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Your Speech Title
Your name here
School’s Name
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Presentation Title
I.
Introduction
A. Attention grabber (This is where you draw your audience in, get them
interested).
B. Briefly reveal topic
C. Credibility (Let your audience know what your experience and expertise
are).
D. Relate to audience (Connect the topic to your audience/explain why this
issue should matter to them).
E. Thesis (briefly preview your main points)
II.
Body
A. First main point, remember your transition! (First, I’d like to discuss what
single use plastics are and why they are a problem.)
1. First reason it’s a problem or Important definitions (Define single
use plastics)
a) Specific evidence (example, statistic, testimony)...cite
source! (provide common examples of S.U.P’s)
b) Specific evidence (example, statistic, testimony)...cite
source! (provide stat saying how often they are used)
c) Explain evidence
2. Second reason it’s a problem (S.U.P’s are bad for the environment)
a) Specific evidence (example, statistic, testimony)...cite
source!
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b) Specific evidence (example, statistic, testimony)...cite
source!
c) Explain evidence
3. Third reason it’s a problem (Single use plastics are harmful to
wildlife)
a) Specific evidence (example, statistic, testimony)...cite
source!
b) Specific evidence (example, statistic, testimony)...cite
source!
c) Explain evidence
B. Second main point (explain solution), remember your transition! (Now that
you understand the problem with using these harmful single use plastics,
let’s discuss a possible solution)
1. Explain plan
2. Describe how it will work
a) Specific explanation/details
b) Specific explanation/details
3. Is there anywhere else that has a similar plan that works?
4. Discuss obvious objections or questions
III.
Conclusion
A. Signal ending
B. Review main points (problem/solution)
C. Interesting/impactful concluding statement (this is also where you could make
a call to action)