Chapter 10Outlining Your Speech

What is Outlining?

Outlining is a systematic process of placing your ideas in a recognizable pattern that listeners can easily follow.

Arranging Your Ideas Within a Recognizable Pattern

Outlining arranges your ideas within a recognizable that listeners can follow.

Not creating an outline increases the likelihood that you will ramble.

Providing Flexibility as You Speak

It is more effective to outline your speech than to write it out word for word because an outline still provides you with some flexibility as you speak.

You can take more time to develop a particular idea if you notice that listeners appear confused.

Providing an Opportunity to Critique Your Speech

Outlining provides you an opportunity to critique your speech and, consequently, to improve it before you actually present it in front of an audience.

It enables you to organize your ideas visually and then modify them as you develop your speech.

Reducing Anxiety

Outlining reduces negative “self-talk”.

Makes it harder for you to lose your place.

Reducing your anxiety helps boost your ethos.

Your Preparation Outline

Def.- a working rough draft of your speech ideas.

Step 1: Create a thesis statement and main points.

Step 2: Develop the body of your speech by adding supporting material to each main point.

Step 3: Expand your preparation outline by jotting down ideas for developing each element of your introduction and conclusion.

Your Preparation Outline

Step 4: Place Your Ideas Into a Proper Outline Form. Label the introduction, body, and conclusion in the

far left margin. Use a roman numeral and label each of the

elements of your introduction, body, and conclusion.

Add subpoints under each main point by using capitol letters.

Add transitions between each main point.

Your Preparation Outline

Step 5: Integrate External Source Citations.

Step 6: Critique and Revise Your Outline to Create Balance. Identify listener relevance links. Examine learning styles. Check supporting material. Check for symmetry. Add a title.

Your Formal Outline

After you have completed your preparation outline, you are ready to create your formal outline.

The formal outline is a typed outline that labels and applies all of the macrostructural elements in your speech using complete sentences.

Your Speaking Outline

A speaking outline is a condensed outline used solely as a memory aid while presenting your actual speech.

Like the preparation outline, your speaking outline uses key words and phrases rather than complete sentences.

Unlike the formal outline, your speaking outline internal references throughout.

Your Speaking Outline

Your speaking outline uses a similar outline format to the formal outline.

Your speaking outline is unique to both your preparation outline and your formal outline in four ways. Speaking outline often use abbreviations. Speaking outlines also include delivery cues.. Speaking outlines include the actual supporting

material you plan to cite during the speech. Speaking outlines are usually typed or printed in

large neat letters on one side of a few index cards.

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