Preparing the Researched Speech

Preparing theResearched Speech

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Bruce ClaryInstructor

The Assignment

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• Five-seven minute researched speech

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• Five-seven minute researched speech• The speech should be based upon the same claims

and content as your researched essay, but…

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and content as your researched essay, but…• You may not have the paper with you when you

deliver the speech

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and content as your researched essay, but…• You may not have the paper with you when you

deliver the speech• You are allowed two notecards for a key word

outline, plus additional notecards for each direct quotation and instance of paraphrased information

What makes a good speech?

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Content and Structure

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• Intro generates interest, grabs attention, and make central claim of speech absolutely clear


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• Body is clearly organized and “signposted”


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• Body is clearly organized and “signposted”• Content is detailed enough to be informative and

interesting


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• Body is clearly organized and “signposted”• Content is detailed enough to be informative and

interesting• Conclusion reminds audience of your thesis and

principal arguments and hits home in such a way that audience will remember what you have said

Qualities of Good Delivery

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The voice is easy to hear and listen to.


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• Volume is easy to hear everywhere in room


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• Volume is easy to hear everywhere in room• Rate is moderate. It neither drags nor races.


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• Volume is easy to hear everywhere in room• Rate is moderate. It neither drags nor races.• Variations in rate and volume are used for

emphasis.


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The delivery has conversational qualities.


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• Delivery conveys enthusiasm for subject and a genuine interest in communicating with audience.


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• Eye contact conveys speaker’s interest in connecting, communicating.


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• Eye contact conveys speaker’s interest in connecting, communicating.

• Delivery doesn’t sound canned or memorized (even if it is).


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The body adds to communication rather than detracting.


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• Face is animated. Posture says speaker has something interesting or important to say.


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• Gestures emphasize ideas and structural transitions.


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• Gestures emphasize ideas and structural transitions.• Movements add to, rather than distract from, the

oral message.

Preparing the Speech

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Reduce the critical essay to a keyword/key idea outline on one or two 3” x 5” notecards. Why?


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• Notecards prevent you from reading, which can be the deadliest kind of delivery


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• Hands need to be free to gesture, aid com-munication.


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• Hands need to be free to gesture, aid com-munication.

• Communicate ideas, not words.

Practicing the Speech

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• Talk your way through your essay several times to get your main ideas in mind. Then put essay away!


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• Stand up; face imaginary audience or mirror.


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• Stand up; face imaginary audience or mirror.• Give speech from keyword outline on cards.


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• Stand up; face imaginary audience or mirror.• Give speech from keyword outline on cards.• Time the speech.


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• Stand up; face imaginary audience or mirror.• Give speech from keyword outline on cards.• Time the speech.• Repeat and repeat again--but don’t memorize.

Practicing Delivery

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Practicing Delivery

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• Develop conversational quality.

Practicing Delivery

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• Develop conversational quality. • Practice projecting enthusiasm--a desire to

communicate.

Practicing Delivery

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• Develop conversational quality. • Practice projecting enthusiasm--a desire to

communicate.• Practice making eye contact.

Citing Sources in Speeches

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We cite sources in speeches for the same reasons we do in papers.


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• Enhances our credibility


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• Enhances our credibility• Adds authority to your content and arguments


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• Enhances our credibility• Adds authority to your content and arguments• Integrity. Acknowledges the origin of your ideas

and/or information in a responsible, honest way.


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Unlike papers, speeches need not (should not) provide full bibliographical information.


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Unlike papers, speeches need not (should not) provide full bibliographical information.

• Some appropriate source citations styles follow:

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❝According to a recent cover article in Newsweek magazine…❞

❝In a Drug Enforcement Agency report available on the Internet, William J. Bennett, former head of the agency, claims that…❞

❝According to the most recent Statistical Abstract, 47 million American have no health insurance…❞

❝An article in a July issue Time magazine reported… ❞

Keep your eyes on the prize

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Keep your eyes on the prize

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Moving from frightened uncertaintyto confident poise in front of an audience.

Preparing the Researched Speech

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