Week 4: Outlining & Organizing Presentations

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COMM 2212 OL 1 or B?

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Informative Speech Planning Outline Template

General Planning

General Purpose: To Inform

General topic:

Total Time Allotment:

Number of Works Cited required:

Due Date:

Specific Purpose (Thesis statement):

I. INTRODUCTION [Time Budget: ______]

A. Attention Gainer (narrative story, graphic, music, rhetorical question, humor, startling fact/situation):

B. Listener relevance (Why this topic is pertinent to the audience):

C. Speaker credibility (Why are you qualified to speak to us about this topic):

D. Specific Purpose statement (Today/Tonight, I will be informing/sharing/considering with you about _____________):

E. Preview of points: (First, I will tell/share/inform you about ____; Second, I will tell/share/inform you about _____; and, Third, I will tell/share/inform you about ______.

Transition: Now that I have introduced our topic for this evening let us consider the First idea/topic, ____________.

II. BODY [Time Budget: ______]

A. 1st Main idea:

a. Claim 1

i. Support (evidence/citation)

ii. Support (evidence/citation)

b. Claim 2

i. Support (evidence/citation)

ii. Support (evidence/citation)

Transition: Now that we have considered __________ (first idea), let me share our 2nd idea/topic: ____________.

B. 2nd Main idea:

a. Claim 1

i. Support (evidence/citation)

ii. Support (evidence/citation)

b. Claim 2

i. Support (evidence/citation)

ii. Support (evidence/citation)

Transition: Now that we have explored ____________ (the 1st idea/topic), and our 2nd idea, _____________, let us turn to our final aspect/topic/idea: ________________.

C. 3rd Main idea:

a. Claim 1

i. Support (evidence/citation)

ii. Support (evidence/citation)

b. Claim 2

i. Support (evidence/citation)

ii. Support (evidence/citation)

III. CONCLUSION [Time Budget: ______]

A. Revisit the thesis (Tonight, I have informed you about _______.)

B. Review of the Main Points (We talked about _________, _______, and ___________.)

C. Clencher (Revisits the attention gainer and relevancy to this audience):

Works Cited