Assignment3.Persuasive Speech
1. Persuasive Speech Topic:
· Should Children Under the Age of 10 Own Cell Phones? Deliver a speech on a question of value.
2. Create an outline or speaking notes in Microsoft Word
· Develop a specific purpose, central idea, and several main points so you’ll stay within the 4-minute time limit.
· You must use at least two quality resources.
3. For this assignment, you will not compose an essay or speech. You are only required to submit an outline.
Sample Outline:
Topic
By Student Smith
COM201
Instructor Name
Todays Date
*Please note that the purpose of this template is to assist you with correctly formatting an outline. This sample outline is not on an approved topic, and the thesis statement, main points, and supporting details should not be used in your outline. Please carefully review the Assignment Overview document (located in assignment link) for the approved topics. Also, your outline should not include complete paragraphs, entire speech, or an essay. *
Topic: Insert topic here.
Introduction
Capture your audiences attention with a quote, anecdote, or personal experience
Build up to the main reason for the speech
Summarize the main idea and briefly state the main points
Working with Microsoft Word
Creating a Presentation
Building on Previous Work
First Main Point: Working with Microsoft Word
Move an outline numbered item to the appropriate numbering level
Help plan speech and organize thoughts
Second Main Point: Creating a Presentation
Creating a presentation from a Word outline (Benefits of an Outline, 1)
Uses the heading styles
Heading styles are applied when you use numbered outlines
Each paragraph formatted with the Heading 1 style becomes a new slide, each Heading 2 becomes the first level of text, and so on.
Procedures
Open the document and use it to create a presentation
Open the File menu
Main Point 3: Building on previous work
Use heading styles to create longer documents
To learn more about Outline view, review Microsoft Word Help
Conclusion
Restate your main points
Working with Microsoft Word
Creating a Presentation (Effective Use of a Presentation, 2)
Building on Previous Work
Summarize the presented ideas
Restate introduction or conclude with a compelling remark
Sources
1.Benefits of an Outline. (2015). Importance of an Outline. Retrieved from
http://www.inspiration.com/visual-learning/outlining.org
2. Effective Use of a Presentation. (2018). Retrieved from
https://www.effectiveuseofpresentation.edu
