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Public Speaking: Introduction of a speech
Techniques to make an outstanding introPrepared by Mehedi Kayser Pabitra
American International University, Bangladesh
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The Introduction of a Speech
• Remember that first impression is always important. In an
introduction of a speech we include the following three
components:
• Get the attention and the interest of the audience
• Reveal the topic of your speech
• Preview the body of speech
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Topic : I will ban coke in my life
• Case statement:
• Introduction: Attention Material
• Credibility Material :
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1. Relate the topic to the audience:
• People give attention to things that affect them directly:
Find the better one: (Topic: Collecting Postcards)
Today I am going to talk about collecting postcards- a hobby that is
both fascinating and financially rewarding. I have this hobby. I will
tell you the stages to start this hobby and how you can keep going
on with this.
It’s Saturday morning and you have no school. After working a
while to clean out your grandmother’s attic, you have justfound a box of hundreds of postcards of her time. Think what
you will do. Will you throw them away to the bin or save your
next semester's tuition fee?
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2. Startle the Audience (Topic is Road
Accident)Take a moment and think of the three closest persons in your life.
Who come to your mind: Your father, mother and your sister. Now
Whom do you want to lose in a road accident next month? I know
this is not a pleasant thought but according to the bureau of
statistics, every 1 member in 10 families gets injured or dies in ayear in this country.
Welcome to my presentation. I am going to talk about road
accident that occurs in Bangladesh at random. Nobody is safe
from it.
3. Arouse the Audience’s interest:
It is not the most common disease. It is not AIDS. It is not
incurable. But it is the most harmful thing that you should never
like to have. What is this? This is …. “Poor Self esteem”
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The previous
three strategies are certainly very effective to add some attentionarousing material to your introduction, but remember that you must
make sure that you make a connection between the topic and your
additive material in the first one minute and thirty seconds of your
speech.
Now let’s look at
the number 4 strategy:
4. Question the
Audience: Asking a rhetorical question sets your ground
•Can anyoneamong you tell me what it feels like to be a victim of racial
discrimination?•How many of
you have seen …………………
•Begin with a