1. Supporting Your Ideas

2. Preparing The Content Of YourSpeech

Brief factual example

Brief hypothetical example

Detailed factual example

Detailed hypothetical example

Explanation is to make an idea clear or understandable.

Defined as communication which givesinformation to your listener in order to increasetheir knowledge or their understanding of asituation or process.

is the process of explaining by breaking it downinto its parts and examining them.

Description makes use of the five sensoryappeals ( the five senses being taste, hearing,sight, touch and smell ) to make clear to yourlistener exactly what is being communicated.

Statistics can be an effective means of support.However, unless your statistics are both validand reliable, they should not be used.

When you are delivering a speech, supportyour opinions if need be with the opinions ofothers more expect than you to add credibilityto your presentation.

Kind of comparison is called figurativecomparison or analogy. It describes similaritiesbetween things that are otherwise different.

The visual aids is used incorrectly, it candetract from rather than improve your speech.

If you have chosen a subject that you areinterested in, you will quite likely findsupporting material for you speech from yourown personal experience.

Preparing the content of your speech

As you can see from the format above, a speechis divided into three parts-the introduction, thebody, and the conclusion.

The body is most important part of the speech. It contains the development of the central idea, the major points, and the supporting material that proves or clarifies the central idea and main points.

Transitions will help to provide coherence toyour speech so that your ideas flow smoothlyfrom one point to the next.