Introductions+and+Conclusions


 * __Introduction__**
 * Choose a topic that is interesting and relatable to the audience
 * Begin with something that will hook your audience right away
 * Use vivid language to keep up interest
 * Demonstrate significance of topic in introduction
 * Use captivating and intriguing statements to startle audience and build on interest, but make sure the statement has to do directly with the topic of your speech
 * Rhetorical questions makes the audience think more about the speech
 * To stimulate interest from the start, begin with a famous or well-known quotation
 * Get readers emotionally involved in the story and subject matter by telling it as a story
 * Clearly state the subject of your speech early on, so the audience is not confused
 * Startle the audience
 * Build suspense
 * Make the audience curious
 * Involve the audience
 * Pose a series of questions
 * Tell a story
 * Get audience emotionally involved
 * Use pauses, eye contact, changes in tone of voice to be more effective
 * Be simple - don't confuse them
 * Make topic clear from the start
 * Directly relate topic
 * Invite audiencce particpation, use audio equipment or visual aids, relate to a previous speaker, or begin with humour
 * Use a situation that is easily relatable, or alternatively, put the audience in someone else's shoes for an indrect experience
 * Compare and Contrast
 * Start with a statement
 * Antagonisation of the audience


 * __Conclusion__**
 * Let the audience know that you are beginning the end of you speech
 * The tone, pacing, rhythm, and intonation can also help signal the end of the speech, especially if you’ve built up enough interest and involvement
 * Highlight the central idea again before ending speech
 * Closing quotations help to end a paper nicely, especially if it captures your main idea
 * Ending dramatically also leaves the audience stunned, riveted, surprised, or can impress new ideas upon them