Week 4: Outlining & Organizing Presentations

Part 1 – Introductory Speech Planning Outline

The most often performed presentation is people attempting to describe themselves.

Employing an object as a metaphor for yourself, introduce yourself to this work group as someone we will be working and interacting with for this semester. Use the Informative Speech Planning Outline Template as a guide.  

Part 2 – Introductory Speech Speaking Outline

The most often performed presentation is people attempting to describe themselves. Employing an object as a metaphor for yourself, introduce yourself to this work group as someone we will be working and interacting with for this semester. Prepare your slides  Prepare your slides (Use the Speech Planning Outline as a guide.)

A complete one-page, planning outline and a one-page, speaking outline is required.

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Informative Speech Planning Outline Template

General Planning

General Purpose: To Inform

General topic:

Total Time Allotment:

Number of Works Cited required:

Due Date:

Specific Purpose (Thesis statement):

I.
INTRODUCTION [Time Budget: ______]

A. Attention Gainer (narrative story, graphic, music, rhetorical question, humor, startling fact/situation):

B. Listener relevance (Why this topic is pertinent to the audience):

C. Speaker credibility (Why are you qualified to speak to us about this topic):

D. Specific Purpose statement (Today/Tonight, I will be informing/sharing/considering with you about _____________):

E. Preview of points: (First, I will tell/share/inform you about ____; Second, I will tell/share/inform you about _____; and, Third, I will tell/share/inform you about ______.

Transition: Now that I have introduced our topic for this evening let us consider the First idea/topic, ____________.

II.
BODY [Time Budget: ______]

A. 1st Main idea:

a.

Claim 1

i. Support (evidence/citation)

ii. Support (evidence/citation)

b. Claim 2

i. Support (evidence/citation)
ii. Support (evidence/citation)

Transition: Now that we have considered __________ (first idea), let me share our 2nd idea/topic: ____________.

B. 2nd Main idea:

a. Claim 1

i. Support (evidence/citation)
ii. Support (evidence/citation)
b. Claim 2
i. Support (evidence/citation)
ii. Support (evidence/citation)

Transition: Now that we have explored ____________ (the 1st idea/topic), and our 2nd idea, _____________, let us turn to our final aspect/topic/idea: ________________.

C. 3rd Main idea:

a. Claim 1
i. Support (evidence/citation)
ii. Support (evidence/citation)
b. Claim 2
i. Support (evidence/citation)
ii. Support (evidence/citation)

III.
CONCLUSION [Time Budget: ______]

A. Revisit the thesis (Tonight, I have informed you about _______.)

B. Review of the Main Points (We talked about _________, _______, and ___________.)

C. Clencher (Revisits the attention gainer and relevancy to this audience):

Works Cited