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Introductions and Conclusions

Introductions and Conclusions. Beginning Your Speech. Never begin your speech like this… “My speech is about the time...” “I’m going to tell you about...” “This is about…” “My speech is …” Okay.. Alright… Ummm. Introductions. Introductions should include:

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Introductions and Conclusions

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  1. Introductions and Conclusions

  2. Beginning Your Speech Never begin your speech like this… • “My speech is about the time...” • “I’m going to tell you about...” • “This is about…” • “My speech is…” • Okay.. Alright… Ummm..

  3. Introductions • Introductions should include: • Attention grabber: A unique way to make your audience interested in your speech topic • Preview: Key ideas / background information needed for the audience to understand your topic • Thesis: Your main idea of the speech

  4. Attention Grabbers ALWAYS start w/ an attention grabber before giving the “thesis” or main idea of your speech.

  5. Quotation Famous quote from a person that applies to your speech. Example: MLK said “I have a dream…” so let me tell you about my dream.

  6. Illustration: Extended Description Speaker provides a lot of details (sensory words) Ex. “Blood slowly dripped down my face. I looked down on my shirt and saw a pool of red…”

  7. Build-up of suspense Start with the climax of the story and then CUT IT OFF. Ex. “I was flying through the air and was wondering how I got into this mess. It all started…”

  8. Starting Statistic/Statement Provide a surprising fact about your topic. Ex. 1 in 3 people who smoke die from lung cancer OR 9 out of 10 doctors agree...

  9. Series of questions Ask at least 3 rhetorical questions to get audience thinking. Ex. Do you like parrots? How long do you think a parrot lives for? Do you know they live to be 200 years old?

  10. Speaker’s Choice (Action) Use your body to get audience’s attention. Ex: Juggle or make a diving save for demonstration speech

  11. Relate to listeners Key word is “we.” Tie the speech to your listeners’ experience. Ex. “We all have been late to class before. So we should change the tardy policy.”

  12. Ending Your Speech Never end your speech like this: “I guess that’s about it…” “Well, that’s all.” “The end” “That’s it!”

  13. Tips for Conclusions • Write out the closing line(s) in full and memorize—why? • Return “full circle” (ECHO) to your attention-getter. Your conclusion should: • Restate your thesis in a new way • Summarize your main points • Refer back to your attention getter in a clever way

  14. Returning “Full Circle” Example Attention Grabber: “The early bird gets the worm,” yelled my dad. And so, with my dad’s familiar fishing yell began one of the longest and most frightening days of my life. Conclusion: That terrible day ended our fishing expeditions for the past two summers, but I’ve recovered fully and we’ve planned a trip to Canada in June. And I’m actually looking forward to this summer when my dad calls, “The early bird gets the worm!”

  15. Intro/Conclusion Activity • Pair up w/ someone--move desks together • Draw a personal experience speech topic from the envelope • Choose an attention grabber that we talked about today • Choose which person will write / deliver the intro / attention grabber, which person will write / deliver the conclusion • Get 2 note cards, one for each person • One partner writes a short introduction using an AG about your topic drawn • Other partner writes a short conclusion about the same topic (BE SURE IT COMES FULL CIRCLE...ECHOES) • Present to the class • *While you are working, I am going to come around and check your brainstorming from yesterday, please have that on your desk. PLEASE NOTE, YOU’RE NOT WRITING AN ENTIRE SPEECH. JUST AN INTRO AND CONCLUSION.

  16. Thursday, October 1 • Based on what you found the data you collected yesterday, what categories of attention grabbers did you find in the speeches present? • Story • Quote • Count the number of speeches that you had in each category; what was the most common type of attention getter used? • Which type of attention getter did you think was the most effective? Which speeches did you want to continue listening to?

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