Barstow Community College Impact of Food Consumption on Health Outline Question

Directions: Create A working outline for an informative speech.  See the Example Working Outline for the format that I put in the announcements and your modules.

You can choose whatever topic for your speech. Just make sure that it is not persuasive, and it’s not a “how two” speech. We will be doing those later.

Other tips, info, and reminders:

-You can choose whatever topic for your speech.

-You will use this outline to prepare for an Informative speech next week. 

-Use the example of a working outline You received via email for an example of structure. 

-Don’t forget General Purpose and Specific purpose (Hint this speech’s general purpose will be “To Inform.”

Example: General Purpose: To Inform

                                            Specific Purpose: To Inform the Audience about the history of slinkies 

Don’t forget the Attention Getter Examples of types of attention getters below;

– Rhetorical Question

-Startling Statistic or Statement

-Quote

-Joke

-Short story 

With this outline, there should also be a Works cited sheet in MLA format. You will need at least three sources. 

Please see the Perdue O.W.L (Online Writing Lab) Links Below if you need reminders of the Works Cited format. 

Perdu Owl: Works Cited Basic Format Rules Link (Links to an external site.)

Perdu Owl: Example Works Cited Page Link 

Informative speaking, you are teaching or informing your audience about something. 

Informative speakers must be credible, and this goes back to last week’s lesson on Ethical speaking. Don’t plagiarize other people’s work. Always cite your 3….research.  Review the Tables in Chapter three (Table 3.1 and 3.2) for examples of how to cite things and what to cite.  I am linking Chapter 3 here: Chapter 3

You will also need to include a Works cited with your outline. I have included the link to Perdue OWL here for an example of works cited page.  Perdue OWL: MLA Sample Works Cited Page 

General Topics for Informative Speaking   

Objects 

Individuals or groups   

Places  

Events  

Ideas 

Processes  

Careers  

For more on informative speaking please review the video below: 

click here RevisedExample Working Outline (2)-1.docx or find it in module two.