Chapter 6: Organizing and Outlining Your Speech
Learning Objectives
After studying this chapter, the student will be able to:
- Explain why organization is necessary and valuable to public speaking;
- Differentiate the different types of organizational patterns;
- Choose an organizational pattern that is most logical to the speech’s specific purpose;
- Construct an outline for an extemporaneous speech;
- Create connective statements that will help the audience understand the logic and structure of a speech.
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- Why We Need Organization in Speeches
- Patterns of Organization
- Connective Statements
- Outlining
