: ___________________
Specific Speech Purpose: _______________________ _____________________________________________
Thesis: _________________________________________ _______________________________________________

4. Develop Main Points
Organize your speech into two or three main points.
Specific Purpose: to inform my audience about the evolution of the MTV network.
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___________________________________________ ___________________________________________

5. Separate Speech into Major Parts/Outline the speech
__________ are based on the principle of __________ and _______________-the logical placement of ideas relative to their importance to one another.
Coordinate Points: Also referred to as ______________, are of ______ importance and are indicated by their parallel alignment.
Subordinate Points: also called ___________, are given _____________than the main points they support and are identified in outlines by their placement to the right of the points they support.
A ______________________ will need to be selected depending on the _____________ you are presenting. Organizational Patterns are also referred to as Outlines.

6. Separate Speech into Major Parts/Outline the speech
______________: Serves to introduce the ______ and the _______ and to alert _______________ to your specific _____________. It captures the audience attention, and states the _________ and previews _____________.
____________: contains the speech’s _________ and ___________, all of which support the speech’s thesis.
____________: restates the _____________ and ________ in a memorable way, it reiterates how the __________ confirm it, and leaves the audience with a ______________________.