Saturday, March 17, 2012
Week 8 Question 2
According to the book, an introduction consists of a purpose, something to show the nature of your speech. You have to have an attention getter. There is nothing worse than a speech that is boring from the beginning. Establishing your credibility again is very important. Once you introduce your thesis you can then preview your main points to show your audience where you are going with the speech. The conclusion is equally important. It needs to have a recency effect-the audience needs to remember everything you just spoke about or at least your most important point. You should reinforce your purpose and provide closure. It's really awkward when you either don't have a conclusion or your audience doesn't know when your speech is over. It is incredibly important to leave the audience with a lasting impression of what you were speaking about. The best speeches are the ones that a person will take with them to another person.
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I agree that the conclusion is equally as important as the introduction. Most of the work I've done on the next speech has been setting up the intro and conclusion well. Not know when someone is done with a speech is painful, and that last impression really does make or break your speech. I feel like all of the information we learned about intros and conclusions from the book are second nature without us knowing why. We know that when a speech is not attention grabbing right away, doesn't give a preview of what it will be about, and has no credibility we do not listen well. We also want to be reminded of what we learned to help it stick. After reading the chapter we now know the technical side of writing a proper intro and conclusion.
ReplyDeleteStating the purpose and using an effective attention getter are extremely important for catching the attention of the audience at the very beginning of a speech. If you can't get their attention at the very beginning, it will be even harder to do once you get into the body of the speech since they won't know exactly what point that you are trying to get across. I also agree that the conclusion is equally important, since it not only gives the audience closure, but it also reminds them of the main points you are trying to get across and leave them thinking about.
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