Informative Speech Outline

My Speech Date: ____________________________

The primary purpose of informative speaking is to help clarify a complex process, idea or
event for your audience. In other words, you are to inform/teach us about something or
how to do something. What you choose to inform us about can be as simple or as
complicated as you like, however it should be something interesting to the audience and
therefore not common knowledge. It should speak to issues of social, community or
cultural relevance. It should be something that your audience will find meaningful (i.e.,
something they might actually be able to do or want to do upon hearing your speech,
something that may affect us, something that could benefit our lives). In other words, you
should teach your audience how to do something that will help them better engage in
their community, that will help them make a positive difference, or that will help them
develop a clearer understanding of the diverse cultures that comprise their community.
The speech should still be divided into three main points. You will integrate three outside
sources into your speech to support or engage us about the topic.

Informative Speech Organization

Chronological, Spatial, Topical, Narrative, or Cause and Effect

Supporting Materials
 Narratives
 Examples
 Definitions
 Testimony
 Facts
 Statistics

Informative Speech Outline Rubric

_5_I have used full, single sentences (not paragraphs)
_5_I have an effective attention getter
_5_I have a thesis with three main points
_5_I have a recap of my three main points
_5_I have an effective clincher
_5_I have proper numeration (I, A, 1, a., etc.)
_5_I have proper indentation to see my points and subpoints clearly
_5_I have effective transitions
_5_I have proofread for spelling and grammatical errors
_5_I have cited a minimum of at least three sources

Total: ____ /__50_

 Informative Outline
Topic:
Organizational Pattern:

Introduction
Attention Getter:
Purpose:
Thesis:

Transition:
Body
I. (1st Main Point)

A.
1.
2.
B.
1.
2.

Transition:

II. (2nd Main Point)

A.
1.
2.

B.
1.
2.

Transition:

III. (3rd Main Point)

A.
1.
2.

B.
1.
2.
Transition:
Conclusion
Recap:
Audience Outcome:
Clincher (a call to action):
References