Speech Outline - Com225 Public Speaking Essay

In the eleven chapter of A Pocket Guide to Public Speaking, the authors talk about

• Born on April 4, 1957, to a poor family in the rural town of La Tuna Badiraguato, his abusive father kicked him out of the house as a child. He started swelling oranges to feed himself. He's poorly educated, his formal education ended in third grade, and as an adult, he has reportedly struggled to read and write, prevailing upon a ghostwriter, at one

Did you know that only 19 states and the District of Columbia have laws in place that

II. Main Point 2. God tells us in 1 John 1: 9“If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.” And again in 2 Corinthians 5:17“Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold the new has come.”

Purpose: The purpose of this speech is to inform others about the production, utilizations and impacts of nuclear energy.

Attention Getter: When I was about seven years old, I made one of the best decisions of my young life, and I didn’t even realize it at the time

(Note, all boldface terms represent labels as they should appear in the outline you hand in – you need not bold yours but please have the label in place).

(Q.2.) In comparison to my demonstration speech, I believe the introduction to my informative speech was much stronger, because I told a story instead of asking a question. My story allowed for my audience to have a mental picture of what I was talking about. How I related child development to my audience was much more effective in my informative speech than my demonstration speech. In my demonstration speech, not everyone raised their hand when I asked my question. In my informative speech, I related it to my audience by saying everyone has went through child development. I felt more confident in my informative speech because I practiced many times in front of my family and friends. I got marked points off for being too read-y in my demonstration speech, so for my informative speech I worked on not memorizing the whole thing. By not memorizing my informative speech I felt more confident while presenting.

Specific Purpose: The specific purpose of my speech is to persuade the audience to agree that the Electoral College should be abolished.

Transition: As you get closer and closer to actually “shooting” the ball, the form becomes more and more important. The room for error becomes miniscule.

Paul Keating’s speech ‘funeral service of the unknown Australian soldier’ and Noel Pearson’s speech ‘an Australian history for us all’ have developed and expressed ideas using language appropriate to their audience, purpose and form. Despite the fact, it is fundamentally the speaker’s skills in the construction of the speech that determine its decisive success.

A. People commit murders largely in the heat of passion, under the influence of alcohol or drugs, or because they are mentally ill, giving little or no thought to the possible consequences of their acts.

Specific Purpose: To persuade the audience to support the legalization of marijuana for medicinal purposes.

TRANSITION: Now that we know some key difference between brand name drugs and generic drugs, we can take a look at their prices.

Pg. 78: “All blocking explicates text, and ultimately theme.” First off I love it when I have to look up a word while reading (explicates), it is my own little discovery. When I first read a play, I get my first impression of it. I think I need to take more notes. I first read a play and I see it in my head, there are times I find it hard to let lose those initial first impressions. Maybe I need to wait to make more discoveries during the process, therefore I would have a deeper meaning of the play and be able to wrap my head around the themes better.