There are 3 main points that the book hits on when talking about the body of the speech. First off you have to have clarity in the body of the speech meaning that your main points expand on your thesis statement. These both need to send the message that you want the audience to hear. The main points also allow you to inform the audience about your topic,
The second thing your speech's main points must be relevant to the topic. As more information is gathered you may have to adjust your main points to better emphasize your main point. The final thing that the main points of your speech must have is balance. This means making sure that all of the main points carry equal weight in relavence to the main point and each other. To figure out the correct balance of a speech you also need to figure out how many main points you will need to include in the speech. to determine this you need you to figure out the information you need to cover and the amount of time you have.
After reading this section in CH 8 I think it gave me some important information to consider that will also make my speech better
Balancing your main points is something that is very important in delivering a well rounded speech. When delivering the last speech, I found my self speaking more about one of the main points then the others. I felt like I wanted to say more about the other main points but lumped most of that information into the middle of the speech. If I had better organized my main points by listing sub-points under the main points, I think it would have balanced my speech better and gave me a better delivery. You make a very good point about figuring out what information you actually need to cover and the amount of time you have. Once you have identified this, you can distribute the information under your main points so the speech is balanced.
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