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