COM 200 Chapter 9: PS Structuring Your Speech, Part 4

• School: Pace University
• Department: Communications
• Course: COM 200
• Professor: Alan Ross

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Structuring your speech (chapter 9 of osborn, osborn, & osborn) How to attract, build, & hold interest of audience: Ask questions (great for a persuasive speech): questions get the audience thinking about the topic & get them actively involved, rhetorical questions: not meant to be answered by audience but meant for arousing interest. Tell a story: stories help capture the audience(cid:495)s attention & help involves listeners in creating the meaning of the message, can also be used to establish a lighter mood through the use of humor. *don"t make unnecessary jokes, only those that are relevant to the topic. Develop suspense: can attract & hold listener(cid:495)s attention by arousing curiosity & then making them wait before you satisfy it. Use a presentation aid: can help to establish a mood or set a theme that carries on throughout the message, not confined to a classroom area; can be used in many other places.