Whether you are reading material you have written or some quotation or even a speech written by somebody else be careful to isolate the main points -- just like a painter accentuates parts of his landscape painting with different tones or a digital photographer plays with colors and shades to highlight important features of his subject.
If you don't your reading will be just like that desert countryside that goes on for mile after boring mile.
You can makes these main points stand out quite simply by appropriate pausing, changes in pace and the tone of your voice as well as by a change in the depth of feeling.
If you've written the material yourself you shouldn't have much trouble with this as you would have built your speech or presentation around these main points which all support or clarify the theme or thesis of your speech.
If, on the other hand, you are reading a quotation or entire speech written by somebody else take the time to site down and analyze what they have written --making sure you have the ideas they are trying to highlight clearly in mind before you read that quote or speech.
This is where reducing such copy written by somebody else to that Mind Map would be especially helpful. Just lay out those main ideas on the branches radiating out from their central idea.
Doing this will make your reading truly informative, memorable, and persuasive.
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Exercise: You can of course practice all of this using sections of your own speech or presentation but if you would like extra practice you can use one of the editorials in your local newspaper. Analyze it to isolate those main points then practice reading the piece to capture that memorable and persuasive point of view
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