4 Step Speech Outline

1. Preparation-
   • deciding on your topic
   • considering the audience and refining your topic to suit them
   • deciding on the purpose of the speech
   • choosing an organizational method to support your speech purpose
2. Introduction-
   • opening greeting and attention getter
   • defining your thesis statement (a summary of what your speech is about)
   • establishing your credibility
   • an overview and the benefit to the audience
3. Body-
   • transition or link between introduction and body
   • main ideas with supporting ideas
   • examples and details
4. Conclusion-
   • summary of main points
   • closer or call to action

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Speech outlining in 4 steps

The process of outlining a speech is broken down into 4 essential steps.