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Com 101 Sec 1000
Date
Topic:
General Purpose:
Specific Purpose:
Introduction
I.

Attention Getter (ATTENTION STEP):

II.

Thesis:
A. Credibility statement somewhere in intro

III.

Preview:

[Transition: preview MP #1]

Body
I. This is your NEED STEP. The social need/problem. Declarative sentence.
A. One important/key aspect of the need/problem that is addressed by your charity.
1. Support your claim with a statistic or example, etc. that illuminates that
aspect of the problem.
2. Support your claim with a statistic or example, etc. that illuminates that
aspect of the problem.
B. Another key aspect of the social problem addressed by your charity. (Optional,
there might only be one aspect of the problem you want to highlight in depth and
thats ok)

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1. Support your claim with a statistic or example, etc. that illuminates that
aspect of the problem.
2. Support your claim with a statistic or example, etc. that illuminates that
aspect of the problem.
(Interweave any key implications you find in your research that makes your social
problem important, urgent, relevant, immediate to your SPECIFIC AUDIENCE)
Do NOT mention your charity in Main Point #1, you will lack discreteness
and will not be following the required MPs.
[Transition: review/preview]
II.

This is main point two, the SATISFACTION STEP. This is a declarative sentence
about your charity.
A. What/When/Where about your charity (brief, do NOT recite the About from
your charitys website. I WILL look, so do NOT plagiarize SUMMARIZE)
B. What does your charity DO to help the problem?
1.Support your claim with facts about the charity and tell us what makes this
approach unique and different from other organizations.
2. Support your claim with the success rates, stats, testimonies about the
awesomeness of your charity.

[Transition: review/preview]
III.

This is main point three, the VISUALIZATION STEP. This is a declarative

sentence about how the alleviation of the problem would benefit society.

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A. Tell us what the world would be like if this organization could accomplish its
goalsthis is where you need to use vivid language to paint us a picture of all the
good that comes from donating to the charity.
1. You might want to find success stories that can be extended examples of
the success your charity is trying to achieve.
B. It is VERY important that you tell your audience how supporting your charity will
benefit them. Use your audience analysis results as much as possible throughout
this speech.
[Transition: Preview conclusion]
Conclusion
I.

Summary

II.

This is your ACTION STEP: Focus on the urgency of the issue. Compel us to get
involved and donate/participate.

III.

Closure/attention-leaver