PUBLIC SPEAKING

IRMA YUNITA

DOSEN: SUTRIA RAHAYU S.Pd

SEKOLAH TINGGI PERGURUAN dan ILMU PENDIDIKANDHARMA BAKTI LUBUK ALUNG

2013

CHAPTER6

The Introduction and Conclusion

THE INTRODUCTION

In most cases an introduction to a speech has three objectives

• It should capture the listener’s attention• It should the audience a reason for listening• It should indicate the main idea of the

speech and, if desirabel, preview its main points.

Following are ten methods for getting and holding the attention your audience

1. Staff off with humor2. Begin with a startling statement3. Ask a rhetorical question4. Begin with a statistic5. Refer to a previous speaker

6. Start with a Quotation7. Begin with a brief Story

8. Refer to the familiar9. List a series of Examples10.Begin with a Definition

THE CONCLUSIONThe conclusion is the most important part of the

Speech. Following are six suggestion for effectivelyconcluding your speech :• End with a restatement of your central idea.• End with a summary of the main ideas

developed in your speech.• End with a call to action.• End with a rhetorical question.• End with a positive vision of the future.• End with a negative vision of the future.

OUTLINING THE SPEECH

once you have developed the introduction,body, and conclusion of your speech, youShould organize it in a complete-sentenceoutline form.This will enable you to see at a glance whetheryour central idea, main points, and sub pointsare arranged in a clear and orderly manner.

following is a model complete-sentence outline of a student speech on the benefits of walking:

Purpose : to persuade my listeners that walking is the perfect exercise organizational pattern: cause and effect.

INTRODUCTION

Testimony

Explanation

Testimony

Explanation

Central-idea statement

BODY

I. Walking strengthens the heart.a. It improves collateral circulation.b. It lowers blood pressure.

II. Walking conditions a person mentallya. It reduces stress.b. It improves self-image.

III. Walking conditions a person physically.

a. It removes unwanted fat.b. It improves a person’s fitness.

CONCLUSION

• Explanation • Comparison • Explanation • Explanation

BIBLIOGRAPHYBibliography list of books and writings of one

author or about one subject.Books• Allsen, P.E. and Harrison, J.M. fitness For

Life.Dubuque, lowa: William C.Brown 1976Periodicals• Goldstein,j. ’’walkers of the world, Unite!’’

Fitness for living, may/june 1986.