Preliminary Outline
Sales Speech
Use this sheet to create a rough-draft for your outline. Then, type out a formal sentence outline for speech day:
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Write out full sentence topic sentences
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Include every detail you plan to say in your speech. It needn’t be written in complete sentences, but you want the entire speech written down. Too much is better than too little.
3. Be sure to remain focused.
I. Catchy Opener (write it out): ______________________________________________________________
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Thesis and speech map: ___________________________________________________________________
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II. Explanation Paragraph. Write a short paragraph describing your topic if it is unknown to your audience.
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III. Body of the Speech.
Selling point #1 (topic sentence) _________________________________________________________
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Point details:
Selling point #2 (topic sentence) ________________________________________________________
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Point details:
Selling point #3 (topic sentence) _________________________________________________________
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Point details:
IV. Conclusion (write it out)
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