This document discusses how to support ideas and prepare the content of a speech. It provides tips for using examples, explanations, descriptions, statistics, opinions of experts, comparisons, visual aids, personal experiences, and properly structuring a speech with an introduction, body, and conclusion. The body is described as the most important part, where the central idea and major points are developed and supported with credible material. Transitions between points are also recommended to ensure coherence and smooth flow of ideas.

2. 1. Supporting Your Ideas
2. Preparing The Content Of Your
Speech

3.  Brief factual example
 Brief hypothetical example
 Detailed factual example
 Detailed hypothetical example

4. Explanation is to make an idea clear or
understandable.

5. Defined as communication which gives
information to your listener in order to increase
their knowledge or their understanding of a
situation or process.

6. is the process of explaining by breaking it down
into its parts and examining them.

7.  Description makes use of the five sensory
appeals ( the five senses being taste, hearing,
sight, touch and smell ) to make clear to your
listener exactly what is being communicated.

8.  Statistics can be an effective means of support.
However, unless your statistics are both valid
and reliable, they should not be used.

9.  When you are delivering a speech, support
your opinions if need be with the opinions of
others more expect than you to add credibility
to your presentation.

10.  Kind of comparison is called figurative
comparison or analogy. It describes similarities
between things that are otherwise different.

11.  The visual aids is used incorrectly, it can
detract from rather than improve your speech.

12.  If you have chosen a subject that you are
interested in, you will quite likely find
supporting material for you speech from your
own personal experience.

13.  Preparing the content of your speech

14.  As you can see from the format above, a speech
is divided into three parts-the introduction, the
body, and the conclusion.

15.  The body is most important part of the speech.
It contains the development of the central idea,
the major points, and the supporting material
that proves or clarifies the central idea and
main points.

16.  Transitions will help to provide coherence to
your speech so that your ideas flow smoothly
from one point to the next.