Assignment Overview
Construct a formal outline—complete with research and credible source citations—in preparation for your Informative Speech presentation. This is a demonstrative speech, which falls under Informative Speaking, so you will basically be “teaching” us how to do something. But remember that you must be teaching something with social, cultural, or political significance.
Some great speech topics examples
How to register to vote, How to volunteer for a homeless shelter, How to organize a political march, How to bake my grandma’s favorite southern cookie recipes
1) Develop an outline for your Informative speech. 2) Utilize research to develop your content. 3) Cite your material sources. Formatting Guidelines
- Prepare a formal outline for your Informative Speech. Be sure your outline follows the exact parts of speech labeled on this provided example. You won’t need to worry about crafting your presentation outline until right before giving the speech.
- Use full sentences— think of this formal outline like your speech script. Your “speaking outline” is what you’ll use later when delivering your speech (e.g., notecards with quick words and phrases).
- Use correct outline indentation, uniform font size and color, correct grammar and punctuation, and so on— the outline should look clean & organized.
- Use proper in-text citations throughout the document, with full citations listed on a separate final page.
- The final page of the outline should be labeled “Works Cited” (MLA format) or “References” (APA format) and contain fully fleshed out citations following the current MLA
Links to an external site. or APA
- Links to an external site. Style Guide. These should include for your five (or more) sources used as supporting evidence throughout your outline.
Demonstration Speech (Sample Presentation Outline) Informative Speech (Sample Formal Outline) Submissions Guidelines
- Read the rubric first to see what grading criteria you must be met for this specific assignment.
- Click the blue “Start Assignment” button at the top left of this page.
- You will upload one document: Your typed, full-sentence formal outline as a Microsoft Word (.docx) or Adobe PDF file.