What is the best course of action to follow should you lose your train of thought during your speech? quietly glance at your notes to find your place. continue to speak, even though you are rambling. hope no one will notice and move on to talk about something completely unrelated. ask if anyone in the audience has questions. ask the audience to give you a second to regain your composure.

Quietly glance at your notes to find your place.

This is the best course of action if you suddenly find yourself lost in the middle of your speech. This can happen to even the most accomplished speakers. However, there are strategies you can take in order to be able to continue your speech. One of the best things you can do is quietly glance at your notes in order to find your place. In this way, you can continue with the speech in an almost uninterrupted way.

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1. read the following excerpt from franklin d. roosevelt's "fireside chat 19":

on the other side of the picture, we must learn also to know that guerilla warfare against the germans in, let us say serbia or norway, us; that a successful russian offensive against the germans us; and that british successes on land or sea in any part of the world strengthen our hands.

remember always that germany and italy, regardless of any formal declaration of war, consider themselves at war with the united states at this moment just as much as they consider themselves at war with britain or russia. and germany puts all the other republics of the americas into the same category of enemies. the people of our sister republics of this hemisphere can be honored by that fact.  

the true goal we seek is far above and beyond the ugly field of battle. when we resort to force, as now we must, we are determined that this force shall be directed toward ultimate good as well as against immediate evil. we americans are not destroyers — we are builders.

analyze the effectiveness of this excerpt. how does it function within the speech as a whole? how does the structure of the excerpt to convey the speech's purpose and key points? support your argument with evidence from the speech. (10 points)