O General Purpose: (Is Your Goal to Inform, Persuade, Or Entertain?)

The Speech – Junior Project

Content:

 5 – 7 minutes

 Effective introduction

 Clearly stated purpose

o General Purpose: (Is your goal to inform, persuade, or entertain?) o Specific Purpose: (What do you want your audience to know after your speech?) o Thesis: (What specific things do you want your audience to remember after your speech?)  3 – 5 main points

 Organization

 Effective Conclusion

Body of the Speech:

 Deductive vs. Inductive –

Deductive – Let the audience know up front what your topic is and what your opinion of it is

Inductive – Build up to your topic and opinion

 Cause & Effect –

What events led up to the current situation?

Increasing levels of pollution led to an increase in acid rain.

 Chronological Order

Just like it sounds – 1, 2, 3 in order!

 Transitions –

Lead the audience from one topic/point to another SMOOTHLY

1 This leads me to my next point…

Highlight key facts

This is important to remember…

Outline Model:

1. Introduction a. Attention Getter – generate curiosity in your audience (Typical ways to start a presentation include stories, rhetorical questions, or startling facts that are related to your topic.) b. Topic/Reason to Listen – clarify your purpose (Don’t make your audience guess. Tell them what you will be talking about and why it is important to them.) c. Credibility – why should your audience listen to you? d. Preview Key Points – tell us what you are going to tell us 2. Body a. Key Point (Repeat 3 – 5x) i. Supporting Information ii. Supporting Information 3. Conclusion a. Restate Key Points – tell us what you told us b. Reason to Remember – have an exit line planned

Power Point Requirements The objective: Your Power Point should provide an outline for your speech.  It should give me a brief summary of your research—basic background, then causes/effects or problems/solutions.  It should contain some self-reflection about what you learned from the research process (NOT JUST CONTENT).  It should be 8-10 slides in length.

Things to REMEMBER:  Don’t overload each slide with information! (No paragraphs!)  Don’t forget to proofread!  Don’t put busy backgrounds or crazy (illegible) fonts!  Don’t have just words on a slide (and no pictures!)  Don’t make the fonts too small!

Use the checklist/outline below to create and organize your Power Point:

2 (You may even want to use these titles as your slide titles.)  Title Slide—include your name, your topic, and some sort of artwork  Introduction  Background Information—define any terms, etc.  Causes/Problems  Effects/Solutions  Self-Reflection (see page 40)  Conclusion