Introduction and Body Clock
COMM 105/106: INTRODUCTION/CONCLUSION SPEECH You will pick one topic, thesis and a set of mutually inclusive three main points appropriate for your classroom audience. For that, you will prepare three introductions that only need to differ with the opener. You will also prepare one conclusion for that same topic and thesis.
INTRODUCTION: All three introductions should include:
1. Opener: A different one for each intro.
2. Establishment of the speech’s significance or relevance. This needs to be established with at least one outside source cite.
3. A clear thesis and preview.
Otherwise the intro should meet the requirements for a good introduction as explained in class and the text.
CONCLUSION: The conclusion should include:
1. A clear summary of the thesis and main points,
2. A closer that bookends with the performed version of the intro.
3. A clincher.
Otherwise the conclusion should meet the requirement for a good conclusion as explained in class and the text.
WRITTEN WORK: You will hand in a neatly typed/written copy of all three introductions and the one conclusion. The thesis and preview should be underlined or highlighted. Include a full cite of the source(s) used at the end of the assignment. PERFORMANCE: You will perform any one of the three intros and the conclusion in class. Remember that the conclusion should bookend with the performed intro. This is to be delivered extemporaneously. Do not write out the intro word-for-word on your note card. Do not read the intro from the note card. Time limit: 3:00
Performance Dates:
Intro-Conclusion Speech Example
#1 Performed (OPENER) Do you ever notice that you seem more alert at certain times of day? Do you ever notice lower energy periods where you would kill for the time to take a nap even though you haven’t been doing anything? Our daily up and down pattern is a good example of our body’s natural rhythms. But now that body clock may actually help
INTRODUCTION: All three introductions should include:
1. Opener: A different one for each intro.
2. Establishment of the speech’s significance or relevance. This needs to be established with at least one outside source cite.
3. A clear thesis and preview.
Otherwise the intro should meet the requirements for a good introduction as explained in class and the text.
CONCLUSION: The conclusion should include:
1. A clear summary of the thesis and main points,
2. A closer that bookends with the performed version of the intro.
3. A clincher.
Otherwise the conclusion should meet the requirement for a good conclusion as explained in class and the text.
WRITTEN WORK: You will hand in a neatly typed/written copy of all three introductions and the one conclusion. The thesis and preview should be underlined or highlighted. Include a full cite of the source(s) used at the end of the assignment. PERFORMANCE: You will perform any one of the three intros and the conclusion in class. Remember that the conclusion should bookend with the performed intro. This is to be delivered extemporaneously. Do not write out the intro word-for-word on your note card. Do not read the intro from the note card. Time limit: 3:00
Performance Dates:
Intro-Conclusion Speech Example
#1 Performed (OPENER) Do you ever notice that you seem more alert at certain times of day? Do you ever notice lower energy periods where you would kill for the time to take a nap even though you haven’t been doing anything? Our daily up and down pattern is a good example of our body’s natural rhythms. But now that body clock may actually help