Organizing and Outlining your Speech
Summary
TLDRIn this instructional video, the presenter guides viewers through creating a speech outline, utilizing a template and sample outline. The focus is on organizing a speech effectively, covering aspects like determining main points, organizing them, and crafting a thesis statement. The video emphasizes the importance of an engaging introduction, credible citations, and clear transitions between main points. It also stresses the significance of an impactful conclusion that resonates with the audience, ensuring they remember key points. The presenter uses the topic of domestic cats to illustrate the process, making it relatable and practical.
Takeaways
- πΊ The video provides a tutorial on creating a speech outline using a template.
- π The outline includes sections for title, general purpose, specific purpose, central idea, main points, introduction, body, and conclusion.
- π± The example speech topic is 'Domestic Cats', aiming to inform the audience about cats as pets.
- π The importance of organizing main points in a logical order is emphasized, with methods like chronological, spatial, and topical organization discussed.
- π The video highlights the significance of an attention-getter at the beginning of a speech to capture the audience's interest.
- π£οΈ The presenter stresses the need for credibility by citing sources and sharing personal experiences or expertise.
- π Transitions are crucial for guiding the audience through the speech, connecting one main point to the next.
- π The body of the speech should include support for each main point, with facts, statistics, or personal anecdotes.
- π The conclusion should summarize main points, relate back to the audience, and provide a memorable closing statement.
- π The outline concludes with a works cited page, emphasizing the importance of proper citation for research used in the speech.
Q & A
What is the main purpose of the video?
-The main purpose of the video is to guide viewers through creating a speech outline using a provided template and to review public speaking concepts.
What are the three types of general purposes for speeches mentioned in the video?
-The three types of general purposes for speeches mentioned are to entertain, to inform, and to persuade.
What is the specific purpose of the sample speech about domestic cats?
-The specific purpose of the sample speech about domestic cats is to inform the audience about them.
How does the speaker suggest organizing the main points of a speech?
-The speaker suggests organizing the main points of a speech by using chronological, spatial, or topical methods, depending on the subject matter.
What is the importance of stating the main points in the introduction of a speech?
-Stating the main points in the introduction helps the audience follow along by providing signposts and a clear understanding of the speech's direction.
Why is it crucial to use transitions in a speech?
-Transitions are crucial as they help the audience understand when the speaker has moved from one main point to the next, enhancing the speech's flow and coherence.
What are the three main points discussed in the sample speech about domestic cats?
-The three main points discussed are the diet, activity, and health of domestic cats.
How does the speaker suggest starting the introduction of a speech?
-The speaker suggests starting the introduction with an attention-getter, such as a startling statistic, a question, or a visual aid, to capture the audience's interest.
What is the role of the credibility statement in a speech?
-The credibility statement establishes the speaker's authority on the topic, which can be achieved by sharing relevant experience or expertise.
How should the speaker end the speech to make it memorable?
-The speaker should end the speech with a vivid and memorable conclusion, such as stating another shocking statistic, showing a picture, or using a creative visual or statement that relates back to the audience.
What is the significance of the works cited page in a speech outline?
-The works cited page is significant as it lists the sources used for the speech, providing proper credit to the original authors and allowing the audience to verify the information.
Outlines
π Introduction to Speech Outline Template
The speaker begins by introducing the purpose of the video, which is to guide viewers through a speech outline template and a sample outline assignment. The video serves as a review of public speaking concepts and offers a preview of upcoming topics. The speaker shares their screen to display a Microsoft Word document containing the outline template. The sample speech topic chosen is 'Domestic Cats', and the speaker discusses the importance of organizing a speech and determining main points. The speaker also touches on the different ways to organize main points, such as chronologically, spatially, or topically, and decides to use a topical organization for the sample speech.
πΎ Structuring the Speech Body
The speaker delves into the structure of the speech body, focusing on the organization of main points. They discuss the three chosen topics for the 'Domestic Cats' speech: cat diet, activity and behavior, and basic health and fitness. The speaker emphasizes the importance of audience relevance when selecting main points. They also provide a detailed explanation of how to write a thesis statement that encapsulates the main points. The introduction of the speech is then outlined, including an attention-getter, a credibility statement, and the restatement of the three main points. The speaker stresses the significance of engaging the audience from the start and establishing credibility.
