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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 ...
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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.)
A. Subpoint: A single sentence supporting the main point (labeled A., B., C., etc.)
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.)
B. Second Subpoint: A single sentence supporting the main point (labeled A., B., C., etc.)
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.)
II. Second Main point: A single sentence (labeled I., II., III., etc.)
III. Third Main point: A single sentence (labeled I., II., III., etc.)
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).