COMM 1071 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Thesis Statement, The Need, Mpeg-1 Audio Layer I
Ch. 8 Parts of the Speech Notes
Introduction
• Primacy-Recency Effect- the tendency to remember the first and last items
conveyed orally in a series rather than the items in between
• Get Attention
o Startling statement- an expression or example that grabs listeners’
attention by shocking them in some way
o Questions- requests for info that encourage your audience to think
about something related to your topic
o Direct question demands an overt response from the audience
o Story- an account of something that has happened or could happen
o Joke- an anecdote or piece of wordplay designed to make people laugh
▪ Realistic, relevant, & repeatable
o Personal reference- a brief count about something that happened to
you or a hypothetical situation
o Quotation- comment made by and attributed to someone other than
the speaker
o Action- attention-getting act designed to highlight and arouse interest
in the topic
o Create suspense- you word your attention getter so that what is
described generates uncertainty or mystery and excites the audience
• Establish Relevance
• Establish Credibility
• State the Thesis
• Select the Best Introduction
The Conclusion
• 2 goals:
o Summarize the goal and main points
o Provide a sense of closure by driving home the message in a
memorable way
• Clinch
o Clincher- a short statement that provides a sense of closure by driving
home the importance of your speech in a memorable why
o Vivid imagery
▪ Statement, question, story, joke, personal reference, quotation
o Appeal to Action- describes the behavior you want your listeners to
follow after they have heard your arguments
• Select the Best Conclusion
The Complete Formal Outline with Reference List
• Formal outline- you need to compile a list of the sources you draw from in a
speech, create a title (if required), and then review your outline to make sure
that it conforms to a logical structure
• Listing Sources
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Document Summary
Introduction: primacy-recency effect- the tendency to remember the first and last items. Writing introductions: 10 % of speech, 20 sec for first speech, 4 goals, get attention, convey listener relevance, establish speaker credibility, identify thesis (speech goal+preview statement, get attention, startling statement/statistics, short, relevant joke or anecdote. Goals of the conclusion: summarize speech goal and main points, clinch, clincher- one or two sentence that provides a sense of closure by driving home the importance of your speech. Completing the outline: list sources- bibliography, create a title, simple statement of subject, question, creative title, review the outline format. Example: ted talk, attention getter, scary plane (cid:498)imagine(cid:499)- personal anecdote/ vivid imagery. Imagine the same thing happens on your plane, how would you change your relationships, and are you being the best parent you can be?- call to action: recap over everything he touched upon. Impromptu- (cid:498)if i had a million dollars i would (cid:499: write an introduction, thesis.
