week 9 discussion 2

According to chapter 9 in the book, what is required in a introduction is an attention getter, something to make the audience want to listen to the speech, provide the purpose/thesis, establish credibility, let your audience know your an authority on the topic, and preview your main points.  In my informative speech I think I will start out with "I"m sure many of you here have had a body piercing, as for me I have eleven. "  To establish credibility I am going to say that I work in the body piercing industry and so I am around it a lot and have learned from my job, but I also did research.  The conclusion is much like the introduction, in that it needs a review of main points, reinforce the purpose, and then provide closure.  Providing closure is something I need to work on, I always have trouble ending strong.