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

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.

v It should give me a brief summary of your research—basic background, then causes/effects or problems/solutions.

v It should contain some self-reflection about what you learned from the research process (NOT JUST CONTENT).

v It should be 8-10 slides in length.

Things to REMEMBER:

Ø Don’t overload each slide with information! (No paragraphs!)

Ø Don’t forget to proofread!

Ø Don’t put busy backgrounds or crazy (illegible) fonts!

Ø Don’t have just words on a slide (and no pictures!)

Ø Don’t make the fonts too small!

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

(You may even want to use these titles as your slide titles.)

q Title Slide—include your name, your topic, and some sort of artwork

q Introduction

q Background Information—define any terms, etc.

q Causes/Problems

q Effects/Solutions

q Self-Reflection (see page 40)

q Conclusion