Speech: Demonstration Speeches

1. Speech: Demonstration Speeches

2. Chapter Four • Review Homework • What is the relationship between the specific purpose, central idea and the main ideas of a speech?

3. Power Point • Organizing your Speech • Organizational Patterns • Tips for Balancing Main Ideas Connections • Internal Previews • Internal Summaries • Signposts • And Transitions

4. Practice organization of a formal outline • Homework Chapter 10 Formal Outlining – Do critical Thinking 1. • Complete Impromptus • Sign up for Speaking Date.

5. Impromptu speech • You are to present a short impromptu speech using your interesting object. • You may: • 1) tell us how to use it; 2) How it was made; 3) Why it is significant to you, 4) the story of how you found or received this object.

6. Use your story to establish interest and credibility! • Remember that your “story” can add a an important level of understanding to you topic! • It also can credibility – that you are a trustworthy speaker on this topic. How did you learn to do this demonstration? How long have you been doing this activity? Why are you interested in this activity

7. Encourage your audience • In the beginning, as you demonstrate, and in the end encourage and motivate your audience!

8. Introduction • Start with an “attention getter” – be creative! Hook your audience, build our curiosity, create excitement! • Link your attention getter to establishing the context of your demonstration or how it works speech • Establish credibility! • Reveal Thesis and make sure your thesis encapsulates your main ideas • TRANSITION to the Body of your speech

9. Main Ideas/points • Complete sentences – write your main ideas in the style that you will actually say them in your presentation. • Use signposting, internal preview and summaries as you move through the body of your speech.

10. Development of Main Ideas • A general Measure is the rule of two. • Each Main Point must have at least 2 subordinating points!!! Less than two subordinating points mean – THIS IS NOT A MAIN IDEA. • Make sure that each point has vivid and thoughtfully developed supporting details. Supporting details provide the color, the interest, and specificity that all superb speeches need. Without this level of development; you can’t score above a B on this speech and formal outline.

11. Conclusion • Most conclusions are simply too short! • More than one or two lines. • Summarize your main points/restate thesis. • Continue to encourage your audience. • Create a memorable last line. Deliver it with emphasis – slow your pace ever so slightly – don’t let your vocal energy drop off on the last line. Consider finish with a flourish!! Let the last line resonate- ring out!

12. Balance the talk with the demonstrating • Try not to have long periods of time without speaking to the audience. • Keep your audience focused on your presentation. • If you choose to have the audience participate – establish cues that will keep the activity moving forward and not to have the group break into side conversations. • If you choose to use question and answer – keep the energy moving forward. Address the answer to the whole audience to keep them engaged.