speech outiline
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TITLE
Introduction
Attention Getter: (Question, startling fact, story, surprising statistic – get us interested, use a cliffhanger)
Relevance: (Why should we care? What does this topic have to do with us?)
State thesis/goal of your speech: (this can be left out if you think it’s better to not tell us right away what you’re trying to achieve)
Credibility: (What makes you a good person to tell us about this topic? This can be left out as long as you establish credibility throughout the rest of your speech by citing all your sources)
Overview of main points:
Transition: (Connect introduction to your first main point)
Main Body
Main Point 1: (title, then write your first paragraph in full sentences, including in-text citations; this paragraph probably contains background information, definitions, and basic knowledge we need to know to understand your speech; every main point can have multiple sub-points if necessary).
Sub-Point
Sub-Point
Transition
Main Point 2
Etc. (use as many main points and sub-points as you need; usually about 3-5 main points)
Transition
Main Point 3
Transition to Conclusion (Signposting) (Show us that the main part of the speech is over and that we are concluding/summarizing by using phrases like “in conclusion”).
Conclusion
Summary (What have we learned today?):
Clincher (repeat why your speech topic is important or what we should take away from your speech):
Final sentence of your speech (use elements from your introduction if possible to “close the loop”):
References
What sources did you use to compile this outline? List websites, textbooks, publications, interviews, etc.
Use APA-Style
Make sure each source is also used in an in-text citation in the main text of your outline.
EVERYTHING HIGHLIGHTED IN YELLOW NEEDS TO BE DELETED/REPLACED WITH YOUR TEXT!
TITLE
Introduction
Attention Getter:
(Question, startling fact, story, surprising statistic
–
get us interested,
use a
cliffhanger
)
Relevance:
(Why should we care?
What does this topic have to do with us?
)
State
thesis/
g
oal
of your speech
:
(this can be left out if you think it
’
s better to not tell us right away what
you
’
re trying to achieve)
Credibility
:
(What mak
es you a good person to tell us about this topic? This can be left out as long as you
establish credibility throughout the rest of your speech by citing all your sources)
O
verview of main points
:
Transition
:
(Connect introduction to your first main point)
Main Body
Main Point 1
:
(title, then write your first para
graph in full sentences, including in
-
text citations; this
paragraph probably contains background information, definitions, and basic knowledge we need to
know to understand your speech; every main point can have multiple sub
-
points if necessary).
Sub
-
Point
Sub
-
Point
Transition
Main Point 2
E
tc.
(u
se as many main points and sub
-
points as you need; usually about 3
-
5 main points)
Transition
Main Point 3
Transition
to Conclusion (Signposting)
(Show us that the main part of the speech is over and that we are
concluding/summarizing by using phrases like
“
in conclusion
”
).
Conclusion
Summary
(What have we learned today?)
:
Clincher
(repeat why your speech topic is important or what we should take away from your speech):
EVERYTHING HIGHLIGHTED IN YELLOW NEEDS TO BE DELETED/REPLACED WITH YOUR TEXT!
TITLE
Introduction
Attention Getter: (Question, startling fact, story, surprising statistic – get us interested, use a cliffhanger)
Relevance: (Why should we care? What does this topic have to do with us?)
State thesis/goal of your speech: (this can be left out if you think it’s better to not tell us right away what
you’re trying to achieve)
Credibility: (What makes you a good person to tell us about this topic? This can be left out as long as you
establish credibility throughout the rest of your speech by citing all your sources)
Overview of main points:
Transition: (Connect introduction to your first main point)
Main Body
Main Point 1: (title, then write your first paragraph in full sentences, including in-text citations; this
paragraph probably contains background information, definitions, and basic knowledge we need to
know to understand your speech; every main point can have multiple sub-points if necessary).
Sub-Point
Sub-Point
Transition
Main Point 2
Etc. (use as many main points and sub-points as you need; usually about 3-5 main points)
Transition
Main Point 3
Transition to Conclusion (Signposting) (Show us that the main part of the speech is over and that we are
concluding/summarizing by using phrases like “in conclusion”).
Conclusion
Summary (What have we learned today?):
Clincher (repeat why your speech topic is important or what we should take away from your speech):
