When researching information for your speech, the library will be your most productive resource after you have explored personal knowledge and exhausted your efforts to obtain information from others. Gathering information has become more sophisticated with the introduction of computers and CD ROM databases. Support Your Ideas 1. The fourth step of the Ten Step system is to begin organizing information on paper. Ideas must be grouped in logical blocks by attaching support type information to main ideas.
Supports clarify and reinforce main idea statements.
Clear expression and sound reasoning depend on how well you integrate a main idea and supporting details. Speech preparation in the Ten Step system moves from one logical step to the next. A key step is to generate main ideas and supports and join them together to make a kind of verbal paragraph. Patterns of Arrangement organize the speech body in a global structure so that groups of main ideas and supports relate logically to one another. Transitions help listeners follow the speaker from one thought sequence to another.