HOW TO PREPARE FOR A DEBATE OR SPEECH (part 11)

                                                   HOW TO CLOSE A SPEECH


1.      The close of a speech is really its most strategic element. What is said last is likely to be remembered   longest.

2.       Do not end with "that is about all I have to say on the matter; so I guess I will stop." Stop, but don't talk about stopping.


3.       Plan your ending carefully in advance as Webster, Bright, and Gladstone did. Know almost word o word how you are going to close.Round off your talk. Don't leave it rough and broken like a jagged rock.

4.       Seven suggested ways of closing:
                   Summarizing, restating, outlining briefly the main points you have covered.

                   Appealing for action.

                   Paying the audience a sincere compliment.

                   Raising a laugh.

                   Quoting a fitting verse of poetry.

                   Using an authentic quotation.

                   Building up a climax.

 5.      Get a good ending and a good beginning and get them close together. Always stop before your audience wants to. "The point of satisfaction is reached very soon after the peak of popularity".

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