Topic: Being sensitive to cultural variations and differences.
Speech Written Assignment: Final Outline, Description of Visuals, and References
Written Assignment: Your Final Outline needs to have a General goal for a topic for a certain audience, a Specific Goal, a Thesis Statement sentence, Introduction, Body of the Outline, and Conclusion.
Include a separate page for the Description of Visuals (PowerPoint images plan).
Include a separate page named References and list sources in alphabetical order with hanging indents and use APA style. Do the APA tutorials provided in the Syllabus.
Call a DeVry librarian for help on formatting your References page.
See the outline rubric in Doc Sharing and check your work to be sure that you have included all of the requirements to complete this assignment.
Assignment 1: Outline Guidelines
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Outlines must be six to seven pages in length (this would be roughly one to two pages per area included in the outline), 10-point font, double spaced, including these five sections:
Title Page (title of speech, name of presenter, audience prepared for – school or institution, date): You can use this information to create your first slide in PowerPoint.
Table of Contents: Include final outline (general goal, specific goal, thesis statement sentence, introduction paragraph, full sentence outline), conclusion paragraph, description of visuals (images for PowerPoint), and APA references.
General goal, specific goal, thesis statement, introduction paragraph, body of the outline in sentence format (one to two pages)
Summary or conclusion paragraph (one to two pages)
Visuals description plan – images for the PowerPoint slides, by slide number if known (one to two pages)
Note: The outline you submit should be one MS Word document inclusive of the outline, references page and description of visuals.
Speech Title: A creative title will add to audience interest.
General Purpose: Is it to inform? To persuade? To entertain? To mark a special occasion?
Specific Purpose: A specific statement of what you expect to accomplish with your speech – your desired outcome.
I. Introduction: Grabs the attention of the audience, presents a topic of the speech and tells the audience the major points of your speech.
A. Attention Getter: grab the attention of the audience – ideas include:
Use a famous quotation; tell a story, real or hypothetical; pose questions, rhetorical or directed; make a startling statement; use suspense; make a personal reference; use humor
B. Thesis Statement: The thesis is a single sentence that summarizes your message. Every other part of your speech should support your thesis statement.
II. Body: Contains the main points of your speech and is where you focus on the details; here your intent is to provide all the necessary evidence to explain and support your points.
Preview Statement: Here you preview your main points, which should be stated using parallel language.
A. Main Point #1: You should have between 2 and 5 main points in the body of your speech, which will be supported by the subordinate points below.
1. The bulk of your speech will be support.
a. Support should be outlined following the conventions of outlining
b. Your outline should be of sufficient detail
2. The number of support points and sub-points in your outline will vary.
a. Be sure to read the text about the different types of outlines.
b. It is important that you use subordination to effectively demonstrate relationships between ideas.
B. Main Point #2
Supporting materials illustrate the main points by clarifying, elaborating and verifying the speaker’s ideas.
C. Main Point #3
In addition, supporting materials may add a vivid mental picture for the audience that makes the message more intense, striking or intense, hence, more memorable.
III. Conclusion: Summarizes the main points, stresses the most important details and provides closure, providing a lasting impact on the audience.
A. Summary: This is where you review the main points.
B. Closure: Providing a sense of closure to your presentation is important as this is the last thing the audience will hear. If the audience has to guess whether the speech is over you have failed. Leave a lasting impression by closing with impact.
Per the written assignment, you need to submit a description of your visuals and reference page, in addition to a detailed outline.
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