10. Introducing and Concluding Your Speech

Question 1

Purposes of Introductions

Answer 1

Get the audience attention (illustration, startling fact, quotation, humor, question, etc)
Introduce the Subject (present your central idea)
Give the audience a reason to listen (tell how the topic directly affects them)
Establish your credibility (offer your credentials)
Preview your main ideas (tell what you are going to speak about)

Question 2

Purposes of Conclusions

Answer 2

Summarize your speech
Reemphasize the CI in a memorable way
Motivate the audience to respond
Provide closure

Effective Conclusions: methods used for introduction