Chapters 11 and 12 notes...

Audience Relationships:

Speaker: Who you are in the eyes of the audience. Find way to connect with everyone.

Topic: Audience's relationship with topic. Anticipate and Adjust.

Selecting topic: Base it on YOUR KNOWLEDGE, EXPERIENCE, PERCEIVED IMPORTANCE

General Purpose: The purpose is to...inform...persuade...entertain...

Inform. Goal: understanding, definition, clarification, demonstration, explanation...
Persuade. Goal: desire to change, enhance, alter, convince...behavior/action

Specific Purpose: The purpose is to convince the audience that...inform the audience of...

Thesis: A statement that summarizes your speech thoroughly. (hmmmm)

The purpose of this speech is to inform the audience about myself in terms of my family, friends, and my hobby collecting stamps.

Evidence/ Support:

Definitions: (operational)
Facts
Opinions
Proofs: logos (logic), ethos (credibility), pathos (emotions)- (Persuasive)
Compare/ Contrast (Persuasive)
Testimony: expert/lay (Persuasive)
Examples
Illustrations (hypothetical)
Statistics -Consider issues..(Persuasive)

Body:

Principle Points: 3 main points, 2-3 subpoints

(Consider: unity, balance, guidance (transitions), organizational pattern)

Introduction:

thesis? -somewhere appropriate
attention getter
illustration
personal reference (persuasive)
provocative facts (persuasive)
question posed to audience (rhetorical or not)
quotation (persuasive)
humor

Conclusion:

wrap up
summarize
restate thesis
audience motivation (persuasive)
clincher (persuasive)
relational reinforcement (persuasive)

Sources: (persuasive)

unbiased
editorial review
expertise minded
recency
credibility

(2 sources: interview, at least 1 resource)

Presentation Aid:

Powerpoint checklist (323)

Enhancement (322)