GIVING A SPEECH

Step1:

Consider purpose and audience and choose a suitable topic.

Make your speech fit the occasion and audience.

The occasion, purpose, and audience will determine your subject, your words, the organization of your ideas, the length of your talk.

Arrange you ideas in either chronological order or order of importance. Use chronological, or time, order to talk about a series of events or a process, as in a speech about programming .

Use order of importance to analyze a topic or to present argument in a persuasive speech.

Use sentence variety. Make your speech interesting by varying the length and structure of your sentences.

Repeat key words and phrases. Stress key points by repeating words and phrases and by summarizing ideas.

Use parallelism. The use of similar words, phrases, and clauses to express similar ideas is called parallelism. When you use parallel structures in a speech, listeners will remember your words more easily.

Practice aloud. Rehearse your speech in front of a mirror while you time it.

Memorize the speech but outline key points on note cards.

Relax while delivering the speech. Stand up straight.

Use natural gestures and facial expressions to emphasize your points.

Look at audience.

Speak so that you can be understood and heard.

Pause when appropriate. Give you audience at least three or four seconds to think about an idea before you go on the next one. Dramatic pauses help emphasize your important pointing.