Time to Get Organized(Chapter 12)

Types of Outlines

• Working Outline

• Formal Outline

• Key Word Outline

Preparing a Speaking Outline•Use an outline format for your

notes.•Keep the outline as BRIEF as possible!

•Place visual cues on the outline if necessary.

•Make your speaking notes LEGIBLE.•Practice speaking with the notes you have prepared, modifying them if necessary.

Sleep Deprivation

Attention: Blame it on the Light Bulb! College students and individuals across the country are suffering from a health problem that can be more detrimental to their health than some forms of cancer. What is it? Sleep deprivation.

Motivation: People are losing sleep daily, in such a fashion that most have trouble staying awake during work, driving their cars, or even during classes. Looking out

at you all, bleary-eyed, I see sleep deprivation in action.

Thesis and Overview: Sleep deprivation is a serious medical situation that can harm your everyday life. Today I am going to explain what sleep deprivation is, what causes it, how to remedy the problem, and how to test yourself to see if you suffer from sleep deprivation.

AMTOBUL

• Introduction (AMTO)

• Body (B)

• Conclusion (UL)

The Introduction• Attention-getter

• Motivation*

• Thesis Statement*

Overview of Body (often missing)

Motivation

• A compelling reason to listen to you

• The answer to “so what?”

• Relate your topic to the audience

• Show how it could be useful to them

Pro/Con Thesis

The war in Iraq has been called either adefense of freedom or a breeding ground for terrorism.

Many Americans have concerns about genetically modified crops, but others embrace the new technology as a sign of the future.

While some people defend the death penalty as a strong deterrent of crime, others oppose it as an inhumane, immoral way to end a life.

The Conclusion

• Last chance to win us over

• Sum up and restate thesis

• Memorable final thought (don’t be boring)

Transitions or going from Point A to point B

• Signals: “My next point is.....”

• Internal Summaries: “Now we have seen how this law began.”

• Transitions: “Bobby Kennedy’s death changed politics in the late 1960s, but it also had a lasting impact on history.”

Ways to Organize the Body

• Time (Chronological)

• Spatial

• Topical

• Pro-Con

• Causal

• Problem-Solution

And now for a transition.......

Once you have organized your speech into an introduction, body, and conclusion, and you have added transitions and internal summaries, you must next consider giving credit for the information you use.

What kinds of information need to be cited?

• Statistics

• Dates

• Quotations

• Information you didn’t come up with off the top of your head...

• Unusual interpretations of events.

Verbal Citations

Use page 355-357 in your textbook for a guide...

“According to an article in Time magazine on May 25, 2011, …………”

“According to 2010 statistics from the CDC, or Center for Disease Control, ……”

“CNN, on April 15, 2011, reported that....”

“John Hastings, former Secretary of the Treasury, said this about the recession….”

Chicago Public Schools CEO, Arne Duncan stated on March 15, 2008:

Barry Schwartz, a Swarthmore College psychology professor who has studiedthis issue believes,

Be sure to….

Go over pages 306-308 on principles of outlining.

Use Bryce’s outline for understanding how to label each part.

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