1. Name: Sandra Cash ID# 971382
Date: November 3, 2010
SPE1075
Informative / PowerPoint Speech Formal Outline
TITLE: Flood Myths.
GENERAL PURPOSE: To inform my audience about flood myths.
SPECIFIC PURPOSE: To inform my audience about how these flood myths tie into each
other and how they came to be.
THESIS/MAIN IDEA: Flood myths can be found in many cultures in the world, because
they evolved from the time of Babel.
INTRODUCTION
BODY
I. Summary of the Myths
A. Noah
B. Aztec
C. Hawaiian
II. Similarities these Myths have in common
A. Humans became evil so god/gods wanted to start over.
B. Some how the humans get warned about the flood.
C. Humans are spared by either building a boat or going on top of a mountain
III. Why these myths have these similarities.
A. Tower of Babel
B. Bible story of Babel
C. Myth of Babel
CONCLUSION
REFERENCES
Flood Myths -- Part One. (2006, 22 April). Retrieved November 3, 2010, from Morgana's Observatory:

2. http://www.dreamscape.com/morgana/titania.htm
Professor Charles F. Aling, P. (n.d.). The Tower of Babel A Biblical Solution to the Sumerian Problem.
Retrieved November 4, 2010, from NWC Moddle:
http://courses.nwc.edu/file.php/10751/PDFs/Sourcebook/Lesson_Four/HIS3115_Sourcebook_1_Tower
_of_Babel.pdf
Thrum, T. G. (1907). HAWAIIAN FOLK TALES. Retrieved November 3, 2010, from Sacred Texts:
http://www.sacred-texts.com/pac/hft/hft04.htm