Design Your Speech 2: Purpose, Thesis, Outline, Manuscript

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Design Your Speech 2 Purpose, Thesis,
Outline, Manuscript
Mid-term Speech Manuscript Delivery with a
Purpose to Inform

• Presented by Doris L. W. Chang

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Presentation Outline

• Mid-term Speech Requirements Criteria
• Sample Speech Delivery
• The Adventure of the Manhattan Project (Payne
  106-9) Outline Manuscript
• Sample Speech Analyses
• Speech Purpose, Thesis, Outline, Intro. Con.
• Occasion Audience Analyses
• Speech Strategies
• Cite facts, statistics, opinions, incidents,
  quotes
• Organization delivery skills (voice control)

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Speech Requirements

• Speech Purpose to inform
• To provide information which is new and
  substantial to your audience in an interesting
  way.
• Delivery Format Manuscript Delivery
• Evaluation Criteria (research, prep. Delivery)
• Content substantial (data, expert opinion,
  quotes, etc.)
• Organization effective enough to engage the
  audience
• Language Delivery Well-written manuscript with
  an emphasis on expressive voice control practice.

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Analyses of the Sample Speech

• Occasion
• An American History course oral report
• A 5-6 min. speech on a major incident in the 20th
  US history.
• Library research materials required, 1 week prep.
• Audience fellow students and instructor, the
  only evaluator
• Strategy
• Interesting topic (the invention of the atomic
  bomb)
• Quality research (data, quotes, key events,
  statistics noted)
• Chronological organization, with analogy,
  story-telling tech

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Review

• Mid-term Speech Requirements Criteria
• Preparation Steps
• Occasion audience analyses
• Topic selection
• Research (organization) strategies
• Proposal with a complete outline references
• Manuscript draft
• Thesis statement, introduction, conclusion
• Rehearsing (practice wording, delivery/voice
  control/ timing)
• Research Tips
• Sample Speech Proposal Manuscript
• Your turn to SPEAK UP!