Most Helpful Concept

I believe learning how to do the actual outline of a speech along with its different organizational patterns was very helpful. The outline of a speech is the beginning structure for a speaker’s overall delivery. Without the outline, there is no speech. When I did speeches in high school, I never developed an outline. Although my speeches were still very effective and successful, they did not have any structure. Learning how to do a simple outline is very beneficial when creating a speech. When I learned about transitions, my speeches were enhanced because I did not skip around from one random main point to the next. Incorporating transitions into my speech allowed for smooth progress. The different organizational patterns were beneficial as well. My favorite organizational pattern was topical because many of my speech topics fit into this format very well. Our last speech fit into Monroe’s motivated sequence and it was quite simple to use this organizational pattern.