Oral Communication in Context—Fundamentals of Public Speaking

Second Quarter: Lesson 1—Principles of Speech Writing

Name (Last Name, First Name, Middle Initial):_________________________________________

Grade Level and Section:___________________________

Exercise 1.
Based on what you have learned in this lesson, list at least ten principles or characteristics of speech
writing.

Example:
Audience analysis should be conducted to determine the characteristics of the audience, nature of
event, time of day, etc.

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Name (Last Name, First Name, Middle Initial):_________________________________________

Grade Level and Section:___________________________

Exercise 2.
Identify and differentiate the processes in speech in writing in terms of description and application.

Speech writing process Description Application

Audience analysis

Purpose

Topic

Narrowing down a topic

Data gathering

Writing patterns

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Outline

Body of speech

Introduction

Conclusion

Editing/Revising

Rehearsing

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