An easy way to think about outlining a speech
Easy way to outline
a. Statement of fact
b. Supporting material
In a week or so, we are going to move to organizing a speech and structuring a speech. In this post, I want to talk about the basics of outlining and organizing. Stress on the word: B-A-S-I-C-S.
When you think about structure, you will need a statement of fact and supporting material to back up your statement.
Below is an example of the body of a speech about mesothelioma:
B. Body
1. What is mesothelioma
a. Most believe that it comes from exposure to asbestos.
b. According to the London Mirror, “most people who get mesothelioma worked with asbestos in industry before safety regulations were introduced.” Asbestos is still present in millions of buildings, while recent research reveals that the UK has the highest rate of mesothelioma in the world. Rates in women alone have shot up threefold in the last 25 years. Frighteningly, two thirds of these cases are due to general exposure in everyday life.
c. However, the use is not banned in the U.S. The Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization says that asbestos is legal in certain situations.
2. More will die
a. As the population gets older, more and more people will discover they that were exposed to Asbestos.
b. According to a study published in the British Journal of Cancer, “Projections for the period 1995–2029 suggest that the number of men dying from mesothelioma in Western Europe each year will almost double over the next 20 years, from 5000 in 1998 to about 9000 around 2018, and then decline, with a total of about a quarter of a million deaths over the next 35 years.”
3. What victims are doing
a. Currently, the people exposed are going to court to get damages
b. The Peterson Law Firm from Orlando, FL states that, “The wife of a former Navy firefighter who passed away from an asbestos-related cancer was awarded nearly $2.6 million after a two-month trial concluded March 12, 2009. Port Orange, Florida resident Gail Fortier will receive $2,595,000 from Allis-Chalmers Corp. Fortier’s husband, David, died at the age of 59 as a result of mesothelioma, a rare cancer caused almost exclusively by asbestos exposure.”
c. The law firm tells a compelling story of David, who worked on the USS Forrestal aircraft carrier as a fireman for the majority of his service in the United States Navy, which lasted from 1969 to 1972. The USS Forrestal was constructed at Newport News Shipbuilding, a shipyard known to have used asbestos-contaminated materials in the creation of ships and vessels in Virginia. According to Gail’s attorney, David worked on pumps and other equipment heavily insulated with asbestos while serving on the ship. The products were manufactured by Allis-Chalmers.
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