BODY (Your outline may have more than 2 main points)

Building Your Full Sentence Outline

Communications 135 – Lecture
Transition to first main point: (signpost, internal summary , internal preview, or full transition)
The Body:
 
BODY (Your outline may have more than 2 main points)
A. Main Point #1: must be in a full sentence with parallel phrasing to other main points.
1. Subpoint – supporting material
a. sub-sub-point
b. sub-sub-point
2. Subpoint – supporting material
a. sub-sub-point
b. sub-sub-point
**Please follow this numbering style**

Your Introduction or Conclusion CAN NEVER be longer than the outlined Body of the speech.
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Main Points ALWAYS have “parallel phrasing.”
Helps audience to remember the key ideas in your speech through repetition
Helps audience “hear” your structure
Helps keep your outline focused on a single “theme”
Main Points should NOT have same wording as your transitions.
Main points should reflect the speech’s purpose.
Main points state an idea and subpoints support/prove that idea.
Main points should serve as headlines for each section.

Tips for Your Main Points

A. ____________________ A carat weighs 0.2 grams.
1. _________________ Usually the greater the carat weight, the more valuable the diamond.
a. ________________ The carat is a unit of weight, not a unit of size.
b._______________ One way to judge the value of a diamond is by its carat weight.
  2. ___________________ This is about the weight of a carab
seed, from which we get the
word “carat.”

Tips for Outlining Information

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A. One way to judge the value of a diamond is by its carat weight.
1. The carat is a unit of weight, not a unit of size.
a. A carat weighs 0.2 grams.
b. This is about the weight of a carab seed, from which we get the word “carat.”
2. Usually the greater the carat weight, the more valuable the diamond.

Tips for Outlining Information

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Building Your Full Sentence Outline

Communications 135 – Lecture
The Conclusion:

III. CONCLUSION
A. Summary of main points
1. Main Point #1
2. Main Point # 2
3. Main Point #3
B. Concluding remarks (closure or kicker that often refers back to the introduction)

Your Introduction or Conclusion CAN NEVER be longer than the outlined Body of the speech.
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Building Your Full Sentence Outline

Communications 135 – Lecture
BIBLIOGRAPHY – Author, Date, Article Title and/or Publication Title, Publisher

Books, Articles, Documents, Journals, Newspapers
Internet articles or web site sources – follow standard APA bibliographic information with the full http:// address and date of last update
Interviews – give Name, Title (Expert Status), Interview date, and three questions asked in the interview
Personal Experience – give infor & reason why you are worth being considered an “expert” for this speech

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Building Your Full Sentence Outline

Communications 135 – Lecture
IMPORTANT REMINDERS:
All 5 parts must be present in your uploaded outline.
Your upload should be in Word or “rich text”
Your outline is due the day BEFORE your speech.
All Main Points must have parallel phrasing.
Each outline must clearly preview main points in the Intro and review the main points in the conclusion.
You will build your speaker’s notes from this outline.
You SHOULD NEVER cut and paste your full sentence outline for your speaker’s notes.
Your speaker’s note cards will be MUCH shorter than this uploaded outline – using key words & phrases ONLY.

Your introduction or Conclusion CAN NEVER be longer than the outlined Body of the speech.
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