1. The Informative Outline & Speech Lisa A. Stefani

2. Three Part Outline The Introduction The Body The Conclusion

3. Attention Getters

4. Startling Statements By the time you go home for dinner tonight there will have been 240,000 babies born today. That is one baby every three seconds One thousand one. One thousand two. One thousand three – baby.

5. Quotations Do not ask if a man has been to college; ask if college has been through him – if he is a walking university. E.H. Chapin It is by education I learn to do by choice what other men do by the constraint of fear. Aristotle

6. Rhetorical Questions What would you do right now if an earthquake hit? Hide under the chair? Run for the doorway? Sit at your desk while your life flashes before your eyes?

7. Other Attention Getters Illustration or story Reference to the occasion. Pointing out conflict. Physically involving the audience. Using humor.

8. Reason to Listen We live in an “I,” “I,” “Me,” “Me,” “My,” “My” society. Tell your audience what is in it for them. Offer them something tangible. Play on their curiosity factor.

9. Speaker Credibility Tell the audience what makes you an authority on the subject. Experience Qualifications Information Sources Interest

10. Thesis and Preview Thesis statement First, I will... Second, I will... Finally, I will... These are the three main points you came up with last week.

11. Body Main Point One (From Preview) Main Point Two (From Preview) Main Point Three (From Preview) Fill in the body using the types of supporting evidence you learned from class and the textbook.

12. Conclusion Summary: Conclude the speech with a summary and restatement of your main points. Tie-Back to the Attention Getter: Refer to the introduction of your speech. Reason to Remember: Offer the audience a reason to remember your material.