π Enhancing Speech with Credibility and Transitions
The speaker discusses the importance of credibility in a speech, suggesting ways to establish it, such as citing personal experience or research. They also address the use of transitions to guide the audience through the speech. The speaker provides examples of how to transition from one main point to another, emphasizing the need for clear and logical connections. They also touch on the importance of not over-relying on notes during delivery, suggesting the use of key terms and phrases instead of full sentences.
π½οΈ Discussing Cat Diet and Activity in the Speech
The speaker continues to build the speech outline by focusing on the first main point: cat diet. They provide examples of how to support this point with facts and citations, even if some of the information is common knowledge. The speaker also includes a personal anecdote to add a touch of personal experience. They then discuss the importance of transitioning from the discussion of diet to the next main point, which is cat activity. The speaker provides a template for a connected statement that smoothly moves the speech from one topic to the next.
ποΈββοΈ Concluding the Speech and Adding a Memorable Ending
The speaker concludes the speech outline by discussing the final main point: basic cat healthcare. They reiterate the importance of summarizing the main points in the conclusion and relating the information back to the audience. The speaker also emphasizes the need for a memorable ending that leverages the primacy and recency effects, suggesting the use of a shocking statistic, a picture, or a video clip. They provide an example of how to end the speech with a cute video of kittens, ensuring the audience leaves with a positive impression. Lastly, the speaker mentions the inclusion of a works cited page for the sources used in the speech.
Mindmap
Keywords
π‘Outline Template
π‘General Purpose
π‘Specific Purpose
π‘Central Idea or Thesis Statement
π‘Main Points
π‘Attention Getter
π‘Credibility Statement
π‘Transitional Statements
π‘Conclusion
π‘Works Cited
Highlights
Introduction to the outline template for speeches and a sample outline assignment.
Review of organizing a speech and a preview of the public speaking unit.
Explanation of the general purpose of a speech: to entertain, inform, or persuade.
Clarification of the specific purpose of the sample speech: to inform the audience about domestic cats.
Discussion on determining main points and organizing speech content.
Different ways to organize main points: chronological, spatial, and topical.
Choosing the topical method to organize the sample speech on domestic cats.
Identifying the central idea or thesis statement for the speech.
Importance of the attention-getter in the introduction of a speech.
Strategies for creating an engaging attention-getter using statistics or visuals.
Establishing credibility through personal experience or research.
The significance of stating the three main points in the introduction.
Using transitions effectively to guide the audience through the speech.
Writing out the speech in an organized manner using key terms and phrases.
Supporting main points with facts, expert opinions, and personal anecdotes.
The importance of citing sources for credibility and avoiding plagiarism.
Creating a memorable conclusion that ties back to the introduction and leaves a lasting impression.
The process of compiling sources in a works cited page with proper citation formats.
Transcripts
hi everyone in this video I'm going to
walk you through the outline template
that we've that I've provided for your
speeches as well as your sample outline
assignment and in the process of that
I'm off we're going to go over
organizing a speech this is really going
to be a review on pretty much everything
that we've already learned in this
public speaking unit and a little bit of
preview of what's to come
so I'm going to go ahead and share my
screen here and I'm going to open up the
outline template so now you should see
me in the corner and you should see
Microsoft Word up here and what we's
going to join me I think here as well
which is pretty timely because I'm going
to actually do this sample speech about
okay and the reason why is we had a
feeling she's probably doing me she
usually does for a lot of these videos
that I make so the first thing we're
going to do is we're going to put a
title over and we're going to talk about
domestic cat or in other words cats and
cats as pets I'm going to put my name
and topic we'll just a domestic cat now
general purpose you remember from the
readings the general purpose is either
to entertain to inform or to persuade so
in this class could be doing three
speeches will be doing a persuasive
speech laugh an informative speech and a
self introduction speech so ideally you
kind of one for each me self
introduction speech I would say a little
bit more informative than perhaps to
entertain but I think to entertain
really is a good way to describe that
now mainly because you're just
introducing yourself and kind of this is
the first impression that the students
are going to get um you see or I'm
trying to entertain your audience as
well as inform them about you but for
this speech of a sample speech here
domestic cats we're going to just say
this is to inform and we're going to
inform our audience and notice here that
the general purpose is just really that
signal to inform or to persuade or to
entertain the specific purpose is where
we get a little bit more
specifics but not that much more
specific we just always want to include
around to our audience because again the
whole reason L public speaking is to do
something to share something with our
