1. Write your attention getter for your speech. Remember that you can use a statistic, a story, a question, etc, as long it is connected to the content of your speech (topic).
2. Write your thesis statement for your speech. Remember that this is the main idea for your speech- all of the main points connect back to this main idea.
3. Write your preview statement for your speech. Remember that your preview is like a headline statement for your main points. It can be viewed as a ‘list’ of the titles of your main points
4. Write a transition sentence from the introduction to the body of the speech. Remember that you can use something like ‘to begin, I will discuss’ etc.
5. Write your main point one, remembering to fully develop the ideas. No sentences left unfinished!! Please use the numbering feature for your sub-points. For example:
I. I will begin by talking about my past.
- I was born in Memphis Tennessee, and we lived there until I was about ten years old.
- Then we moved to the countryside of West Tennessee to a city called Hickory Valley.
- The difference between city and country was crazy! There were not many people around in Hickory valley so I learned to love to read and adventure outside by myself.
6. Write a transition phrase to move from point one to point two.
7. Write your main point two, remembering to fully develop the ideas. No sentences left unfinished!! Please use the numbering feature for your sub-points. See example in Main point One.
8. Write a transition phrase to move from point two to point three.
9. Write your main point three, remembering to fully develop the ideas. No sentences left unfinished!! Please use the numbering feature for your sub-points. See example in Main point One.
10. Write a transition phrase to move from point three to the conclusion, such as ‘in conclusion.’
