Career Speech Intro, Conclusion, and Transitions

Name: Your Name Here
Date: ##/##/####

Beginning the Career Speech Outline
Topic: Nurses using Tele-health Services
Organizational Pattern: Chronological or Topical (pick one)
General Purpose: Word-for-word from p. 112. Use your instructors feedback
from the Topic Selection assignment.
Specific Purpose: See pages 119-120 for more details. Use your instructors
feedback from the Topic Selection assignment.
Thesis Statement: In no more than 10 words, tell the audience one concise,
powerful sentence that summarizes the main claim of your speech. If
appropriate, use your fellow students and instructor feedback to edit the
thesis you gave in the discussion.

I. Introduction

A. Gain Audiences Attention – Use the first sentence(s) of your
speech to capture the audiences attention in an original,
powerful, or motivating way.

B. Motivate Audience to Listen – Provide a justification for why this
topic is particularly important for your audience.

C. Establish Credibility – Explain how your knowledge AND
personal experience makes you a credible source of information
for this topic.

D. Thesis Statement – In no more than 10 words, tell the audience
one concise, powerful sentence that summarizes the main claim
of your speech

E. Preview of Main Ideas – Briefly introduce the main ideas of your
speech and how they support your thesis.

[Transition: Indicate to the audience that youre beginning your first main
point. This transition doesnt need all three parts.]

II. Your first arguments main idea as a single sentence.
When you turn in your final outline, the information here will be
filled out with sources and reasoning. But, it is not needed for this
assignment.

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