OUTLINE FORM - A COMPELLING STORY


This is the outline form you are to use.  Below it is an explanation of what to put in each section of this outline.  Please provide me with the typed outline form of your speech.  DO NOT write a full blown speech.  This is an outline only, NOT YOUR ENTIRE SPEECH word for word!!!!  Thank you.

PERSONAL FOCUS:

 

 

INTRODUCTION
I Opening motivational statement/attention-getter (identify type use):

II Thesis statement:


III Preview main points:
 
Transition:

BODY
I Main Point:

 

Elaborating and Supporting material:


Transition (link Main Point I with Main Point II):

II Main Point II:

 
Elaborating and Supporting material:

 

Transition (link Main Point II with Main Point III):

III Main Point :


Elaborating and Supporting material:

 

Transition (link Main Point III (or more) with Conclusion):

CONCLUSION
I Restatement of Thesis:
II Review/Summary of Main Points:
III Concluding Remarks:


 

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The following is an explanation of what goes into each section of the outline in order to help you make your speech come alive both for you and for the audience.

 

PERSONAL FOCUS: What you to improve in yourself as a speaker. This can be based on what you wrote in the "A Tale to Remember Self-Eval" as well as other aspects of presenting that you want to focus on in this speech.

 

INTRODUCTION
I Opening motivational statement/attention-getter:
(This is the very first thing your audience hears - e.g. quotation, question, story, relevant humor, surprise. For outline purposes only, please identify the type of attention-getter you are using, eg startling statement, quotation, etc.)

II Thesis statement:
(The crux of your talk – what your story is about or the purpose of your story.  A statement telling us about the main idea of what is to come.)

III Preview main points:
(What you will be discussing -
Main Point I, Main Point II, Main Point III)
 
Transition:
(A statement leading from Introduction to Main Point I)

BODY
I Main Point: (state what your 1st main idea or discussion point is)

 

Elaborating and Supporting material: (interesting, descriptive details, stories, facts, figures, testimony, statistics, explanations, quotations, expert witness. Use as many as you need to amplify and expand your main point and to enliven it for us):

Transition (link Main Point I with Main Point II)

II Main Point II: (state what your 2nd main idea or discussion point is)

 

 
Elaborating and Supporting material: (interesting, descriptive details, stories, facts, figures, testimony, statistics, explanations, quotations, expert witness. Use as many as you need to amplify and expand your main point and to enliven it for us):


Transition (link Main Point II with Main Point III)

III Main Point : (state what your 3rd main idea or discussion point is)




Elaborating and Supporting material: (interesting, descriptive details, stories, facts, figures, testimony, statistics, explanations, quotations, expert witness. Use as many as you need to amplify and expand your main point and to enliven it for us):


Transition (link Main Point III (or more) with Conclusion)

(You can have up to 5 ideas or discussion points that are elaborated with detailed descriptions)

CONCLUSION
I Restatement of Thesis (reinforce your central idea)

II Review/Summary of Main Points: **Instead of separate statements, you can also combine your review into one sentence.**
A. (Main Point I)
B. (Main Point II)
C. (Main Point III) (etc. if applicable)

III Concluding Remarks:
(Make it memorable - it is the last thing we hear and what we will remember)