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=== Good impromptu speeches (48 - 53) === ;Invention: Good speakers tie the support, main points, and thesis together well. Good speakers have good main points that relate clearly to the thesis statement. Whereas in an excellent speech both main points are targeted and specific, the good speaker might have one really strong point and one slightly weaker point. The main points tie to the thesis, but perhaps the link to the specific agent and mandate may not be as readily obvious to listeners. The supporting examples work well as illustrations of the main points that they are supporting. In an excellent speech, these pieces of support elaborate on the main points; in a good speech, most of the examples illustrate the key ideas. The difference being that an elaborating example extends and sharpens the main point’s ideas; whereas an illustration is simply shows how the main point operates in the world. ;Arrangement: Good speakers deliver speeches that are easy to flow. As with the excellent speeches, the main points are phrased well. When good speakers deliver their speeches, the arrangement-talk is clear, but, at times, clunky. They are performing the major breaks between the sections of their speeches nonverbally (longer pause breaks, movement, etc.). Good speakers don’t have the clarity and conciseness of an excellent speaker’s internal arrangement. The supporting examples might not be previewed and/or the transitions between the pieces of support might also be unclear. In essence, the arrangement is clear and solid in good speeches, but not as strategic or powerful as in excellent ones. ;Style and Delivery: Good speakers sound like they are performing the speeches they have practiced a couple of times; excellent speakers sound like they are discussing an idea with the audience. One or two of the delivery aspects discussed (rate changes, pauses, projection, eye contact) tend to need work in good speeches. The speakers might need to do more to help the audience distinguish between key and supporting sentences and ideas. The speakers might be running a bit fast, or they are blurring over major breaks in the speeches, or the speakers might simply be a bit difficult to hear.
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