Cypress College Losing Weight Speech

Speaker: [Your Name]

Speech Purpose: [Write a specific purpose that expresses in action form what you hope to achieve with your speech.]

Introduction:

• Getting Attention: [Gain the audience’s attention.]
• Topic and Purpose: [Summarize your topic and purpose.]
• Main Points: [Preview the main points.]
• Relevance: [Make the topic relevant for your audience.]
• Credibility: [Establish credibility as a speaker.]

Body:

[Replace the bracketed information with the contents of your speech. Revise the outline by editing your points, rearranging them if necessary, and adding supporting points.]

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• [Second idea (second strongest)] (* Note any visual aid(s) you plan to include)
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• [Third idea (weakest)] (* Note any visual aid(s) you plan to include)
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Transition: [Write a sentence that will help your audience connect one main point to the next.]

Transition: [Write a transition that will help your audience make the connection from one main point to the next.]

Conclusion

Closing Signal: [Signal the close of your speech.]

Main Points:[Summarize your main points.]

Topic and Purpose: [Repeat your topic and speech purpose.]

Audience Response: [Challenge the audience to respond.]

Memorable Close: [Make the conclusion memorable.]