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Intended Audience

Identify your audience for the speech. Be as   specific as possible (include demographics if applicable). 

 

Importance Statement

Explain why your topic is important for the target   audience.

INTRODUCTION

  

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Attention-getting Opening

Grab your audience’s attention with an interesting   statistic, fact, compelling question, or story. 

 

Thesis Statement

Identify claim and main   points in one sentence. We recommend this format: 

Research   suggests that (major claim) because (main point 1) and (main point 2). 

 

Preview of Main Points

1. List the first main point from the thesis

2. List the second main point from the thesis

*Use highlights for guidance, feel free to remove   after

BODY

  

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Main Point #1

One subpoint MUST have   supporting evidence (shown via an in-text citation).

Please refer to the   example for how to do in-text citations.

Add as many subpoints as   needed. We recommend three. 

 

Main Point #2

One subpoint MUST have   supporting evidence (shown via an in-text citation).

Please refer to the   example for how to do in-text citations.

Add as many subpoints as   needed. We recommend three.

Mark your plan to show   your visual aid (it must be shown within either main point 1 or 2). 

Copy and paste your visual aid where you plan to   support one of the main points. Add (Author, Date) underneath. Your visual aid   needs to be something meaningful that helps your audience learn about or   better understand what you are saying. 

If your visual aid doesn’t fit, please paste it   underneath the template. Don’t forget to add your in-text citation underneath   it. 

      

CONCLUSION

  

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Restatement of Thesis

To tie the speech together, restate the thesis from   the introduction.

 

Summary of Main Points

1. Summarize the first main point from the thesis   statement. 

2. Summarize the   second main point from the thesis statement.

 

Closing Comments

End with a call to action, important point, or story   to make your topic memorable for the audience.

FULL REFERENCES

  

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Provide   a reference list that includes the author, date of publication, title, and   location of information (e.g., publisher, journal, website URL) for each source.   APA citation style is strongly encouraged.

If there is   no author:   Use the organization’s name as the author.