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Outline Information

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A well prepared outline is the cornerstone to a good speech. You need to be consistent and concise. If you want to present yourself as a knowledgeable source, back up your statements with quotes and statistics. Without a detailed outline, your speech will seem disorganized. As one of my former students wrote in his final speech evaluation:

The way I improved my organization was definitely through my outlines. After each speech, I got better because of having a better outline. Now I believe that the more time you spend on a detailed outline, the better your speech will be.

Requirements For The Speech Outline

When a student gives a speech, s/he is to give the instructor a folder containing a page with the following headings and specified information:

NAME:
SPEECH #:
SPEECH TITLE: What the speech is about
GENERAL PURPOSE: To inform or To persuade
SPECIFIC PURPOSE: To inform that... or To inform about... OR To persuade the audience to... or To persuade the audience that... (Must not include and, but, or, not.)
CENTRAL IDEA: Otherwise known as the thesis statement, this is one complete sentence that sums up your speech.

SUPPORTING MATERIALS: (Required)

1. Documented Sources: This is something that the speaker has read, evidence of research, accompanied by the author and the name of the source and the date if the source is a newspaper or periodical. That is, the source is to be cited in the speech. A photo copy or computer printout of the following for the major documented source must be fastened behind the "Outline Page": title page of article, chapter,etc. or print out of web page.

2. Visual Aid(s): One required for every speech, two required for speech #5.

Outline

1. INTRODUCTION
   1. Attention Getting Device
   2. Preview -- This is one simple declarative sentence in the Introduction containing the topic of the speech and all of the main points (the Roman numeral divisions) of the outline.
   
   
   
2. BODY
   1. First Point
      1. First Subpoint
         1. First Sub-subpoint
         2. Second Sub-subpoint
         3. Third Sub-subpoint
      2. Second Subpoint
      3. Third Subpoint
   2. Second Point
   3. Third Point
   
   
   
3. CONCLUSION
   1. Summary
   2. Concluding Device

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• Outline Worksheet
• Sample "Any Ole Bag Will Do" Outline
• Sample Demonstration Outline
• Sample Informative Speech Outline
• Sample Persuasive Speech Outline
• Sample Persuasive Speech Outline #2
• Sample Persuasive Speech Outline #3
• Sample Persuasive Speech Outline #4

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