Outline/speech due in 8 hours
Building Your Full Sentence Outline
Communications 135 - Lecture
This lecture will cover:
3 parts of the basic outline.
How to build your full sentence speech outline.
How to put information in outline form.
**this outline will be uploaded to Moodle for your “Speech Outline” assignment**
Mary G. Jarzabek
Building Your Full Sentence Outline
Communications 135 - Lecture
This lecture has an audio track.
You should have a copy of the Speech Outline Template to view as we go through this lecture.
Mary G. Jarzabek
Building Your Full Sentence Outline
Communications 135 - Lecture
Your Full Sentence Outline
adds two more parts:
The Purpose Statements
The Bibliography
All Speeches Have Three Parts:
Introduction – designed to entice the listener to “attend”
Body-the information you wish to convey
Conclusion-wrapping up so your audience has closure.
You will build your “speaker’s notes” from THIS outline.
Building Your Full Sentence Outline
Communications 135 - Lecture
Purpose Statements:
General Purpose – To Inform or To Persuade
Specific Purpose – To inform my audience of…
Central Idea – Full sentence stating main point areas.
Building Your Full Sentence Outline
Communications 135 - Lecture
General Purpose Statement: to inform OR to persuade
Specific Purpose Statement: to (Inform or Persuade) my audience of (Number of) aspects (or reasons) of (Topic area) .
Central Idea Statement: The (Number) of (Aspects or Reasons) of (This topic area) are: , , and .
Building Your Full Sentence Outline
Communications 135 - Lecture
Purpose Statements:
General Purpose – To Inform
Specific Purpose – To inform my audience of the three types of work performed by dogs for their owners.
Central Idea – The three main types of work performed by dogs for humans are herding, security, and rescue.
Building Your Full Sentence Outline
Communications 135 - Lecture
Introductions:
I. INTRODUCTION
A. Attention-gaining material
1. Select one TYPE of attention-getter ONLY
2. Put all the details of the attention getter into this outline
B. Revealing/Relating Topic
1. Make sure that your audience knows what you hope to accomplish in the speech
2. Make your audience wants/needs to listen to the content of your speech
C. Establishing Credibility
1. Mention your experience
2. Mention the amount and TYPES of Research/Interviews
D. Establishing Mood
E. Preview Main Points (this example has two main points to be covered-there may be more)
1. Main point #1
2. Main point #2
There should ONLY be ONE attention getter
Your Intro = ONLY 10% of your total speaking time
5 standard types of attention getters:
Question
Participatory
Rhetorical
Short Story
Quotable quote
Interesting statistic
Humor
Tips for Your Introduction
Building Your Full Sentence Outline
Communications 135 - Lecture
Take a break
Then open Part 2
of this lecture
Your Introduction or Conclusion CAN NEVER be longer than the outlined Body of the speech.
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