Posted: April 25th, 2025

Informative Speech Outline

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Some additional content for you as you work to complete your outline for your presentations 

Now, you have selected your topic and decided on some of your references and what you think you might want to say, next you will want to begin to create your outline for the process

• Define the purpose and central ideal of you presentation, clarifying and deciding on the main purpose or central idea
• Create and organize your main points, which for this speech should be between 3-5
• Add the supporting details under your main points that support your ideas, they can include data, examples or explanations that strengthen the premise of your main points. 
• Extremely important is creating a logical flow for your presentation and don’t forget the transitions that connect the main points of the body of the presentation. (you can do this by chronological, cause and effect, or topic based,  You do this to make sure you move from one idea to another effortlessly for the listener.  
• Often it is suggested to create your introduction and conclusion after you have written the body and the main points of the presentation.  The introduction should can include an attention grabber, story, quote. Whatever the presenter feels will open up the speech most effectively.  The conclusion should summarize the key points and takeaways and leave the audience with a final thought.  

Sample Outline for Reference using and environmental topic for reference.

• Introduction

  Attention =grabber
  Central Idea/Thesis statement
  Brief review of presentation main points

• Body

  Main Point 1

  Supporting Material
  Supporting Materials
  Supporting material  

  Main Points

  Supporting Materials
  Supporting Materials
  Supporting Materials

  Main Points

  Supporting Materials
  Supporting Material 
  Supporting Materials

  Main Points

  Supporting Materials
  Supporting Materials
  Supporting Material

• Conclusion

  Summary of main points
  Closing or final thoughts 

  Time Order
  Spatial Order: It’s Directional
  Cause-and-Effect Order: It’s Relational
  Problem–Solution Order: It’s Workable
  Topical Order: It’s Part of the Whole
  Traditional organizational formats use a linear logic that is representative of the way many North American speakers organize their thoughts. A speech has a linear formatLinks to an external site. if its main points develop and relate directly to the thesis or topic sentence that comes early in the presentation. When exhibiting linear logic, a speaker develops ideas step-by-step, relying on facts and data to support each main point. Then the speaker links each main point to other main ideas via a series of bridges or transitions.
  Members of low-context cultures, such as the United States, often use a linear format. They characteristically relay information explicitly. Why? Because they expect receivers will have difficulty understanding what is not said overtly. Rather than rely primarily on emotional appeals and stories to make their points, they offer relevant supporting facts—that is, hard evidence and proof in defense of positions taken.

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