Sample Outlines.

Assignment One: I-Think-And-Here's-Why.
Name: Desmond Walker
Section: 
Assignment One
General Purpose: To Convince.
Specific Speech Purpose: The audience member will agree that I am heroic.
Central Idea: I took on a bully who was twice my size.
Main Idea I: Bruno "The Continent" Forelli was bothering my sister..
Main Idea II:  I hit him abdomen high with a forearm tackle.
Main Idea III: Now they call him Bruno "The Incontinent."

 
 
Assignment Two: Demonstration Speech.
Name: Desmond Walker
Section: 
Assignment Two 
General Purpose: To Inform.
Specific Speech Purpose: The audience will learn how to fill out a voter registration form.
Central Idea: Each line must be correct, or the Election Board will disallow it.
Main Idea I. Your address is your physical residence.
A. Not a post office box.
A. Not a dorm box.
Main Idea II: Box 1 tells them why you are filling out the form.
A. New Registration.
B. Party Enrollment Change.
C. Address Change.
D. Name Change.
Main Idea III: Box 9 tells them where you voted before.
A. Record Updates.
B. Name change?
Main Idea IV: Party choice is optional; box 10 is not.
A. To vote in a primary, check a party.
B. To not declare, check the no party box.

 
 
Assignment Three: The Testimonial.
Name: Desmond Walker
Section: 
Assignment Three 
General Purpose: To Convince.
Specific Speech Purpose: The audience will agrre that Sweit was killed by aliens.
Central Idea: Only advanced alien technology could have breached his security .
Main Idea I. None of the suspects had means.
A. The women.
B. The student.
C. The cop.
Main Idea II: None of them had opportunity.
A. The women.
B. The student.
C. The cop..
Main Idea III: Aliens could do it.
A. Aliens can transport through solid objects.
B. Aliens can move faster than humans.
C. Aliens leave little physical evidence.
Assignment Four: The Speech to Convince.
Name: Wanda Lou Fernuckle.
Section: 
Assignment Four 
General Purpose: To Convince.
Specific Speech Purpose: The audience will support repeal of the "Marriage Protection Act."
Central Idea: The act is a violation of our Consitutional liberties.
Main Idea I. Gays and lesbians need the legal protections of marriage.
A. Without it, people can sieze their property.
B. Without it, they have no emotional security.
Main Idea II: Gays and lesbians deserve those protections.
A. Marriage is private business.
B. The "special rights" claim is nonsense.
Main Idea III: We have no Constitutional right to judge them.
A. Divorce statistics.
B. Radical religious agenda.
C. Conservative political agenda.
Assignment Five: The Speech to Overcome Resistance.
Name: The Reverend Dr. Barry Morris.
Section: 
Assignment Five. 
General Purpose: To Actuate.
Specific Speech Purpose: The audience members will join the Church of Barry.
Central Idea: Only through worship of the Communication Deity, can people find true salvation.
Main Idea I. Appearance is more important than "reality."
A. Our senses lie.
B. Science lies.
Main Idea II: Most religions are mind-distorting cults.
A. Western religions.
B. Eastern religions.
Main Idea III: In rhetoric is bliss.
A. The purity of self-obsession.
B. The democracy of the symbol.
C. The bliss of subservience.
Main Idea IV: The Path of What Seems leads to contentment.
A. No more ambition.
B. N more greed.
C. No more lofty expectations.
Main Idea V: Worship me.
A. I am here.
B. I am pure.
C. I am the appearance of truth.

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