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Chapter 3
Presenting Your
First Speech
“If all my talents
and powers were
to be taken from
me by some
inscrutable
Providence, and I
had my choice of
keeping but one,
I would unhesitat-
ingly ask to be al-
lowed to keep the
Power of Speak-
ing, for through
it, I would
quickly recover
all the rest.”
—Daniel Webster
3.1 Consider Your Audience
Gather and Analyze Information
about Your Audience
Consider the Culturally Diverse
Backgrounds of Your Audience
3.2 Select and Narrow Your Topic
3.3 Determine Your Purpose
Determine Your General Purpose
Determine Your Specific Purpose
3.4 Develop Your Central Idea
3.5 Generate the Main Ideas
3.6 Gather Supporting Material
Gather Interesting Supporting
Material
Gather Visual Supporting Material
3.7 Organize Your Speech
Divide Your Speech
Outline
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