informative Speech
Informative Speech with Visual Aids Outline
Specific Purpose: To inform my audience about extreme beauty practices in different cultures.
INTRODUCTION
I. I am pretty sure most of you here have heard the old saying that “Beauty is Pain.”
II. We wake up striving to look better or beautiful everyday more and more.
III. That is because as human beings we tend to be very visual and observe the look of a person before finding out who they really are.
IV. So, today I will be sharing with you a few beauty practices that differ by culture what they consider beauty.
THESIS STATEMENT: The practices that I will present today are “Foot Binding”, “Neck Rings” and “Lip Discs.”
BODY
I. The first beauty tradition is the “Foot Binding” which was usually practiced by the Chinese women.
A. This tradition started around the 10th century practiced until early 20th century.
1. It was practiced by women of all social classes.
2. Their husbands greatly enjoyed these tiny feet.
3. Adding more desire to women to bind their feet.
B. The women would start binding their feet as early as 14 years old or before their arch was fully formed.
1. By binding their feet extremely tight, they squished their bones to repair themselves into this new, smaller form.
2. The ideal size of their foot was roughly about 3 inches.
C. This beauty practice caused them health problems.
1. As much as they cut their nail very short in-grown toe nails still happened.
2. They also suffered infections; the poor class women were more prone to get them since they did not have the resources to change their bindings as needed.
3. Later in life if women wanted to unbind their feet, they suffered severe deformities.
II. The next beauty tradition is the “Neck Rings.”
A. Having a long, graceful neck is seen as beautiful in many cultures.
1. In the professional Russian ballet the women train early enough to lengthen their necks naturally.
2. They hold their heads in stretch position over and over.
B.
Specific Purpose: To inform my audience about extreme beauty practices in different cultures.
INTRODUCTION
I. I am pretty sure most of you here have heard the old saying that “Beauty is Pain.”
II. We wake up striving to look better or beautiful everyday more and more.
III. That is because as human beings we tend to be very visual and observe the look of a person before finding out who they really are.
IV. So, today I will be sharing with you a few beauty practices that differ by culture what they consider beauty.
THESIS STATEMENT: The practices that I will present today are “Foot Binding”, “Neck Rings” and “Lip Discs.”
BODY
I. The first beauty tradition is the “Foot Binding” which was usually practiced by the Chinese women.
A. This tradition started around the 10th century practiced until early 20th century.
1. It was practiced by women of all social classes.
2. Their husbands greatly enjoyed these tiny feet.
3. Adding more desire to women to bind their feet.
B. The women would start binding their feet as early as 14 years old or before their arch was fully formed.
1. By binding their feet extremely tight, they squished their bones to repair themselves into this new, smaller form.
2. The ideal size of their foot was roughly about 3 inches.
C. This beauty practice caused them health problems.
1. As much as they cut their nail very short in-grown toe nails still happened.
2. They also suffered infections; the poor class women were more prone to get them since they did not have the resources to change their bindings as needed.
3. Later in life if women wanted to unbind their feet, they suffered severe deformities.
II. The next beauty tradition is the “Neck Rings.”
A. Having a long, graceful neck is seen as beautiful in many cultures.
1. In the professional Russian ballet the women train early enough to lengthen their necks naturally.
2. They hold their heads in stretch position over and over.
B.
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