info speech introduction

a. Attention Getter:

b. Topic Reveal:

i. Source [to establish importance/currency of topic]: [According to _____ (name of source) on ____________ (date)…

c. Thesis: Today, I will inform you about __________________. [topic name]

d. Preview:

i. First, I will tell you about ___________. [1st main point].

ii. Second, I will discuss __________ [2nd main point].

iii. Third, I will explain that ____________ [3rd main point].

II. Transition 1: So first…

III. Main Point 1: [Insert main point 1 statement here]

a. Sub-point 1

i. Sub-sub-point 1

ii. Sub-sub-point 2

b. Sub-point 2

i. Sub-sub-point 1

ii. Sub-sub point 2

IV. Transition 2: Now that I discussed _______________ [main point 1], I will now tell you about ______________ [main point 2].

V. Main Point 2: [Insert main point 2 statement here]

a. Sub-point 1

i. Sub-sub-point 1

ii. Sub-sub-point 2

b. Sub-point 2

i. Sub-sub-point 1

ii. Sub-sub point 2

VI. Transition 3: Now that I discussed _______________ [main point 2], I will now tell you about ______________ [main point 3].

VII. Main Point 3: [Insert main point 3 statement here]

a. Sub-point 1

i. Sub-sub-point 1

ii. Sub-sub-point 2

b. Sub-point 2

i. Sub-sub-point 1

ii. Sub-sub point 2

VIII. Transition 4: So today…

IX. Conclusion:

a. Restate Thesis: I informed you about _______________.

b. Review:

i. First, I told you about __________.

ii. Second, I told you about __________.

iii. Third, I told you about _____________.

c. Tie-back: At the beginning of my speech, I told you about ___________ [insert attention getter].

d. Clear sense of closure:

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