Professor Alexander D Carney SPE 100 Page 1 SPEECH OUTLINE BASIC TEMPLATE Purpose Statement: WRITE NO MORE THAN ONE SENTENCE THAT STATES YOUR PURPOSE IN GIVING THIS SPEECH ____________________________________________________________________________ Central Idea Statement: WRITE NO MORE THAN ONE SENTENCE THAT IS A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE THREE MAIN POINTS OF YOUR SPEECH ______________________________________________________________________________ INTRODUCTION 1. Hook (an attention grabber; statistic, joke, etc.) WRITE NO MORE THAN TWO SENTENCES THAT INTRODUCE YOUR SPEECH: ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ TRANSITION A - Write something (a word, a phrase, or sentence) that connects #1 and #2 2. Reveal Topic/Defining your thesis statement (a summary of what your speech is about). What are you talking about? WRITE ONE SENTENCE THAT DEFINES AND REVEALS WHAT YOUR SPEECH IS ABOUT: ______________________________________________________________________________ TRANSITION B - Write something (a word, a phrase, or sentence) that connects #2 and #3 3. Establish your credibility WRITE NO MORE THAN TWO SENTENCES THAT EXPLAIN WHY YOU SHOULD BE LISTENED TO ABOUT THIS TOPIC: Professor Alexander D Carney SPE 100 Page 2 SPEECH OUTLINE BASIC TEMPLATE ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ TRANSITION C - Write something (a word, a phrase, or sentence) that connects #3 and #4 4. Give overview and the benefit to the audience/how the topic relates to the audience (What’s in it for them?) WRITE NO MORE THAN TWO SENTENCES THAT EXPLAIN WHY THIS TOPIC IS IMPORTANT TO THE AUDIENCE: ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ TRANSITION D- Write something (a word, a phrase, or sentence) that connects #4 and #5 Summarize the three main points of the speech WRITE NO MORE THAN ONE SENTENCE THAT LISTS THE THREE MAIN POINTS OF YOUR SPEECH (This is the PREVIEW) ______________________________________________________________________________ CONNECTIVE: Make sure the audience knows you are moving from the introduction to the first main point- Write NO MORE than one sentence that tells the audience you are moving on to MAIN POINT A _____________________________________________________________________________ BODY Professor Alexander D Carney SPE 100 Page 3 SPEECH OUTLINE BASIC TEMPLATE 1. Main Point A- WRITE ONE SENTENCE THAT STATES YOUR MAIN POINT A. ______________________________________________________________________________ TRANSITION E Write something (a word, a phrase, or sentence) that Main Point A to Subpoint A1 Subpoint 1 - WRITE NO MORE THAN TWO SENTENCES THAT SUPPORT YOUR MAIN POINT A. ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ TRANSITION F Write something (a word, a phrase, or sentence) that connects Subpoint A1 to Sub-subpoint A1 _______________________________________________________________________ Sub-subpoint A1 - WRITE NO MORE THAN TWO SENTENCES THAT SUPPORT YOUR SUB-POINT A1 ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ TRANSITION F Write something (a word, a phrase, or sentence) that connects Sub-subpoint A1 to Sub-subpoint A2 Sub-subpoint A2 - WRITE NO MORE THAN TWO SENTENCES THAT SUPPORT YOUR SUB-POINT A2 ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Professor Alexander D Carney SPE 100 Page 4 SPEECH OUTLINE BASIC TEMPLATE CONNECTIVE: Create a connective that helps the audience from the MAIN POINT A to MAIN POINT B-WRITE NO MORE THAN ONE SENTENCE THAT CONNECTS MAIN POINT A TO MAIN POINT B ______________________________________________________________________________ 2. Main Point B-WRITE NO MORE THAN ONE SENTENCE THAT STATES MAIN POINT B ______________________________________________________________________________ TRANSITION G Write something (a word, a phrase, or sentence) that connects Main Point B to Subpoint B1 ________________________________________________________________________ Subpoint - WRITE NO MORE THAN TWO SENTENCES THAT SUPPORT YOUR MAIN POINT B ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ TRANSITION H Write something (a word, a phrase, or sentence) that connects Subpoint B to Sub-subpoint B1 ________________________________________________________________________ Sub-sub point B1- WRITE NO MORE THAN TWO SENTENCES THAT SUPPORT SUBPOINT B ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ TRANSITION I Write something (a word, a phrase, or sentence) that connects Sub-subpoint B1 to Sub-subpoint B2 Professor Alexander D Carney SPE 100 Page 5 SPEECH OUTLINE BASIC TEMPLATE Sub-sub point B2 - WRITE NO MORE THAN TWO SENTENCES THAT SUPPORT SUBPOINT B ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ CONNECTIVE: Create a connective that helps the audience from the MAIN POINT A to MAIN POINT B-WRITE NO MORE THAN ONE SENTENCE THAT CONNECTS MAIN POINT B TO MAIN POINT C ______________________________________________________________________________ 3. Main Point C-WRITE NO MORE THAN ONE SENTENCE THAT STATES MAIN POINT C ______________________________________________________________________________ TRANSITION JWrite something (a word, a phrase, or sentence) that connects Main Point C to Subpoint C1 ________________________________________________________________________ Subpoint - WRITE NO MORE THAN TWO SENTENCES THAT SUPPORT YOUR MAIN POINT B ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ TRANSITION K Write something (a word, a phrase, or sentence) that connects Subpoint C to Sub-subpoint C1 ________________________________________________________________________ Professor Alexander D Carney SPE 100 Page 6 SPEECH OUTLINE BASIC TEMPLATE Sub-sub point B1- WRITE NO MORE THAN TWO SENTENCES THAT SUPPORT SUBPOINT C ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ TRANSITION I Write something (a word, a phrase, or sentence) that connects Sub-subpoint C1 to Sub-subpoint C2 Sub-sub point C2 - WRITE NO MORE THAN TWO SENTENCES THAT SUPPORT SUBPOINT C ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ CONNECTIVE: SIGNAL THE END OF THE SPEECH-Write NO MORE than one sentence that connects Sub-subpoint 2 to Signal The End/Beginning of the Conclusion: ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ CONCLUSION: Signal the End - Write NO MORE than one sentence that tells the audience that your speech is drawing to a close ______________________________________________________________________________ Professor Alexander D Carney SPE 100 Page 7 SPEECH OUTLINE BASIC TEMPLATE TRANSITION I Write something (a word, a phrase, or sentence) that connects Signaling the End to your Summary of Main Points A, B, C. Summarize your Main Points A, B, C. - Write NO MORE than two sentences that summarize the three main points of your speech (Rephrase the PREVIEW you wrote in the Introduction) ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ TRANSITION I Write something (a word, a phrase, or sentence) that connects Summary of Main Points A, B, C to your Clincher/Call to Action/Close Clincher/Call to action/Close - Write NO MORE than two sentences that grab your audiences attention and close your speech: ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________
