Matakuliah
Tahun
: G1062/Public Speaking
: September 2006
Organizing and Outlining
Pertemuan 9
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• Organizing the body of the Speech
• Outlining the Speech
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The Importance of Organizing
the Speech
1. Listeners demand coherence
2. Closely related to critical thinking
3. Enhance the speaker’s credibility
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Organizing
• Main Points
• Supporting Materials
• Connectives
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Main Points
The major points developed in the body of
a speech. Most speeches contain from
two to five main points.
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Supporting Materials
The materials used to support a speaker’s
ideas. The tree major kinds of supporting
materials are examples, statistics, and
testimony.
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Connectives
A word of phrase that connects the ideas
of a speech and indicates the relationship
between them.
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The Importance of Outlining
• Ideas are related
• Ideas are flowing one another
• The structure of the speech is coherent
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Outlining
• The Preparation Outline
• The Speaking Outline
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The Preparation Outline
• State the specific purpose of your speech
• Identify the central idea
• Label the introduction, body and conclusion
• Use a consistent pattern of symbolization and indentation
• State main points and sub points in full sentences
• Label transition, internal summaries and internal previews
• Attach a bibliography
• Give your speech a title, if one is desired
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The Speaking Outline
• Follow the visual framework used in the
preparation outline
• Make sure the outline is legible
• Keep the outline as brief as possible
• Give yourself cues for delivering the
speech
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