Public Speaking

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Public Speaking

• Chapter 8 Outlining Your Speech

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Objectives

• Upon completing this session, you will be able
  to
• Develop a Working Outline
• Develop a Formal Outline
• Develop a key-Word Outline

• The reasons for outlining are clear. Outlining
  objectifies your thinking It takes ideas out of
  your head where they can get all tangled up
• Osborn/ Osborne, 2003

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Outlining Your Speech

• Developing a Working Outline A Tentative Plan
  for Your Speech.
• It is not rigid but a work in progress
• It is a disposable tool
• Start with writing the foundation of your speech
• Your specific purpose
• Your thesis statement

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Outlining Your Speech

• Developing a Working Outline
• Developing Your Main Points
• List your main points (3 or 4 for class)
• Ask the following
• Will these make my message clear to the audience?
• Is this the right order in which to develop them?
• Have I left out anything important?

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Outlining Your Speech

• Developing a Working Outline
• Developing Your Main Points
• Developing Your Sub-points
• More specific statements that support the main
  statement to which they belong
• Usually 2 or more per main point
• Should explain to the listener whos thinking
• What does it mean?
• Why should I care?
• How do I know its true?
• Will a speech based on this outline satisfy my
  thesis statement and in time allotted?

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Outlining Your Speech

• Developing a Working Outline
• Developing Your Main Points
• Developing Your Sub-points
• Completing Your working Outline
• Prepare an introduction that
• Gains attention
• Establishes credibility
• Previews speech
• Review outline from audience P.O.V.
• Main points arranged to ease understanding
  recall?
• Enough Supporting Material?
• Variety of support for each main point?

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Outlining Your Speech

• Developing a Formal Outline
• The final step in planning the substance of your
  speech.
• Imposes discipline
• Indicates to instructor that your research and
  planning are complete.

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Outlining Your Speech

• Developing a Formal Outline
• Stating Topic-Specific Purpose and Thesis
• Separating the Speech Parts
• Numbering and Lettering Your Outline
• Wording Your Outline
• Supporting Your Main Points
• Deciding on a Title
• Changing a Working to a Formal Outline
• Listing Your references

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Outlining Your Speech

• Developing a Formal Outline
• Stating Topic-Specific Purpose and Thesis
• Write out at top of outline
• Do not state exactly that way in your
  introduction

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Outlining Your Speech

• Developing a Formal Outline
• Stating Topic-Specific Purpose and Thesis
• Separating the Speech Parts
• Separate Introduction, Body and Conclusion in the
  outline

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Outlining Your Speech

• Developing a Formal Outline
• Stating Topic-Specific Purpose and Thesis
• Separating the Speech Parts
• Numbering and Lettering Your Outline
• I., II., III. Main Points
• A., B., C. Subpoints
• 1., 2., 3. Sub-subpoints
• - a., b., c. Sub-sub-subpoints

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Outlining Your Speech

• Developing a Formal Outline
• Stating Topic-Specific Purpose and Thesis
• Separating the Speech Parts
• Numbering and Lettering Your Outline
• Wording Your Outline
• Simple declarative sentences
• No subordinate clauses (make subpoints)
• Use parallel construction

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Outlining Your Speech

• Developing a Formal Outline
• Stating Topic-Specific Purpose and Thesis
• Separating the Speech Parts
• Numbering and Lettering Your Outline
• Wording Your Outline
• Supporting Your Main Points
• Include sources, statements of fact, quotes
• Use what is required to prove the point

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Outlining Your Speech

• Developing a Formal Outline
• Stating Topic-Specific Purpose and Thesis
• Separating the Speech Parts
• Numbering and Lettering Your Outline
• Wording Your Outline
• Supporting Your Main Points
• Deciding on a Title
• Not key in classroom speeches.
• Select after outline is complete

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Outlining Your Speech

• Developing a Formal Outline
• Stating Topic-Specific Purpose and Thesis
• Separating the Speech Parts
• Numbering and Lettering Your Outline
• Wording Your Outline
• Supporting Your Main Points
• Deciding on a Title
• Changing a Working to a Formal Outline
• Use proper numbering system, full sentences and
  source citations

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Outlining Your Speech

• Developing a Formal Outline
• Stating Topic-Specific Purpose and Thesis
• Separating the Speech Parts
• Numbering and Lettering Your Outline
• Wording Your Outline
• Supporting Your Main Points
• Deciding on a Title
• Changing a Working to a Formal Outline
• Listing Your references
• Works Cited and Works Consulted section

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Outlining Your Speech

• Developing a Key-Word Outline
• Fit on a few sheets of paper or index cards
• Number the pages/cards
• 14pt Type or larger and Bold Text
• Follow same lettering/numbering format
• Include source citations to deliver orally
• (Time, 1995) Brief Quote Intact or memorize
• Reduce number of key words via practice
• Use stage directions (Pause, Slow down, etc.)
  in different color/style

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Summary

• Having completed this session, you are able to
• Develop a Working Outline
• Develop a Formal Outline
• Develop a key-Word Outline