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Outlining an  Oral Presentation:  THE BASICS Formal Outlining - Moving from a general idea to specific support
How does an outline work? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
How does an outline work? Let’s have a dinner party Pre-dinner The Dinner The Dessert Beer hors  d'œuvre Wine Meat Coffee Cakes Vegetable Guinness Budweiser Shrimp Cheddar Cheese Merlot Chardonnay T-bone Hamburgers Potatoes Peas General     Less general       Specific           More specific
What is the process of creating an outline? ,[object Object],Discover the focus and goal     Ask a question that the speech will answer   What are the main points     Cutting money from CUNY By the end of my speech I want my audience to KNOW ABOUT the budget cuts at CUNY. What are the new budget cuts at CUNY? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Then – Find at least  two sub points  for each Main Point Any supporting material here? –  examples – statistics - testimony
What is the process of creating an outline? ,[object Object],Discover the focus and goal     By the end of my speech I want my audience to be PERSUADED that teens should not be allowed to drive at 18 Ask a question that the speech will answer     What should be done about the problems of teen drivers?  ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Then – Find at least two sub points for each Main Point ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Then – Find at least  two sub sub points  for each sub point – supporting material goes here    Examples – Statistics - Testimony ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
What is wrong with this second main point of the “Teen Driving” outline? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
What is wrong with this second main point of the “Teen Driving” outline? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

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Outlining an oral presentation

  • 1. Outlining an Oral Presentation: THE BASICS Formal Outlining - Moving from a general idea to specific support
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  • 3. How does an outline work? Let’s have a dinner party Pre-dinner The Dinner The Dessert Beer hors d'œuvre Wine Meat Coffee Cakes Vegetable Guinness Budweiser Shrimp Cheddar Cheese Merlot Chardonnay T-bone Hamburgers Potatoes Peas General  Less general   Specific    More specific
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