Thursday, October 1, 2009

Steps for Completing an Informative Speech

STEPS FOR COMPLETING AN INFORMATIVE SPEECH

I. Consider the audience and the occasion.
II. Choose a topic.
III. Narrow the topic.
IV. Research your topic.
V. While researching, make sure that you copy down information for your bibliography.
VI. Write your thesis statement. (It needs to be a complete sentence)
A. The thesis statement for a speech needs to be specific—break your main ideas up into sections (or steps if it is a process) and no more than 5.
1. The music of the Beatles had three distinct periods and three distinct sounds, their earlier teeny-bopper music, the transitional period, and the sounds they were making when they split up.
2. The five steps for making a friendship blanket are to: measure the wrist, gather your materials, decide upon a pattern or weave, attach the strips with a clip to an object, and weave the pattern.
B. The sections that you have broken your speech into in your thesis will then become the main points of your speech in the body—but with details (support)
VII. Organize your speech.
A. Write the body first, choosing a type of organizational pattern that works best for presenting your topic in the most efficient and interesting way.
1. You may choose a topical pattern.
2. You may choose a chronological pattern.
3. You may choose a spatial pattern.
4. You may choose some other pattern.
B. Write the introduction next.
C. Write the conclusion last.
VIII. Write an outline.
A. Put your information in the correct order.
B. Remember:
1. If you have an A, you have to have a B.
2. If you have a 1, you have to have a 2.
3. Make two copies of your outline—you will need one in order to make your note cards. ( I need one during your presentation)
IX. Write a bibliography.
X. Make note cards
XI. Practice aloud.
XII. Practice in front of the mirror.
XIII. Practice in front of someone.

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