Public Speaking Chapter 2: Giving It a Try-Preparing Your First Speech
What is the first step in the speech making process?
Analyze the audience
A process of learning about your listeners relative to the speech topic and occasion.
Audience analysis
Contains the speech's main points and sub points, arranged to support the speech's thesis.
Body
What is the fourth step in the speech making process?
Compose a thesis statement
Restates the speech thesis and reiterates how the main points confirm it.
Conclusion
What is the ninth step in the speech making process?
Consider presentation aids
Are of equal importance and are indicated by their parallel alignment.
Coordinate points
What is the third step in the speech making process?
Determine the speech purpose
What is the fifth step in the speech making process?
Develop the main points
What is the sixth step in the speech making process?
Gather supporting materials
To inform, to persuade, or to mark a special occasion are all...
General speech purposes
Serves to catch the audience's attention and interest by introducing the topic and the speaker, and alerting the audience to your thesis.
Introduction
Primary pieces of knowledge in an informative speech, or the key claims in a persuasive speech.
Main points
What is the eighth step in the speech making process?
Outline the speech
What is the tenth and final step in the speech making process?
Practice
Help illustrate, demonstrate, and summarize information, and thereby help the audience to retain ideas and understand difficult concepts.
Presentation aids
What is the second step in the speech making process?
Select a topic
What is the seventh step in the speech making process?
Separate the speech into its major parts
What you want the audience to learn or do as a result of your speech.
Specific speech purpose
AKA sub points, comprise the substance of the main points and are identified in outlines by their placement below and to the right of the points they support.
Subordinate points
Clarifies, elaborates, and verifies your ideas.
Supporting materials
Clearly expresses the central idea of your speech.
Thesis statement