14. Connectives

• Connective: a word or phrase that connects the ideas of a speech and indicates the relationship between them
• 1. Transition: 

  • They are words or phrases that indicate when a speaker has just completed one thought and is moving on to another
  • State both the idea the speaker is leaving and the idea she or he is coming up to
• 2. Internal previews:

  • Let the audience know what the speaker will take up next
  • More detailed than transitions
  • Works just like the preview statement in a speech introduction, it comes in the body of the speech when starting to discuss main point
• 3. Internal summaries

  • The reverse of internal previews
  • Internal summaries remind listeners of what they have just heard
  • Used when a speaker finishes a complicated or particularly important main point or set of main points
• 4. Signposts:

  • Brief statements that indicate exactly where you are in the speech
  • Just numbers (ex: The first, second, final..)
• Four types of speech connectives

  1. Transitions
  2. Internal preivews
  3. Internal summaries
  4. Signposts