Supporting One-Point Outline
Use the outline to help you prepare your presentation. Begin by selecting a point of view you want to support. Think about the audience for your presentation. What do you know about the audience that might help you select supporting material?
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What are the three strongest reasons to support your point of view?
1. ________________________________________________________
2. _________________________________________________________
3. _________________________________________________________
Go to Ch. 7 and select a different type of supporting material. You might, for example, select extended example, statistics, and testimony. Arrange your supporting material in order of strength. The strongest must be supporting point 3. Develop a conclusion that leaves the audience at a high point. Write the final sentences of the conclusion and add to the outline. Write an introduction that grabs the audience’s attention. Write the first two sentences and add to the outline.
Fill your information in the outline provided below.
I. Introduction (Write out first two sentences)
II. Supporting material (Only three) The following is an example:
A. Extended example
B. Statistics
C. Testimony
III. Conclusion (Write out last few sentences)