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Joshua Gunn | Speech Craft, Second Edition
© 2021 Bedford/St. Martin’s
© 2021 Bedford/St. Martin’s
Organizing Your Speech
•Organizational styles
•Memory
It’s easier to hook an audience
with a clearly organized speech.
© 2021 Bedford/St. Martin’s
Memory: Three Is a Magic Number
•Limited capacity without notes
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Speech Overview: On Purposes and Points
•Speech purpose
•What the speech is to accomplish
•Thesis statement
•What you actually say to the audience about your topic and purpose
•Main points
•The 3 to 5 main points that support your thesis
Patterning Your Main Points
•Presentation order
•Six basic patterns
•Spatial
•Temporal
