Ceremonial Speech

Specific Purpose: To

Central Idea: The thesis statement.

INTRODUCTION – Label the parts of your speech “Introduction”, “Body” and “Conclusion”

I. (Attention Getter) – narrative, startling statement or statistic that will get our attention.

II. (Reveal your topic) – Tell us the subject of your speech.

III. (Establish Credibility) – Share personal experience, another’s experience you know about, or simply prove to us why we should listen to you/trust that you’re a reliable source.

IV. (Relevancy Statement) – Why should we care? Why is this relevant to us as an audience?

V. (Preview of Main Points) - Restate the central idea here. The C.I. above isn’t usually said aloud.

(TRANSITION: Previews what’s to come, or summarizes what you’ve already spoken about, or both. The first one should not summarize. Neither should the last one.).

BODY (notice that the Roman Numerals start over).

I. (First Main Point – A Complete sentence) – Topic sentence.

A. (Subpoint-supports the main point) – A Complete sentence.

1. Further describes “A”.

2. Further describes “A”.

3. Further describes “A”. Ex.

B. (Subpoint-supports the main point) – A Complete sentence.

1. Further describes “B”..

2. Further describes “B”.

3. Further describes “B”.

C. (Subpoint-supports the main point) – A Complete sentence.

1. Further describes “C”.

2. Further describes “C”.

3. Further describes “C”.

(TRANSITION: )

II. (Second Main Point–A Complete sentence) Repeat Pattern of Main Point I.

A. (Subpoint-supports the main point)

1.

2.

3.

B. (Subpoint-supports the main point)

1.

2.

3.

C. (Subpoint-supports the main point)

1.

2.

3.

(TRANSITION: )

III. (Third Main Point–A Complete sentence) Repeat Pattern of Main Point II.

A. (Subpoint-supports the main point)

1.

2.

3.

B. (Subpoint-supports the main point)

1.

2.

3.

C. (Subpoint-supports the main point)

1.

2.

3.

(TRANSITION: )

CONCLUSION (notice that the Roman Numerals start over).

I. (Summary of Main points)

II. (Memorable Close/Clincher--Tie this back to Intro)

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