1. Introductions and Conclusions

2. Introductions – around 1 minute long!!
Quotations – “A penny saved is a penny earned.”
Startling Statement – “One out of every three people . . .”
Question – Have you ever thought of ?
Humor – A committee is usually made up of four people; one person to do the work, the other three to tell him how to do it.
Demonstration or Visual Aid – bringing a prop - penguin
Story – True story about your topic
History or Background Info
Challenge – If each of us stopped buying aerosol containers, we could improve the ozone layer.
Reference to the Occasion – Faculty members, fellow students, we are gathered today to honor . . .”

3. Rewriting Old Intros
My speech is about the dangers of drunk driving. It can cause accidents that maim and kill the driver as well as innocent people. Many people die each year because people drink and drive. We need to do something about drunk driving. Revise twice using different strategies!

4. Creating Introductions
Situation 1 – You are the president of STUCO and have attended an A-Team meeting to discuss Homecoming ideas. Situation 2 – You attended summer camp and learned how to make homemade ice cream. You are going to tell your foods class how to do this. Situation 3 – You are giving an acceptance speech for a scholarship that you have won from the Knights of Columbus.

5. How many times do you have to say something for someone to remember it?
7!!
So, Intro – Tell what you will tell (at least 1x)
Body – Tell, tell, tell
Conclusion – how many times do you have left?

6. review your points and connect all to your introduction text.
Restate the most important point
Connect it with the central idea in the introduction lines.
For example state it in other words or use the rhetorical technique of repetition by repeating a few important key phrases or words.

7. Moral Please? (Ever asked yourself why do we need to know this?)
Conclusion writing can also be explained as offering the so-called moral of the story:
Restate the problem and provide your solution in two sentences
Show a benefit or valuable application
Give the ultimate answer on some big question or issue you proposed earlier or at the opening of your speech presentation
Offer them 'how to do it' steps; visualize a course, sequence or time path of action
Reaffirm the connection between the needs and interests of the listeners and your speech topics.

8. Conclusions – around 30 seconds
Close with a firm, appropriate punch line
Use a quotation that applies
Use a personal example to show the audience how valuable this information has been to you
Repeat a portion of your opening, tie it back to the beginning
Make a bold, vivid, forceful statement
Make a statement that shows the audience what will happen if it does not use the information that was presented.

9. Good Phrases for Conclusions
In final analysis
In any case
In any event
Consequently
In conclusion
Therefore
In summary
The information given
As you can see
In brief
Finally
On the whole
In short
In Summation
for reasons given above
For preceding reasons
In other words
As I have noted
Without a doubt