SPEECH OF INTRODUCTION OUTLINE

COMMUNICATION 103
The purpose of this outline is to help you organize your thoughts and ideas
into a structured speech. It will help you arrange and format your main
points and sub-points so that your speech is clear to your audience. Your
Speech of Introduction Outline is worth 50 points. Your outline should be
typed, double-spaced, 12 point font, and follow Small Section directions.
Also, you have to submit your outline online with Turitin.com through your
Small Section BlackBoard site. You may be asked to print and attach the
Speech of Introduction Outline Grade Sheet to the front of your outline on its
due date.
Your outline should follow the format on the following page; it should be
clean and easy to read/follow. Your outline will be graded for both content
and format. I will grade what you say, how you organize what you say, and
your grammar, spelling, and punctuation (G/S/P). I will also grade how
closely you follow proper outline format and subordination. (Do your main
points align? Are your sub-points consistent?) It should be a full sentence
outline so that I can read what you will present to the class on your speech
day. If your Attention Gainer is a quote, do NOT write I will present a
famous quote. Write out the actual quote; I want to read it.
A title page is not necessary. This outline is graded for both content and
format. I will mark down for grammar, spelling, and punctuation mistakes. I
will evaluate the main points you make in your outline, how you support your
main points with evidence/examples (sub-points), and I will grade how you
say it (G/S/P). See Chapter 12 of our book and Large Lecture PP for Chapter
12 for more information. You should always proofread your assignment at
least twice- once for content and once for format. Remember that
proofreading can only improve your grade. Your objects must be
preapproved by your Small Section Instructor prior to your speech.
In this outline, you will learn the following Student Learning Objectives:
1. Choose and narrow a topic appropriately for this audience.
2. Generate a well-reasoned argument for this specific audience.
3. Assess the strength of relative arguments and supporting evidence.
4. Create content formatted to an approved organizational pattern
appropriate to time and purpose.
5. To use correct Grammar, Punctuation, and Spelling.
6. Develop a well crafted, specific thesis statement.
7. To effectively utilize the rule of subordination.
8. To appropriately demonstrate the rule of division.
9. To understand and incorporate the rule of parallel wording.

10. Make connections between the material and your own lives and
experiences.

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Communication 103
Speech of Introduction Outline
Due Date

General Purpose: To inform/introduce

I.

Introduction
A. (Attention Gainer)
B. (Thesis Statement)
C. (Preview Main Points)

II.

Body
A. (Main Point # 1)
1. (Sub-Point # 1)
2. (Sub-Point # 2)

TRANSITION STATEMENT
B. (Main Point # 2)
1. (Sub-Point # 1)
2. (Sub-Point # 2)
III.

Conclusion
A. (Restate Thesis)
B. (Restate Main Points)
C. (Reason to Remember)