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Attention Catcher: Draw you audience into your subject and gain favorable interest foryour speech. Use an illustration (personal or secondary), a startling fact, or statistic, a quotation, humor, a rhetorical question, a reference to a recent or historical event, a personal reference, a reference to the occasion, or a reference to a preceding speech.  \nII. Listener Relevance Link: Give the audience a reason to listen to your speech. Establish listener motivation by showing how the topic affects them directly (proximity) .  \nIII. Speaker Credibility: Offer evidence of your knowledge, expertise, and/or experience concerning the topic. If you lack first-hand experience, let the audience know of your interest in the topic and your research.  \nIV. Thesis Statement: Your thesis is one complete sentence that tells the audience the topic of your speech.  \nV. Preview: Tell your audience what you’re going to tell them. Specifically name the main points of the body of your speech.  \nTransition Statement: The transition statement is one complete sentence that alterts the audience that you are moving to your first main point.  \nBody of Speech  \nI. First Main Point: Write out each main point in one complete sentence.  \nA. Supporting Point: Write out each supporting point in one complete sentence.(Note that every section of the outline should have at least two divisions. (When you have an A, you need a B. When you have a 1, you need a 2 . )  \n1. Data: Data points should be no more than 2-3 sentences.  \n2. Data  \nSAGE Flex for Public Speaking  \nB. Supporting Point  \n1. Data  \n2. Data  \nTransition Statement: Internal summaries are useful between main points.  \nII. Second Main Point  \nA. Supporting Point  \n1. Data  \n2. Data  \nB. Supporting Point  \n1. Data  \n2. Data  \nTransition Statement  \nIII. Third Main Point:  \nA. Supporting Point  \n3. Data  \n4. Data  \nB. Supporting Point  \n3. Data  \n4. Data  \nTransition Statement  \nConclusion  \nI. Restatement of Thesis: Reemphasize the main idea of your speech.  \nII. Summary of Main Points: Restate the main points of your speech. Tell your audience what you told them.  \nSAGE Flex for Public Speaking  \nIII. Memorable Closer: Use a well-worded closing phrase. Try to refer back to the introduction. Sharing an inspirational story is almost always memorable.  \nReferences  \nList the sources of information that you have used in the preparation of your speech.  \nFollow the APA or MLA guidelines.  \nOER TEXT SOURCES:  \n“How to Write an Outline.” Lumen Learning. (Developed by Candace Dominique of Wiley College for Kaleidoscope Open Course Initiative) . [https://lumen.instructure.com/courses/218897/assignments/2360031](https://lumen.instructure.com/courses/218897/assignments/2360031. Accessed)[. Accessed](https://lumen.instructure.com/courses/218897/assignments/2360031. Accessed) 13 December 2018. 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