Chapter 2

Giving it A Try:

Preparing Your First Speech

Professor Tonya Seavers Evans

Steps in the Speechmaking Process

10. Practice Delivering the Speech10. Practice Delivering the Speech

9. Consider Presentation Aids9. Consider Presentation Aids

8. Outline the Speech8. Outline the Speech

7. Separate Speech Into Major Parts7. Separate Speech Into Major Parts

6. Gather Supporting Material6. Gather Supporting Material

5. Develop Main Points5. Develop Main Points

4. Compose Thesis Statement4. Compose Thesis Statement

3. Determine Speech Purpose3. Determine Speech Purpose

2. Analyze the Audience2. Analyze the Audience

1. Select a Topic1. Select a Topic

Purposes for Speaking

TO INFORM

TO PERSUADE

FOR SPECIAL OCCASIONS

Thesis Statement

Clearly expresses the central idea of your speech

Concisely identifies your speech topic for the audience

Typically includes phrases about each of your main points

Main Points

“Rule of Thought” Every “one” must have a “two”, Every “A” must have a “B”.

Gather Supporting Material

What information will clarify the topic for your audience?

What details will they find interesting? How can you relate the topic to yourself or

the audience with your support material? What sources will the audience find

credible?

Major Parts of a Speech

INTRODUCTIONBODY

CONCLUSIONThanks for

listening to me.

Bye!

Hi! I’d like to talk

to you about…

Hey! What’s this all about?

Major Speech Parts

Restate purpose and reiterate main points

Leave them with something to think about

Answer questions

Restate purpose and reiterate main points

Leave them with something to think about

Answer questions

•Introduce main ideas with supporting

material

•Organize ideas and evidence

•Use transition statements and

phrases

•Introduce main ideas with supporting

material

•Organize ideas and evidence

•Use transition statements and

phrases

•Welcome audience

•Introduce yourself, topic, purpose

•Catch audience’s attention

•Clear transition statement

•Welcome audience

•Introduce yourself, topic, purpose

•Catch audience’s attention

•Clear transition statement

IntroductionIntroduction BodyBody ConclusionConclusion

Adding Visuals to your Speech

Bibliography

O’ Hair, Dan, Stewart, Rob, Rubenstein, Hannah, A Speaker’s Guidebook, Bedford St. Martin (2009)