Speech outline

Persuasive Speech outline

Topic: Should Self-Driving Cars be Legal?

(Deliver a speech on question of policy)

Create an outline or speaking notes in Microsoft Word. Download the Microsoft Word template in the “Assignment 3.1” section located in Week 6 of your course. o Develop a specific purpose, central idea, and several main points so you'll stay within the 4-minute time limit. o You must use at least two quality resources.

Here are the templates:

Sample A:

Sample Student Outline

Topic: Insert topic here

Introduction –

Capture your audience’s attention with a quote, anecdote, or personal experience

Build up to the main reason for the speech

Thesis Statement - I have now chosen to go to college at this juncture in my life because of financial, personal, and emotional reasons.

I. First Main Point – Financial Reasons

A. Secure and comfortable financial future

B. Dissatisfaction in current job

C. Goals for the future (Light, 2018)

II. Second Main Point – Personal Reasons

A. Graduating from college is an important milestone (“First in family”, 2010)

B. Make family proud.

C. Positive role model for children.

III. Third Main Point – Emotional Reasons

A. Overcome self-doubt

B. Past negative experience

C. Understanding my abilities

Conclusion –

A. Restate thesis statement and main points

B. Summarize presented ideas

C. Conclude with compelling remark

References

First in family to attend college. (2010). Retrieved from www.firstinfamily.edu

Light, M.A. (2018). Setting goals for a college student. Retrieved from

howtosetSMARTgoals.org

Sample B:

Topic: Insert topic here.

Introduction

Capture your audience’s attention with a quote, anecdote, or personal experience

Build up to the main reason for the speech

Summarize the main idea and briefly state the main points

Working with Microsoft Word

Creating a Presentation

Building on Previous Work

First Main Point: Working with Microsoft Word

Move an outline numbered item to the appropriate numbering level

Help plan speech and organize thoughts

Second Main Point: Creating a Presentation

Creating a presentation from a Word outline (Benefits of an Outline, 1)

Uses the heading styles

Heading styles are applied when you use numbered outlines

Each paragraph formatted with the Heading 1 style becomes a new slide, each Heading 2 becomes the first level of text, and so on.

Procedures

Open the document and use it to create a presentation

Open the File menu

Main Point 3: Building on previous work

Use heading styles to create longer documents

To learn more about Outline view, review Microsoft Word Help

Conclusion

Restate your main points

Working with Microsoft Word

Creating a Presentation (Effective Use of a Presentation, 2)

Building on Previous Work

Summarize the presented ideas

Restate introduction or conclude with a compelling remark

Sources

1.Benefits of an Outline. (2015). Importance of an Outline. Retrieved from

http://www.inspiration.com/visual-learning/outlining.org

2. Effective Use of a Presentation. (2018). Retrieved from

https://www.effectiveuseofpresentation.edu