List five methods for getting the audience?s attention in the introduction of the speech

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The methods for getting the audience?s attention are:
1.  Start off with humor.
2.  Start off with a brief story.
3.  Ask a rhetorical question.
4.  Begin with a statistic or several startling statistics.
5.  Refer to a previous speaker.
6.  Refer to familiar terms.
7.  Begin with a definition.
8.  Begin with a startling statement.
9.  Start with a quotation.
10. List a series of examples.

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