Examples of topic outline in the following topics:
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- Other outlines are very detailed, filling in a skeleton of topic headings with topic sentences, pieces of evidence, and transitions.
- A topic outline is a hierarchical list of a speech's main points.
- Topic outlines tend to use keywords and short phrases rather than complete sentences.
- A topic outline is fragmentary—it serves as a prompt, rather than a draft of material to use in the actual speech.
- Sentence outlines are more detailed than topic outlines, but less detailed than first drafts.
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- As its name suggests, a preparation outline helps you lay out the main topics and sub-points of your speech.
- A preparation outline is a precursor to your speech outline.
- Common outline styles include sentence outlines, topics outlines, chronological outlines, and alphanumeric outlines.
- While sentence outlines follow a hierarchical structure composed of sentences and headings around the subject of the speech, topics outlines are comprised of topics and subtopics.
- Sub-topics should be added underneath each main topic covered in the body of the preparation outline
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- Rough draft outlines serve as a precursor to the speech's rough draft and help organize the speakers' ideas into a cohesive topic.
- Creating rough draft outlines—i.e., an outline that serves as a precursor to the speech's rough draft—often helps organize and structure speakers' ideas into a cohesive and definitive topic.
- Ideally, the writer has also finalized the main topics he or she will be discussing during the speech.
- An Introduction: This part of the draft outline should include an intro topic sentence, as well as notes on the argument or point of view of the speech.
- Because this is the rough draft outline, the outline too will ultimately change as the speechwriter conducts additional research and continues to shape his or her speech topic.
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- First, think about your topics and anticipate the audience's reception to your speech.
- There are three basic types of outlines:
- Topic outline - Each topic is listed and functions as a subtopic of the outline's subject.
- Speaking notes, topic outlines, and phrase outlines have an advantage over sentence outlines.
- An alphanumeric outline includes a capitalized number or letter at the beginning of each topic.
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- After putting together a rough draft outline (i.e., the "skeleton" of the speech), writers can then progress to the speaking outline.
- Speaking outlines fill out additional details about the speech, as well as where the speaker plans to mention short phrases, pause, and transition to other topics.
- Unlike the rough draft outline, which includes short notes on structure, the speaking outline covers both the main points and aids the speaker's memory on certain topics.
- It leads into the overview of the speech, previews the main topics, and captures the attention of the audience.
- To successfully deliver an outlined speech, presenters are usually subject matter experts, or at least sufficiently knowledgeable about the topic.
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- Explain the topic at a level that is appropriate for your audience,
- It may help to refer to your outline, which should provide a concise list of your main points, in order.
- Vitamin D deficiency may be the hottest topic in nutrition today.
- The opening of this speech names a topic (vitamin D deficiency), explains its importance, explains its relevance to the audience, and then states the purpose of the presentation—to investigate the improbably wide range of deficiency-rate estimates from different studies—and outlines the main points.
- Identify your topic, thesis, and main points early in your speech
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- An introduction can accomplish this by fulfilling five important responsibilities: get the audience's attention, introduce the topic, explain its relevance to the audience, state a thesis or purpose, and outline the main points.
- What is the scope of your presentation–how narrow or broad is your topic?
- Do you have any new insights or special perspectives to add to the existing discussion of your topic?
- Establish credibility: What authority do you have to discuss this topic?
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- You know that you have to write a speech, and you may or may not have been given a specific topic about which to write.
- Hold on there–take a step back for a moment and ask yourself: how well do you fully understand your topic?
- Essentially, when you take the steps to delimit your question (your speech's purpose), you help to outline exactly how your audience can follow your line of reasoning.
- Even though you may have outlined your plan of attack by delimiting the question, it also helps to explain exactly what you're talking about to your audience.
- Analyze your speech topic until you fully understand the question and key terms
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- An impromptu speech is given with little or no preparation, usually about a topic that the speaker knows well.
- Since you are an authority on the topic, you want to speak with conviction like you really mean it.
- Although you are familiar with the topic, your speech may lack details and supporting information.
- Consider the simple three part outline of an Introduction, Body, and Conclusion, and fit your ideas into that pattern.
- Do not try to remember a detailed outline for your entire speech; just remember the order of important points.
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- The specific purpose of a speech fuses the topic and general purpose.
- The widest part represents the topic, followed by the general purpose (instructing, informing, persuading, or entertaining).
- From there, the next most-refined level is the specific purpose, which fuses the topic and general purpose.
- The speaker might get more specific by focusing on a narrower subject within your topic, such as Twitter.
- By using the inverted period model to outline exactly how to arrive at the speech's most specific, narrowest point, the speaker should avoid losing the audience by getting too specific at the wrong time.