WIKI: Speech Writing PDF

Title WIKI: Speech Writing Gain an awareness of the steps on speech writing to aid you in writing Objective your speech Tools notebook, pen, and dictionary 1. The WIKI: Speech Writing guides you as you go through Section 3 of th...

Title WIKI: Speech Writing Gain an awareness of the steps on speech writing to aid you in writing Objective your speech Tools notebook, pen, and dictionary 1. The WIKI: Speech Writing guides you as you go through Section 3 of this course. This WIKI discusses the 4 steps in writing your speech. These 4 steps are the following: a. Decide on what Communicative Approach you will use in writing your speech. b. Think of a topic. c. Create an outline of your speech. d. Start writing a draft of your speech. 2. For you to know more about the 4 essential steps on writing your speech, access the wiki on Speech Writing. This serves as your guide as you start writing your speech. 3. Encircle or list down the word(s) that you think is/are not familiar with you. Look at their definitions in a dictionary or thesaurus. 4. After reading the WIKI: Steps on Speech Writing, answer the following questions to check how well you understood these 4 steps discussed to you a. What is the best way to make sure you write a structured and organized speech? b. What is the importance of following these steps in writing a speech? c. Why do you think you are advised to follow your outline when writing your actual speech? d. How do these 4 steps contribute to the success of the outcome of your speech? e.. What do you think will happen if you skip or omit one or more steps? 5. Write your answers in one (1) to two (2) sentences per question in your notebook. Writing is something not new to you. You already experienced writing an essay in Reading and Writing. Now, for your Speech Writing in Oral Communication, you will have a review of the steps that you have to go through before you can write a speech of your own. There is a process flow you have to follow when you start writing your speech. Here are the steps: 1. Decide on what communicative approach you will use in writing your speech. Oral Communication | 28  2. Think of a topic. 3. Create an outline of your speech. 4. Start writing a draft of your speech. For you to be guided as you go through each step, a discussion of each is present in this WIKI. Do not forget that all of these are necessary and important. Each of the steps is critical and is needed. Do not skip any of these. Decide on what communicative approach you will use in writing your speech. If you aren’t sure yet of which Communicative Approach to use, review the following WIKIs: 1. WIKI: Informative Approach 2. WIKI: Demonstrative Approach 3. WIKI: Persuasive Approach Once you review everything you need to know, decide which of these you feel most comfortable working with. Consider which one is the easiest for you and which one is something you are good at. Choose the Informative Approach if you already have a subject that you can talk about and share with others. A subject where you are an expert in. No need for further research. Choose the Demonstrative Approach if you feel like you’re good at presenting the process or steps in doing something you’re good at. Choose a Persuasive Approach if there is something you want to tell others about a particular subject and convince them to believe in you. Also, if you want to change someone else’s perspective by presenting your ideas and convincing them. Now, if you are sure what Communicative Approach to use, proceed to step number 2. Think of a topic. Make a list of the possible topics you can use in your chosen Communicative Approach. Consider the goal of each Communicative Approach. Let us have a review of the goal of each Communicative Approach: 1. Informative Approach - inform your readers about a subject you are an “expert” in. 2. Demonstrative Approach - to demonstrate how something is done. 3. Persuasive Approach - to convince someone else to change the way he or she thinks. Now, among these three, which is the easiest goal to attain? Which of these is easier to come up with a topic? Always consider where you are good at, so you will not encounter difficulty during the actual speech writing. If you already have a topic. Proceed to step number 3. Create an outline of your speech. Oral Communication | 29  An outline helps you organize your thoughts and ideas before you write them down. The outline will serve as your guide in writing your speech. It is necessary to follow the outline to make sure your speech is structured. Review the following sample outlines found in the course’s appendix: 1. Sample Informative Speech Outline 2. Sample Demonstrative Speech Outline 3. Sample Persuasive Speech Outline Start writing a draft of your speech. Check the first three steps if you are done: ❏ Communicative Approach ❏ Topic ❏ Outline ❏ Draft When you are done with the first three steps, you may now proceed to the actual speech writing. Your draft will serve as your initial product before you finalize your speech. When writing your draft, follow your outline. Remember that your speech has to follow this structure: 1. Introduction 2. Body 3. Conclusion The subtopics you put under your main topic in your outline must be followed as you write your speech. These 4 four steps are essential in making sure that your speech is well-written, organized, and structured. Do not move on to the next step without accomplishing the prior step. Oral Communication | 30