5 Cannons of Rhetoric

Invention, Arrangement, Style, Memory, and Delivery.

Ensure the speech remains objective, presenting facts and different perspectives without personal opinions or biased language.

Provide structure to a speech, organizing points chronologically, topically, casually (cause and effect), or by reason.

Address the parameters, key players, background events of the event, and use the active voice.

Uses interesting facts, statistics, analogies, anecdotes, humor, rhetorical questions, and quotations to grab audience attention

The first critical undertaking is to know more about your audience and adapt your speech to resonate with them.

Review main points, restate the thesis, and provide a memorable final statement.

Self-touching actions like fidgeting with hair, face, or clothes that distract the audience.

Demonstrating genuine feelings and honesty to create trust and credibility with the audience.

Vivid, concrete examples are often more impactful in shaping decisions than abstract information.