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Speech Outline Template: A Guide to Structuring Effective Presentations, Summaries of Communication and Presentation Skills

Speech Outline Template. INTRODUCTION. I. Introduce your speech topic to your audience. A. Attention-getter: This statement should make people pay attention ...

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Speech Outline Template
INTRODUCTION
I. Introduce your speech topic to your audience
A. Attention-getter: This statement should make people pay attention and clue them to your topic. It
might be a question, a quotation, example, anecdote, or statistic.
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B. Relevance: Explain why your audience should care about your topic and/or how the information you
will impart affects them.
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C. Credibility: Tell your audience why they should listen to you and why you are qualified to speak on
the topic: personal experience, research, etc.
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D. Thesis Statement: Summarize for your audience, in one sentence, the purpose of your speech.
_______________________________________________________________________________________
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II. Preview: Clue your audience to the main points you will hit upon in your speech. In some instances, this
may also serve as a transition to the body of the speech.
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Speech Outline Template

INTRODUCTION

I. Introduce your speech topic to your audience A. Attention-getter: This statement should make people pay attention and clue them to your topic. It might be a question, a quotation, example, anecdote, or statistic.



B. Relevance: Explain why your audience should care about your topic and/or how the information you will impart affects them.



C. Credibility: Tell your audience why they should listen to you and why you are qualified to speak on the topic: personal experience, research, etc.



D. Thesis Statement: Summarize for your audience, in one sentence, the purpose of your speech.



II. Preview: Clue your audience to the main points you will hit upon in your speech. In some instances, this may also serve as a transition to the body of the speech.




BODY – Discuss all of the main and supporting points. Be sure to include transition sentences. I. First Main point: A single sentence (labeled I., II., III., etc.)

I. _______________________________________________________________

A. Subpoint: A single sentence supporting the main point (labeled A., B., C., etc.)

A. ____________________________________________________________

1. First sub-subpoint: A single sentence supporting the subpoint (labeled 1., 2., 3., etc.) 2. Second sub-subpoint: A single sentence supporting the subpoint (labeled 1., 2., 3., etc.)

1. __________________________________________________________

2. __________________________________________________________

B. Second Subpoint: A single sentence supporting the main point (labeled A., B., C., etc.)

B. ____________________________________________________________

1. First sub-subpoint: A single sentence supporting the subpoint (labeled 1., 2., 3., etc.) 2. Second sub-subpoint: A single sentence supporting the subpoint (labeled 1., 2., 3., etc.)

1. __________________________________________________________

2. __________________________________________________________

II. Second Main point: A single sentence (labeled I., II., III., etc.)

II. _______________________________________________________________

A. ____________________________________________________________

1. __________________________________________________________

2. __________________________________________________________

B. ____________________________________________________________

1. __________________________________________________________

2. __________________________________________________________

III. Third Main point: A single sentence (labeled I., II., III., etc.)

III. _______________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________________________

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This template does not have to be copied verbatim. Every speech has its own unique structure. See for example, the outlines for the sample speeches in Appendices A (p. 226) and B (p. 231).