BODY
(Signposts throughout speech)
Main points (2-5)
Choose your organizational pattern based on the topic and your approach.
State your main ideas as complete sentences and a single idea.
Parallel the main ideas grammatically if possible.
Your audience should be able to recognize and remember your main points.
Types of organization patterns
chronological
spatial
topical
causal (both informative and persuasive
logical reasons
problem/solution
problem/cause/solution
comparative advantages
Monroe’s motivated sequence
refutation
Support
Use a variety of support (facts/statistics, testimony, examples), picked for your particular audience.
Make sure each point is developed completely before going on to the next.
If needed, summarize the point before making a transition to the next point.
Document your sources to add credibility. Use recent, credible sources and cite them in your speech when necessary.
Factors of attention, understanding and remembering need to be used.
humor
relevance
intensity
repetition
novelty
compare/contrast
visuals
narratives
examples