Com 103: Introduction to Public Speaking

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Com 103 Introduction to Public Speaking

• Instructor Iva Thelen
• Fall 2006
• Lecture 6

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Overview

• Return Tests at end of class
• Speech Schedule
• Lecture

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Selecting Your Speech Topic

• Generate Ideas
• Select Your Topic
• Focus Your Topic
• Determine Your General Purpose
• Formulate Your Specific Purpose
• Word Your Thesis Statement
• Develop Your Speech Title

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Generate Ideas

• Brainstorming
• What topic interest you?
• What topics interest your listeners?
• What topics develop from the occasion?
• What topics develop from your research?

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Self-Generated Topics

• Speech subjects based on the speakers interest,
  experiences and knowledge.

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Pitfalls.

• use of overly technical language and jargon
• speakers lack of objectivity about the subject
• excessive devotion to the speech topic

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Other Topics

• Audience-Generated
• Occasion-Generated
• Research-Generated

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Visual Brainstorming

• Informal written outline achieved by free
  associating around a key word or idea.

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Select Your Topic

• Am I interested in the topic?
• Is the topic of interest or importance to my
  audience?
• Am I likely to find sufficient authoritative
  supporting material in the time allotted for
  researching and developing the speech?
• Do I understand the topic enough to undertake and
  interpret my research?

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Determine Your General Purpose

• To inform
• To persuade
• To entertain

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Formulate Your Specific Purpose

• State your general purpose
• Name your intended audience
• State the goal of your speech

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Word Your Thesis Statement

• A one-sentence synopsis of a speakers message.

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Develop Your Speech Title

• Generate interest
• Makes a message more memorable
• Benefits the speaker

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Strategies

• Key phrase or sentence that is used repeatedly
• Promise something beneficial to the listeners
• Word it as a question

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1st Speech Outline Requirements

• Your 1st speech requires a typed outline stating
• Speech Title
• Specific Purpose
• Thesis Statement
• An outline of Main Points, Subpoints, etc
• Outlines for speeches are due at the end of class
  on the date that is specified. Speeches will be
  downgraded if an outline is turned in late.
• In Addition.
• I will accept either
• Complete Sentence Outline
• Key Word or Phrase Outline
• The Outline should fit on one side of an 8.5x11
  sheet of paper
• Type size should be 10 pts. -12pts

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Researching Your Topic

• Record Your Information
• What to Record
• How to Record Info
• MLA format

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Gathering Supporting Material

• Where do you find supporting material?
• Personal Knowledge or Experience
• Library Resources
• Interviews
• Resources from Special-Interest Groups and
  Organizations
• Internet

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Citing Your Sources

• Clear source citations enhance the credibility of
  what you say
• Clear source citations help interested listeners
  find published sources that the might wish to
  read or study
• Oral Citations
• See pg. 77-78

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Supporting Your Speech

• Provide Clarity
• Provide Vividness
• Provide Credibility

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Types of Supporting Materials

• Examples
• Definitions
• Narration
• Comparison
• Contrast
• Statistics
• Testimony

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For Thursday

• Library Visit Meet in Library
• For Next Week
• Test 2 Tuesday, Oct 3
• Entertainment Speech Outlines Due Tuesday, Oct 3