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Slide 1 This first slide introduces the topic with the title of the
Speech title speech. Follow the general rules for titling your speech:
Keep it short, provocative, and focused on your audience.
Have You Ever Been If you put a graphic on this page, make sure that it doesn’t
Culture Shocked? detract from your title. What other graphics might work
well here?

Slide 2 Culture shock can be You may or may not want to identify your thesis directly
The thesis described in 4 stages right at the beginning of your speech. Consider the
of the speech arguments for and against identifying your thesis—both
• The honeymoon cultural and strategic—and the suggestions for when and
• The crisis how to state the thesis. As a listener, do you prefer it when
• The recovery speakers state their thesis right at the beginning or do
• The adjustment you prefer it when the thesis is only implied and left for
you to figure out?

Slide 3 You too will experience This slide gains attention by relating the topic directly to
Attention-getting culture shock the audience; it answers the listener’s obvious question,
device; “Why should I listen to this speech?”
corresponds • Near universal experience
to the • With understanding
introduction’s comes control
“I A–B”

Slide 4 In this slide you give your orientation by identifying your
Orientation; Culture Shock main points. These four bullets will become your four main
corresponds points.
to the • The honeymoon
introduction’s • The crisis
“II A–D” • The recovery
• The adjustment

Slide 5 This is your first main point. You’d introduce it, perhaps, by
The Honeymoon saying, “The honeymoon occurs first.” If you wanted your
First main
point; audience to keep track of the stage numbers, you could use
corresponds • Fascination numbers in your slides; for example, “1. The Honeymoon” or
to the body’s • Enjoyment of people and “Stage 1, The Honeymoon.” The graphic of the heart is meant
“I A–B” culture to associate culture shock with good times and a romancelike
experience. As a listener, would you prefer that the speaker
explain this graphic or say nothing about it?

fIGure 13.5
a slide show speech Communication
Choice Point
technical problems
You’ve prepared a great Prezi
show for your informative speech. Unfortu-
presentation’s total time. You can see these times at the bottom of each slide in a va- nately, the equipment that you need in
riety of views, but they won’t appear in the slides the audience sees or in a printed order to show the slides never arrives. But
handout such as the one in Figure 13.5. You can use these times to program each you have to give your speech and you have
slide to run automatically or to see if you’re devoting the desired amount of time to to explain what happened (or do you?).
each of your ideas. If you find in your rehearsal that your speech is too long, these What are your options for dealing with this
times can help you see which parts could be shortened. unexpected technical problem?