Humorously Speaking
1. Warm Up Your Audience
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5-7 minutes |
| Objectives: |
- Prepare a speech that opens with a humorous story.
- Personalize the story.
- Deliver the story smoothly and effectively.
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2. Leave Them With A Smile
| Time: |
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5-7 minutes |
| Objectives: |
- Prepare a serious speech that opens and closes with humorous stories.
- Prepare a closing story that reemphasizes the speech's main point.
- Deliver the stories smoothly and effectively.
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3. Make Them Laugh
| Time: |
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5-7 minutes |
| Objectives: |
- Prepare a speech that opens and closes with humorous stories.
- Include jokes in the speech body to illustrate points or maintain
audience interest.
- Deliver the jokes and stories smoothly and effectively.
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4. Keep Them Laughing
| Time: |
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5-7 minutes |
| Objectives: |
- Prepare a speech that opens with a self-depreciating joke.
- String together two or three related jokes in the speech body.
- Close the speech with a humorous story.
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5. The Humorous Speech
| Time: |
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5-7 minutes |
| Objectives: |
- Use exaggeration to tell a humorous story.
- Entertain the audience.
- Effectively use body language and voice to enhance the story.
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Note: For some speech projects, the presentation
time may also include additional segments for such activities as question-and-answer
periods, depending on the project.