Organize ideas in the most effective order for an oral presentation. SPI 0501.2.4

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1. Basic Speech Structure - use this as a model for making your speech
2. Effective Speechwriting: The Importance of Theme - suggestions for choosing an apporpriate theme
3. Improving Sentence Clarity - Strategies for improving the clarity of your sentences and your papers
4. The Informative Speech Body - the main concerns in creating the body of a speech
5. Ordering the Phrases - excellent interactive quiz; learn about the different stages of a presentation and to learn some phrases that tell your audience where you are in your presentation.
6. Organizational Patterns for Speeches - description of four speech patterns from the writing center at Colorado State University; causal order, chronological order, spatial order, and topical order
7. Organizational Patterns for Speeches - This document describes five basic patterns for organizing a speech: logical or topical, chronological or time sequence, spatial or geographical, classification, and problem-solution
8. Patterns of Organization and Their Clue Words- handout; defines term with example word usage [This expired page is from the Internet Archive known as the Wayback Machine.]
9. Principles of Organization - scroll to middle of page to get to this section; four broad principles
10. Speech Structure - how to organize your speech
11. Speechwriting at Scholastic - The skills needed to write and speak your ideas will help you in every aspect of your life. Learn the tricks with two Scholastic experts who take you step by step through the process of writing and delivering a speech
12. Step-by-Step Guide to Preparing Your First Speech - outline of how to organize and prepare for your speech [This expired page is from the Internet Archive known as the Wayback Machine.]
13. Structure of Oral Presentation - page three of this docment includes seven helpful organizational devices - from Communication Across the Curriculum presented by The College of Arts and Sciences at The University of Pennsylvania
14. Theme - definition and examples of themes for speeches
15. Tips from the Pros - some expert political speechwriters tell you the secrets of writing a speech

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