SPEECH PREPARATION WORKSHEET
Remember: you should never write out your speech as if it is an essay. Instead, plan it in a key word
outline form and then begin practicing it, wording it differently each time so that it doesn’t sound like a
memorized, canned presentation. You do not need to turn in this worksheet; it is purely for your
planning purposes.
Title:
General Purpose:
Specific Purpose:
Thesis:
WIFM: What’s in it for me? (always speak with the audience in mind)
Main Point 1:
Main Point 2:
Main Point 3:
My Personal Experience
My Personal
Experience
My personal
experience
Research: (remember it’s not
Research: (remember it’s not
Research: (remember it’s not
required for first speech, but is
very important hereafter.)
required for first speech, but is
very important hereafter.)
required for first speech, but is
very important hereafter.)
Attach MLA source to each
piece of research so that in
speech you can say,
“According to Psychology
Today, June, 2011, Yvette
Smith reported…”