Overview
HANDOUTS
Informative speech Outline Example
Thesis: “Today I’ll be informing you about blablabla”
I: Introduction
- Attention Getter
- Significance/ Overview
- Thesis
- Preview of Points (First, I’ll be jumping into blabla, second, I’ll tumble into blablabla, and finally, I’ll be falling into the blablabla.)
II: Main Point 1 (Give the point a title, don’t just write “main point 1”)
- Sub-point 1
- Sub-point 2
Transition Sentence: (i.e. “Now that you know the history of “this object” let’s talk about the current state of “this object.”)
III: Main Point 2 (Title it)
- Sub-point 1
- Sub-point 2
- Sub-point 3
Transition Sentence: … (i.e. “Now that we’ve discussed what the object is like today, let’s predict what the future of this object will be!”
IV: Main point 3 (Title it)
- Sub-point 1
- Sub-point 2
V: Conclusion
- Quickly summarize main points
- Restate thesis in a new light
Clincher (Easy clincher: bring back your attention getter)