Outlining a Speech

Why is an outline recommended for all speeches?

• It helps organize your ideas
• You can use it as a guide during your speech
• You won't need to practice if you spend time on it
• You don't need an outline

An outline made up of key words and phrases is what type of outline?

• Main idea outline
• Topic Outline
• Full sentence outline
• Key word outline

Which is NOT usually a part of the outline?

• Complete body paragraphs
• Introduction
• Body
• Conclusion

Each main idea in the outline should be represented with what symbol?

• Capital letter
• Roman numbers
• lower case letters
• numbers

A fourth-subdivision is usually necessary in speeches.

• True
• False

Avoid ____________ subdivisions. 

• single
• lengthy
• short
• descriptive

It is ok to mix complete sentence outlines with topic outlines.

• True
• False

Use periods not dashes after each number or letter in the outline.

• True
• False

Capitalize the first word of every point and sub-point.

• True
• False

In an outline the main topics are called sub-topics.

• True
• False