Writing (Brainstorming) a Speech - Outline View

1. What's your topic?

   1. What do you want to speak about?

   2. Purpose

      1. Educate

      2. Persuade

      3. Motivate

   3. Research

2. Who's your audience?

   1. Interests

   2. Why are you speaking to them?

   3. Needs

3. Design a catchy opening

   1. Grab their attention

   2. Put your audience at ease

   3. Introduce topic

   4. Lead smoothly to body

4. Build the body

   1. Keep speech to 3 or 4 main points

   2. Address main points in logical sequence

   3. Support main points

5. Ending the speech

   1. Summarize main points

   2. Add some zest

   3. Tie everything together

    

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