Informative Speech
Informative Speech
Topic: To inform my audience about the process of succeeding in higher education.
Thesis Statement: Motivation, setting goals, and learning and using skill sets are three essential elements for succeeding in college.
Introduction
I. Attention Getter: Do you want to make more money?
A. Do you want to have a more secure career?
B. How about a second home?
C. What about being able to afford to take a vacation?
II. Thesis Statement/Introduce Topic: A college degree will enable you to make these things happen, and in order to succeed in college you need to know how a degree will help you.
III. Preview: Motivation is the first component of a attaining a college degree.
A. Even with the proper motivation, however, you still need to set goals to help you get where you wish to be.
B. Finally, you need the right skill sets to achieve in college, because after all, “it ain’t high school.”
[Transition: With all those things in mind, let’s first look at the basic value of a college degree.]
I. Main Point: It is important to know that a college degree can provide you with many advantages, most notable in employment and earning potential.
A. Sub-point: According to the Associated Press, during the 2008 recession those with a college degree lost their jobs at half the rate of those without a degree.
B. Sub-point: The AP said that if college grads do lose jobs they get another quicker, make more money, and have more savings (Leonard, January 10, 2009, par. 2).
C. Sub-point: That AP article quoted Lawrence Mishel, president of the Economic Policy Institute in Washington D.C., as saying: that college graduates "have a privileged position in the labor market" (Leonard, January 10, 2009, par. 7).
D. Sub-point: The AP noted that these statistics
Topic: To inform my audience about the process of succeeding in higher education.
Thesis Statement: Motivation, setting goals, and learning and using skill sets are three essential elements for succeeding in college.
Introduction
I. Attention Getter: Do you want to make more money?
A. Do you want to have a more secure career?
B. How about a second home?
C. What about being able to afford to take a vacation?
II. Thesis Statement/Introduce Topic: A college degree will enable you to make these things happen, and in order to succeed in college you need to know how a degree will help you.
III. Preview: Motivation is the first component of a attaining a college degree.
A. Even with the proper motivation, however, you still need to set goals to help you get where you wish to be.
B. Finally, you need the right skill sets to achieve in college, because after all, “it ain’t high school.”
[Transition: With all those things in mind, let’s first look at the basic value of a college degree.]
I. Main Point: It is important to know that a college degree can provide you with many advantages, most notable in employment and earning potential.
A. Sub-point: According to the Associated Press, during the 2008 recession those with a college degree lost their jobs at half the rate of those without a degree.
B. Sub-point: The AP said that if college grads do lose jobs they get another quicker, make more money, and have more savings (Leonard, January 10, 2009, par. 2).
C. Sub-point: That AP article quoted Lawrence Mishel, president of the Economic Policy Institute in Washington D.C., as saying: that college graduates "have a privileged position in the labor market" (Leonard, January 10, 2009, par. 7).
D. Sub-point: The AP noted that these statistics