Description
Description:
For this assignment, you will prepare and write a delivery outline for a persuasive or informational speech.
Objectives:
Engage in the first six steps of preparing a speech, including selecting a topic, analyzing your audience, researching your topic, collecting supporting materials, developing main points, and organizing your speech materials.
Practice speech preparation steps seven though nine which are wording a speech, constructing a conclusion and introduction, and rehearsing your speech.
Instructions:
Review the steps for preparing and delivering an effective speech that you explored in the textbook and in the learning activities.
- Prepare a three to four page sentence outline on a topic of your choice. (Your topic can be persuasive or informational.)
- Use the following checklist to ensure that your speech is effective:
Choose a topic that is relevant and interesting to your audience, with a clear purpose.
Ensure that you adequately research your topic.
Include an introduction in your outline that gains attention and orients the audience.
- Be sure that your speech is clear, vivid, appropriate, well-organized, and powerful.
- Be sure that each main point is supported adequately.
- Create a speech with personal style by asking direct questions and creating immediacy.
Be sure that your conclusion summarizes your thesis and provides closure.