audience so we're going to say to inform
my audience about domestic cats really
it's that simple we have the general
purpose a reference to the audience and
then a little bit more specific on our
topic now before we get into the central
idea or thesis statement which is really
a one sentence summary of our main
points we need to talk about determining
main points and organizing these points
so we're going to come down here to the
body of the speech we'll just take a
look at this and there are several ways
we can organize the main point so
domestic cats is a really really broad
topic and I chose this on purpose
there's a lot of different ways we could
go with this so we could talk about the
history of domestic cat then we would
really want to make probably our
specific purpose to inform my audience
about the history of domestic cat but
then it would be really easy to organize
our main point we're talking about the
history we would Alyssa very much a
chronological way of organizing main
points in that we could talk about cat
from the past you know history of cat
maybe in the Middle Ages and then we
could talk about cat during the Civil
War period to World War two and then we
could talk about cat in the present I've
also seen a lot of people for self-intro
speeches do a very chronological of past
present future who was I who am I now
Who am I going to become another really
again a great way to organize that very
chronologically another way is facially
so spatial is more a geographical
location so you could talk about three
different countries you could talk about
domestic cats in Canada the US and
Mexico and you can do them in that order
now if you did
the cats in the US and then Mexico and
in Canada how to order there's not
really a logical order for that unless
you make some sort of logical order for
it but ideally when we use more than
geographical we're looking at there
you've got the north to south
Canada u.s. Mexico so that's another one
that spatial that works really well for
speeches about things that are in
different locations like again you think
about like west to east if you're
describing the parts of something like
the parts of the computer maybe you
start on the outside like where the
buttons are and work your way inward
that's more of that geographical or
spatial if you are describing it
something like again the the geography
or something are you going to talk about
three different countries that you
visited it makes sense to go of like
instead of you could do them
chronologically in the order you visited
them or you could talk about how they
are organized again north to south with
each of us I think you get the idea the
last way though in the way we're going
to organize the sample speech is topical
and that just means choosing three
topics in some sort of logical order so
again you don't want them to be in any
random order but they're not necessarily
organized by chronological or marked
geographical so for this speech when
we're thinking talking about domestic
cats we're thinking like what do people
really need to know about domestic cats
what are people going to want to care
about them all because really again when
we speak to others it's about the
audience and we're thinking they're
going to want to know about cat foods
what they can see so what they can't
diet um we're thinking about probably
they want to know about cat activity and
behavior and main point three we could
talk about basic okay
um health and fit so that's what we
would talk about many things like
changing litter and cat health and stuff
like that so again this is kind of basic
information example purposes and just
ever disclaimer can they go through
these main points and add support all
this stuff is going to be totally made
up so now we can really get into the
speech we have our main points now we
can write a thesis statement in this
stage I will discuss cat diet activity
and health of domestic yeah
notice here I stated my three main
points I'm going to see this again in a
minute when we get to the introduction
which is the next area the first thing
in the introduction is the attention
getter research is actually shown how
primacy and recency effects that people
tend to remember the very beginning of
speeches and the very end the most
they're going to remember what you say
sure so it's important to start with
something exciting
don't just say hi my name's Emily I'm
here to talk to you about cat okay well
guess what
for those people that don't like cats
and there are quite a few people that
don't like cat you just lost all them in
your audience so you really want to
start with something more exciting um
you could be you be cheesy and corny and
seeing the meow Mix on you know meow
meow meow meow meow meow guidance would
probably remember that so there might be
a few that are not cover their ears walk
away you could state some sort of
startling statistics you could ask the
audience a question you could show some
sort of visual aid you could show a
really cute video of like cute little
kittens going yeah I'm yelling a little
mewing kittens
something like that those would all be
things that would be in the audience's
attention so for this purpose of this
speech let's just go ahead and start
with a statistic
and we'll say did you know that 80% of
the u.s. population owned a cat Wow big
number
yeah totally made it up and do not quote
me on this so now we'll reveal our topic
and relate to be honest it's kind of
like hinted at is that peach is probably
going to be something about cat but we
can easily relate this to the audience
and we stated the statistic so now we
can say perhaps you or someone you know
is part of that 80% if not us are good
