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| What can drive home the speech theme in the conclusion |
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| A good introduction serves to |
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| Arouse your audience attention and willingness to listen, Introduce your topic and purpose, preview the main points, motivate the audience to accept your goals., make the topic relevant. |
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| The final function of the introduction is to |
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| motivate the audience to care about your topic and believe what you have to say about it. |
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| What are some techniques of gaining the audience's attention? |
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| Using quotations, telling a story, posing questions, saying something startling, using humor, referring to the occasion, and establishing a feeling of common ground with the audience. |
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| Establishing a demonstrates interest and respect, and thereby builds speaker credibility. |
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| a feeling of common ground |
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| After indicating the topic purpose, your introduction should |
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| Preview the main points of the speech |
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| Speeches with both notivate the audience to listen and promote greater understanding and retention of the speaker's message. |
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| What are drawbacks to polling an audience? |
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| No one will respond, the responses will be unexpected, or that you will be called on to answer in unanticipated ways. |
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| Whenever you use a rehtorical question in an introduction, always let the audience know that your speech will |
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| What statements stimulate your listener's curiosity and make them want to hear more about your topic? |
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| Saying something startling |
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| Speakers frequently base their startling statements on |
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| is also an excellent way to make key points and introduce the theme of a speech. |
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| Few things turn an audience off more quickly than |
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| Tasteless or unappropriate humor |
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| What type of humor should strictly be avoided |
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| humor or sarcasm that belittles others. |
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| humor often gets a chuckle, and it's usually safe. |
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| Introductions that include tend to capture attention, and crucially, establish goodwill. |
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| references to the speech occasion, and to any relevant facts about the audience |
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| A good introduction demonstrates |
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| Why listeners should care about your topic |
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| During the inroduction audience members make a decision about wehater |
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| They are interested not just in your topic, but also in you. |
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| are particularly important when the audience does not know you well and when it is important to establish your professionalism |
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| When should the introduction be prepared? |
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| After you've completed the speech body |
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| provide the audience with a sense of logical and emotional closure |
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| Signal the audience that the speech is coming to an end and provide closure |
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| You can also signal closure more subly by |
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| Adjusting your manner of delivery; for example you can vary your otne, pitch, or rhythm and rate of speech |
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| About of the speech should be spent on the introduction and conclusion |
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| Another function of the conclusion is to to imprint it on the audience's memory |
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| Reiterate the topic and speech |
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| Reminding listeners of your speech purpose |
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| Links their frame of reference to yours |
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| A strong conclusion challenges audience members to |
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| Put to use what the speaker has taught them. |
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| A key function of the conclusion is to |
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| Make the speech memorable |
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| When the audience previewing the topic and purpose can enhance understanding. |
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| knows of your presuasive intent |
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| William Safire once remarked that are surefire attention getters. |
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| The first challenge of any speaker is |
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| Winning the audience's atention. |
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| Using a that captures the essence of the speech can be a very effective way to close a speech. |
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| In what introduction technique does the speaker 'borrow' the source's status. |
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| The choices you make about the can affect the outcome of the entire speech. |
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