Electricity Informative Speech
Informative Speech Outline
I. Introduction
A. Attention Getter: Jane Brox said, “Time and task were both disorienting. For if you were to remove everything from our lives that depends on electricity to function, homes and offices would become no more than the chambers and passages of limestone caves… simple shelter from wind and rain. No way to keep out cold, or heat, for long. No way to preserve food, or to cook it. The things that define us, that without their purpose, they lose the measure of their beauty and we are left alone in the dark with countless useless things.” (Jane Brox, Brilliant: The Evolution of Artificial Light)
B. Thesis Statement: Today I will inform you about the significance of electricity and the role it plays in our everyday lives. In 2006 Laura Robertson from http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com (Which has been around since 1888), stated that the United States of America is the world's second largest producer and consumer of electricity. It consumes about 20% of the world's supply of electricity, with California as the greatest consumer of all the states.
C. Preview: First, I will talk to you about the beginnings of electricity, and the scientists who have helped evolve it into what we use today. Second, I will talk about what humans are trying to accomplish by harnessing and using electricity for our personal gain. Thirdly, I will be talking about electricity’s legacy and impact on human civilization.
II. Body
A. Topic Sentence: Electricity wasn’t truly invented by anyone; it was more of discovered, and a number of different scientists have helped shape it into what it is now. I will give you a brief timeline of electricity.
1. Claim: The first “discovery” of electricity comes to us in 600 BC from Thales of Miletus.
a. Support: On June 19, 2001 The U.S. Energy Information Administration http://www.eia.gov/ (which has 2.25 million visits per month), tells us
I. Introduction
A. Attention Getter: Jane Brox said, “Time and task were both disorienting. For if you were to remove everything from our lives that depends on electricity to function, homes and offices would become no more than the chambers and passages of limestone caves… simple shelter from wind and rain. No way to keep out cold, or heat, for long. No way to preserve food, or to cook it. The things that define us, that without their purpose, they lose the measure of their beauty and we are left alone in the dark with countless useless things.” (Jane Brox, Brilliant: The Evolution of Artificial Light)
B. Thesis Statement: Today I will inform you about the significance of electricity and the role it plays in our everyday lives. In 2006 Laura Robertson from http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com (Which has been around since 1888), stated that the United States of America is the world's second largest producer and consumer of electricity. It consumes about 20% of the world's supply of electricity, with California as the greatest consumer of all the states.
C. Preview: First, I will talk to you about the beginnings of electricity, and the scientists who have helped evolve it into what we use today. Second, I will talk about what humans are trying to accomplish by harnessing and using electricity for our personal gain. Thirdly, I will be talking about electricity’s legacy and impact on human civilization.
II. Body
A. Topic Sentence: Electricity wasn’t truly invented by anyone; it was more of discovered, and a number of different scientists have helped shape it into what it is now. I will give you a brief timeline of electricity.
1. Claim: The first “discovery” of electricity comes to us in 600 BC from Thales of Miletus.
a. Support: On June 19, 2001 The U.S. Energy Information Administration http://www.eia.gov/ (which has 2.25 million visits per month), tells us