The student will develop, refine, revise, and try to perfect the oration over a period of months, a topic should be chosen that is of personal concern and the topic needs to be researched in depth from a variety of points of view for the student to be able to state and support a position. A specific purpose statement, a theses or proposal then needs to be drafted. Once the main ideas are in place, the selection of quality supporting the materials will enable the speaker to fully develop the ideas.
The key to good delivery is spontaneity, a spontaneity that is a result of realization of the ideas of the speech, a full understanding of what is being said.