Introductory and Concluding Statements

1. Introductory and Concluding Statements Samples

2. SHOCK Everyone of you in this room deserves to be in jail! Why? Because unless you are doing everything possible to control government spending, you are stealing money from your children and grandchildren.

3. SHOCK Let me end by telling you the good news. You have all been granted a pardon. But you must promise to work together to limit uncontrolled government spending. If you don’t, your children have every right to take away your social security and leave you desperate on the streets. Given the way you are allowing this government to destroy the future, don’t you think they won’t do it?

4. When to use: SHOCK For inattentive, unresponsive or reluctant audience • Introduction • Creates a confrontational atmosphere and makes uninteresting or not new topic become appealing to listen to • Conclusion • Leaves a strong and lasting effect

5. STATISTICS Most people accept alcohol consumption as a normal part of daily life. But recently, the Department of Justice announced that four out of every ten fatal car crashes in America involve alcohol. Similarly the Christian Science Monitor reports that 80-90% of all crimes involve alcohol. In Maine, half of the adults surveyed said that someone in their family has serious alcohol problems. Perhaps the time has come to rethink our attitudes towards alcohol.

6. STATISTICS When you put all the facts together, alcohol consumption should be treated as a public health problem, not as a normal part of our lives. Prohibition clearly is not the answer. But when half the families in Maine have to watch their loved ones slowly destroy themselves, we must recognize that we are dealing with a public health emergency.

7. When to use: STATISTICS To frame subjects in a clear and rational manner Adds credibility • Introduction • 2 ways: • Show the scope of the subject • Shock or surprise the audience using the statistics given

8. Narrative Everyone of you in this room deserves to be in jail! Why? Because unless you are doing everything possible to control government spending, you are stealing money from your children and grandchildren.

9. When to use: NARRATIVE Creates concrete and evocative images that your audience could share Careful with the length: enough to make them understand that you are engaging them in a story but not too long to lose their attention

10. When to use: CURRENT EVENT Make them understand why your topic is relevant Bring your audience to focus in your speech and then relate it to the outside world

11. When to use: ANALOGY Put complex ideas into more simple and easier to understand terms Makes your audience feel more connection with what you are talking about Descriptive language is very important

12. When to use: HUMOR Catching their attention and making them feel at ease Can be in the form of a joke, anecdote, pun, and the likes Avoid very elaborate, offensive and out of the topic jokes Maintain a serious underlying tone

13. When to use: RHETORICAL QUESTIONS Questions whose answers are obvious Delivers the purpose of the speech without being blatant in saying it Makes audience think about the speech that you have given and the purpose of your speech

14. When to use: AFFIRMING VALUE Grounding your speech on a value accepted by the audience would create a good start helps build credibility High chances of winning an audience - leaves a lasting positive image

15. When to use: STATING YOUR THESIS Used to carry an underlying tone of candor and directness Stating one’s opinion about a certain topic Too much thing to discuss to create a lengthy intro and conclusion