1. Organizing and Supporting the Body of Your Speech

2. Organizing Your Information Identify general goal Identify specific goal Identify main points Write a thesis statement with main points Develop the main points of your speech through research Outline the speech body

3. Identifying the General Speech Purpose: (page 106) To Inform To Persuade To Mark a Special Occasion To Motivate To entertain

4. Forming a Specific Speech Purpose: (page 119) A specific speech purpose includes the following information: Your general Goal Your intended Audience Your specific topic

5. Examples General Goal: To inform Specific Goal: To inform my classmates on the history of WWII General Goal: To persuade Specific Goal: To persuade my friends to recycle aluminum

6. Identify Main Points (page 193) Limit your main points (two-five main points) A main point should not introduce more than one idea Main points should be stated in parallel form (use similar grammatical form and style) Main points should be have an obvious organizational pattern Transitions – words, phrases, or sentences that show a relationship between, or bridge, two ideas

7. Organizational Patterns of a Speech (page 204) Topical / Logical pattern (based on types or categories) The Division of College Students: Freshman, Sophomore, Junior, Senior Diabetes: What is Diabetes, What Causes Diabetes, What are Symptoms of Diabetes, What are Treatments of Diabetes Chronological pattern (based on how things occur in time) Oprah: Oprah’s Childhood, Oprah’s rise to success, Oprah’s future ambitions Spatial pattern (based on where things are located in space) Places to visit in Alabama: Huntsville, Birmingham, Tuscaloosa, Montgomery, Mobile Compare & Contrast (Informative or Persuasive) Shelton vs UA, Wedding Rituals: India vs UA

8. Organizational Patterns of a speech Cause & Effect pattern Binge Drinking: The effects of binge drinking on a college campus, the causes of binge drinking on a college campus OR discuss 2-5 causes OR discuss 2-5 effects Problem & Solution Overcrowded Prisons: The problem of overcrowded prisons, the solution to overcrowded prisons OR the problem of overcrowded prisons, why this has become a problem, the solution to overcrowded prisons

9. Supporting Your Speech (page 133) Supporting materials give substance to the speeches central idea. Supporting materials are used to clarify an idea, make an idea interesting, make an idea memorable, or prove an idea Use a variety of supporting materials Refer orally to your sources

10. Supporting Materials (page 134) Types of Supporting Materials Definitions Examples Statistics Facts Analogies Stories Quotations / Testimonies

11. Locating Supporting Materials (page 148) Books Reference Works (Encyclopedia, Dictionary, Almanac, etc) Magazines Professional Journals Newspapers Nonprint Materials (Audio, Audiovisual, etc) Websites Personal Interviews

12. Don’t Forget…… Make sure you use transitions to create a parallel structure (flow between main points and sub points)…. Transitions – words, phrases, or sentences that show a relationship between, or bridge, two ideas

13. Locating GOOD supporting materials Credibility: Anyone can establish a website. Evaluate! Objectivity: Is the information bias? Is it an advertisement? Currency: When was this information produced? Is it updated? Citing Sources: (include this in oral & written citations) Title of Article Title of Publication Author of Article Date of Article Website (name of organization, institution, etc.) Webpage