that at some point you will have contact
with a cat so it's important to know the
basics 6e and does them because it
bothers me okay so notice what we just
did here we've kind of just related back
for the statistic and said if you're not
part of that 80% you're part of that 20%
it doesn't have a cat maybe you don't
like cats but you'll probably have a
contact of the cats as important notes
and basics now in credibility statement
why am i personally credible so here you
don't want to just state like a random
fact or something you want to say why
you a person incredible
I own a cat and have done extensive
research on this topic I could even say
I have a PhD in cat allergy again I made
that up so then we say our three main
points again and in order to do that I'm
just going to actually come up here and
I'm just going to copy and paste this so
this is my introduction we started with
the attention getter we related to the
onion I've established my credibility in
a state of my streaming point the test
image asked me before why do I need to
state my three main points in a turd
okay one of me I want it to be a
surprise and ideally you want to state
your three main points in the
introduction you really want to give the
audience some signposts and ideas of
where you're going with the speech that
helps them follow along a little bit
easier knowing like okay yeah now
they've moved on to the third topic so
now I know where they're at in the
speech um I think it makes us all a
little bit uncomfortable when someone
starts speaking we're wondering to
ourselves where are they going with this
there's kind of that like level of
uncertainty when you just make it clear
right from the beginning it just makes
it so much more so much better for the
audience to listen to so well organized
that way now there may be some starts in
certain situations where you would not
want to do that but for the purposes of
this class I don't see any reason why
you would not want to state the three
main points in the introduction I didn't
miss something in this introduction if
you didn't notice I stated a statistic
here eighty percent of US population on
the cat I didn't do that research be
honest yes I realize I made it up but I
didn't do the research I didn't survey
the population someone else did but this
needs a citation so according to Jack
cat author of the book Cat Cat nation so
if you know that 80% of the population
according to Jack Kapp author of the cat
nation on the cat notice my citation in
there I've got the author and I've got
the name of the book so same thing when
you do a citation you're going to want a
co-author and the name of the either the
article or the book but we'll talk about
that here in a second so the other thing
transitions and I'm going to talk about
transitions a little bit more here in a
minute
transition to the body will just start
saying let's first look at the diet of
so in preparation outline you always
want to use complete sentences notice we
did that for the Sena really helps you
organize your thoughts then write out
your speech as much as you should write
it up it should never write it out word
for word you should never write it out a
paragraph form write it out about this
much and then when you actually speak
you're going to be speaking off like two
three word terms
put your note card put your outline on
note cards but we've out the things like
I and have on this still in those that
you go along that's how it's going to be
more spontaneous trust me as you speak
you won't miss those filler words you'll
fill those in as you go
the problem that I tend to see is you
know you have your sentences written out
and it's really hard to follow all those
other words you're trying to read those
off of paper if you just have the key
term and you put like own cat done
research on your note cards it's going
to be a lot easy to remember to just
fill in the rest and say I've owned a
cat for seven years and I've done
extensive research on this topic but
you'll fill in that as you go it will be
much more natural to you that way but
again that's for delivery that's a
little bit later in this unit that he'll
extemporaneous delivery okay so we're
going to move on to the body of our
speech what I was getting out there with
that your main point can be in this
basic form that's really the only part
of your outline that shouldn't have a
something fun so again here I'm going to
support main point one and I'm going to
say according to dr. Mike this Mike
that's best and I'm not going to try to
spell out veterinarian right now we'll
say a dr. Mike that a vet at Cedar
Rapids Animal Clinic again is all made
up cap should have either
what for canned food or dry food
everyday he also states that cats should
have water every day and will say he
maybe will use a different citation for
this one according to Nicole calf ink in
a good name - Nicole Paddington cat
generally graze throughout the day
instead of eating meals at the time okay
and you fix the indent on that alright
so we have a couple facts here and I
notice everything in here excited so you
don't always have to cite if it's common
knowledge it's not something that needs
to be cited probably what cats should
eat whether they eat wet or dry so
that's that's a pretty common-sense
factum we would maybe want to interview
the vet in sizes that if it's we're
actually speeding research about what
our canned food or what kind of
preferable or brands or things like that
but this is fairly common knowledge but
I'm just showing you this is time you
would be with vacation one thing that I
did miss here with Nicole Carrington I
didn't say she is so that's like half a
citation there it's better to say the
offer you're giving credit to the person
