CMST

INSTRUCTOR NAME

DATE

COURSE NAME

TITLE OF SPEECH

PURPOSE STATEMENT:

INTRODUCTION

Attention getting device:

Statement of credibility:

Relate topic to audience:

THESIS STATEMENT:

Preview of main points:

BODY

1. MAIN POINT #1:

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:

c. SUB-POINT #3:

i. SUB-SUB POINT #1:

ii. SUB-SUB POINT #2:

TRANSITION:

2. MAIN POINT #2:

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:

c. SUB-POINT #3:

i. SUB-SUB POINT #1:

ii. SUB-SUB POINT #2:

TRANSITION:

3. MAIN POINT #3:

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:

c. SUB-POINT #3:

i. SUB-SUB POINT #1:

ii. SUB-SUB POINT #2:

(***Remember to include a rebuttal in the body of your persuasive outline!***)

TRANSITION (optional):

CONCLUSION

Cue the closing:

Review of thesis/main points:

Call to action:

References

Author’s last name, first initial. (year). Title of article. Name of journal, volume(issue), pp-pp. [SCHOLARLY ARTICLE]

Author’s last name, first initial., last name, first initial. second initial. & last name, first initial., second initial. (year). Title of book. City, State: Publishing company [BOOK]

Title of Webpage article/section. (Date it was recently updated). Retrieved from http://URL [WEBPAGE WITH NO AUTHOR]

Title. (n.d). In name of webpage. Retrieved from http://URL [WEBPAGE WITH NO AUTHOR, OR DATE]

First initial. Last name (personal communication, Month, day, year) [INTERVIEW]

IN-TEXT CITATIONS TIPS:

After every idea/testimony/statistics that you get from another source – scholarly article, book, website with author, CITE it!

· (Last name of author, year).

· (Last name of author, Last name of second author, Last name of third author & last name of fourth author, year)

· (Last name of author, n.d.) --- if there is no date

· Examples:

· (Sellnow, 2005)

· (Liew & Hsu, 2009)

· First reference of 3 or more authors: (Ng, Weinehall & Öhman, 2008)

· For subsequent references for 3 or more authors simply put (Ng et al., 2008)

After direct quotations

· “…..” (Last name, year, p.)

· Example :

· “Organization is the process of putting your ideas and information together in a way that will make sense to listeners” (Sellnow, 2005, p. 184)

Whole webpage with no author

· (www.webpagename.com)

· Example (www.apastyle.org)

After interviews or e-mail

· (First initial. Last name, personal communication, Month, date, year)

· Example

· (W. Roberts, personal communication, March, 8, 2011)