PUBLIC SPEAKING

SPEECH PREPARATION

Speech

Importance of Speech
Speech in Modern Life
Spech & Talk
Speech, an acquired ability
Training to acquire speech ability
Overcoming Drawbacks
Results of Training
Practical Help
Speech based on Thought & Language

Gathering Material

The Material of Speeches
Gathering Materials
Observations
Interview
Reading
Understanding
Selecting
Retaining Knowledge
Taking Notes
Using Library
Using Periodicals

Planning The Speech

Selecting Materials
The Length of Speech
Making the speech too long?
Discarding Material
Relation of Material to the Purpose of Speech
Indicating the plan in the speech
Arrangements:
Importance
Unity
Coherence
Emphasis
Making the First Plan
Transitions
Thinking before you speak

 

Audience Analysis

 

SPEECH WRITING

Making the Outline/Brief

Orderly Arrangement
Professional Writer's Use of Outlines
The Outline in the finished Speech
Reconstructing the Outline
Outline, Brief, Legal Brief
The Outline
The Brief
Margins
Symbols
Tabulations
Authorities in the Brief
Selection for Briefing
Making a brief
Speaking from the Brief
Self Criticism
Results

Styles

Alliteration
Imagery
Simile
Metaphor
Parallelism
Repetition
Antithesis

SPEECH PRESENTATION

Beginning the Speech

Speaking; A Formal Matter
The Salutation
Length of the Introduction
Purpose of the Introduction
Effect of the Introduction upon audience
Linking the Introduction to Preceding Speeches
Difficulties of Introductions
Spirit of Introductions
Preparing & Delivering Introduction

Concluding the Speech

Preparing the Conclusion
Is Conclusion necessary?
Relation of the conclusion to the speech
Length of the conclusion
The Retrospective Conclusion
The Anticipatory Conclusion
Retrospective & Anticipatory Conclusion
The Recapitulation
The Summary
The Peroration
Preparing & Delivering Conclusions