but it doesn't really help your
credibility because it doesn't tell me
who Nicole cannons in it so now we can
say author of the book a cast diet
that's much better now you know okay
that's cuz she is she wrote a book okay
so we've got our first main point and
again one more thing to mention here
with your support support to me a lot of
different things here if they did a lot
of facts generally when you're thinking
informatively you will have a lot of
facts like this for some features you
can throw in some personal experience
obviously that doesn't necessarily need
to be cited so I might actually have
included four main point three they're
my cat eats usually about one can of cat
food a day and greater than even a
driver so the next thing then is
transitional statement leaving your
transitions or you're connected
statement ideally they want to connect
the main point so we're going to say now
that we've discussed the cat's diet left
look at the cat activity so notice there
I restated the last main point and
mentioned the next main point these
zionism these transitional statements
are actually very important because they
help you figure out when the speaker has
moved from one main point to the next
these are one areas that students tend
to really lose a lot of points on
speeches for are having really clear
connected statements so again you don't
have to be this specific this cheesy of
you know now that we've discussed this
let's look at this you can be a little
bit more creative with this but ideally
you really want to try to connect those
main points so you'll have one sentence
that discusses the cat diet in
activities together that connects it
together connected statement so I don't
really like the term transition as much
as connected segment alright I'm not
going to come up with three more facts
here you kind of have the idea I think
of how to do this I am going to talk
about the transition one more time we'll
try to come up with a more creative
transition we'll say
as you can see cats are pretty active if
your cat isn't acting so app is perhaps
the best about general health will help
you understand if it's time to see a vet
so now we're going into my basic cat
health and health care so um notice here
is that grammar error there cats are
pretty active we've kind of concluded
that summarize up what we just said
about connectivity and then connect it
into so maybe if the cat's not so active
let's talk about this so where you can
see that we're shifting here we've
connected the main points and then we're
going to talk about our basic calacatta
healthcare okay we're going to go to a
conclusion next so I'm going to say
something like in conclusion or to sum
up or now let's review what we've talked
about today and the first thing we're
going to do is restate those main points
again so we're just going to review
exactly what we said for purposes of
time here I'm just going to go through
and I'm going to copy this and we'll
make that I up the diet activity and
health or domestic cat now I'm going to
relate it back to the audience this is
where you can say something like it's
going to see a lot hopefully you gained
a basic understanding about this if it
starts to sound a little cheesy corny so
we might want to be a little bit more
direct with it and saying something like
if you are one of the 20 percent that
doesn't Paulo cat in the US
the next time you have contact with a
cat you will better understand their
behaviors and basic care and then the
dividend a visit an ending is always and
the attention-getter probably always
where I end up spending the most time
because again the primacy and recency
effects people are going to remember
what they hear in the beginning and what
they hear in the end do you really want
to put some thought into this you don't
want to just say hope you like my speech
thing or the worst when I hear and I
hear this a lot is and that's it
Thanks not very memorable so think about
like what are we you here to provide a
more vivid ending something the audience
is going to remember we could state
another shocking statistic we could show
a picture of those cute chins we can
show a picture of our own cat I can show
a picture of Lily to disappear self but
the way she made a little bit of it
appear there's a lot of things we could
do here so you want to kind of be
creative and try to think of something
that the audience is going to remember
so for this I'm actually going to say
here's a I'll take something like I'll
leave you with this cute video of
kittens and I might show like it 10
second clip a little kitten thing on
their level and being really cute
because even if you don't really like
cat it's hard to not think that cute
little baby kittens aren't cute okay so
then the last thing on my outline is
going to be my works cited page and this
is where I'm going to enter the sources
that I use I'm not going to do this here
in the video we will talk about this
later in the research area you're going
to enter min either APA or MLA format so
that does not mean copying pasting
websites now I don't really go over this
with you there are websites like EasyBib
there's also actually a couple chrome
plugins that you can use that will help
you cite sources you just put in the
information that will create that
expectation for you so I don't care
whether it's APA or MLA I just want them
in some sort of format so that wraps it
up hopefully you now have a better
understanding of how to create an
outline so this is what I just did there
sorry I don't have much more of a vivid
ending except I can I guess now that she
just jumped on me I can end with a
picture of my cute cat
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