Preparing The Introduction

Instructor: Hong Trng Mai Sng Members: Th Hunh Nga Nguyn Th Tuyt Mai Nguyn D Khnh Ngn

Including:
The importance of the introduction What introduction do:
Catching the listeners interest Creating a good rapport with the audience Narrowing the focus of your topic Stating the topic clearly and establishing the plan for your topic

Preparing the introduction of the persuasive speech

Why is introduction important?

It is the hardest of the speech. It stimulates our audiences attention right from the beginning of the speech. It gives our audience the first impression of us as a speaker. Try our best to create a positive first impression.

Catching the listeners interest

Give our listeners a good reason to listen to you Ask the audience Use the story to illustrate our main point Open our speech with a startling fact or statistic

Creating a good rapport with the audience

Talk to the audience directly Identify a common experience Ask the audience questions

Narrowing the focus of your topic

See an example on page 93- 94 or you can see on the screen

 (1)As college students, we have probably all needed help with our studies at one time or another; and may be some of us have been able to help others, too.(2) In my case, I helped my friend with their math and my friend helped me with my English. (3)Eventually, I realized helping others beside my friend with math and could even get paid for it.(4) Now, if you have a strong background in one of your school subjects, such as math or chemistry, you might consider becoming a tutor- that is, you might get a job helping others learn one of these subject. (5) Then, of course, you would want to be as effective a tutor as possible.(6) So, how can you become an effective tutor? Well, you must know your subject matter, you have to figure out your tutees strengths and weaknesses, and you need to support and encourage your tutee.

Example

Stating the topic clearly and establishing the plan for your speech
I. Know subject matter

II. Figure out tutees strengths and weakness III. Support and encourage tutee

Persuading Others: Solving a Problem

Grab the audiences interest at the beginning of the speech. Establish our credibility: _ prove to them that you are reliable and believable _ let them know why you are speaking on this subject _ Establish confidence in us by our manner of delivery It is not appropriate to give an overview of the content of the persuasive speech

Persuading Others :Taking a Position

Grab the audiences attention Find at least one aspect of our topic that most people agree with Include sufficient background material Establish our credibility from the beginning of the speech Make our position on the speech topic clear to the listeners