Innformative Speech Coms 101

Informative Speech Outline

Your Name:

COMS 101

Date Due:

Organization: Identify your outline pattern here. Your options for this speech are Chronological, Past-Present-Future, Step-by-Step, Spatial, Cause and Effect, and Topical (see the textbook, pp. 291-296).

Audience analysis: Provide a description of your audience (e.g., its demographics like age, gender, ethnicity, etc. as well as any other information about them that impacts the way you plan and present the speech (for more about audience analysis, see the textbook, pp. 187-201).

Topic: In one or two words, state your chosen topic for this speech. Be sure it qualifies as an Informative Speech Topic (see the textbook, pp. 420-434).

Rhetorical Purpose: To inform my audience about (your topic)

Introduction:

I. Attention-getter

Use an attention-getter to introduce the topic (see the textbook, pp. 320-321).

II. Motive for Listening

Show the audience how this topic relates to them; tell members how a speech about this can benefit them (see the textbook, p. 322).

III. Credibility Statement

Identify any credentials or experiences that will convince the audience that you are qualified to address this topic as an authority or expert (see the textbook, p. 322).

IV. Purpose or Thesis Statement

Present your purpose or thesis statement—a statement that encapsulates your speech’s main idea—here (see the textbook, p. 137). State it as one complete sentence (subject, verb, complete thought).

V. Preview Statement

Present your preview statement here (see the textbook, pp. 322-323). Briefly explain that you will now validate or prove the thesis by presenting Main Point 1 (state it), Main Point 2 (state it), Main Point 3 (state it), etc. Be sure to list each of the body section’s main points, in the order you will cover them.

Transition: Use a word, phrase, or sentence to notify your audience that you now will present your first...