Public Speaking the Objective of Term Paper

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(Slattery, 2008)

According to Slattery "every good speech deserves a great beginning." (2008) Slattery addresses the attention-getter in another article and states that another technique or type of attention-getter is the use of 'questions', which are useful for the following reasons:

Questions engage the audience on a personal level by beginning a thought-process about your topic

Questions help frame the rest of your introduction and speech in a way that promises answers

Questions can raise ideas about your topic audience members may not have thought of Questions show audience members they are not alone in what they are experiencing. (Slattery, 2008)

When using the question method for the attention-getter in a speech it is important to: (1) ask more than one question; (2) be clear your question is rhetorical; (3) ask some of the most frequently asked questions you get about your business or the subject at hand; (4) ask 'why', 'when', 'what', or 'how' type questions; and (5) ask something off-the-wall and seemingly unrelated.
Then immediately follow up with a situation to show how your question is related after all. (Slattery, 2008; paraphrased)

SUMMARY and CONCLUSION

Regardless of the venue in which one is giving a speech it is important to catch the audience's attention through use of some type of attention-getter. Secondly, it is important to be clear and concise, confident and appear knowledgeable of the subject at hand. The speech has three primary parts, which are the introduction, the body of the speech and the conclusion. This work has provided key information in the subject area of giving a speech and has included various techniques that may be used in giving an effective and memorable speech......

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