Enrichment Speech Outline Example

Enrichment Speech Outline Example

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Research Question: How can you detect a counterfeit bill?General Purpose: To enrichSpecific Purpose: To teach my audience about the three best ways to detect a counterfeit bill.

I. INTRODUCTIONA. 1. Attention Getter:

Startling the audience: I will destroy a counterfeit twenty dollar bill in front of the audience. 2. Specific purpose (i.e. Revealing Topic): To teach my audience about the three best ways to detect a counterfeit Bill.3. Credibility + Relevancy of Topic for Audience: In addition to training as a bank employee, I conducted interviews with bank managers, and researched information from bank training materials.

My audience analysis revealed my audience’s concern over economic matters. Since receiving a counterfeit bill is tantamount to losing money, I want to teach my audience how to protect themselves against fraud.

4. Claim + Three Preview Points:The best way to detect a counterfeit bill is to understand three main security features of a Federal Reserve Note: security thread, color-shifting ink and watermark.

II. BODY1. Main Point 1:The difficulty of replicating the placement of the Security Thread in a bill helps detect counterfeit bills.

2. Support Material 1: Source:

1. US Treasury. Counterfeit Detection Training. Poster. Williamsburg, VA: March 2008

2. Sun Trust Bank Manager. Personal Interview. March 2008 Kind of Support Material:

Examples and expert testimony. What is evidence meant to show?

This piece of evidence is meant to show what security thread is, and how to identify it on a Federal Reserve note to detect a counterfeit bill.

Transition: Now that I’ve shown you what a security thread is and how it works, let’s turn to the feature of color-shifting ink to help you detect a counterfeit bill.

1. Main Point 2:

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Enrichment Speech Outline Example

The usage of the special Color-Shifting Ink for a Federal Reserve Notes helps to detect a counterfeit bill.

2. Support Material 2: Source:

1. US Treasury. Counterfeit Detection Training. Booklet. Williamsburg, VA: March 2008

Kind of Support Material: Expert testimony.

What is evidence meant to show?This item of evidence is meant to show how color-shifting ink works on a Federal Reserve note to detect a counterfeit bill.

Transition: We’ve addressed color-shifting ink in helping you detect a counterfeit bill; let’s now learn about watermarks on bills.

1. Main Point 3:The presence of Watermark a Federal Reserve Note helps to detect a counterfeit bill.

2. Support material 3: Source:

1. US Treasury. Counterfeit Detection Training. Booklet. Williamsburg, VA: March 2008

2. Sun Trust Bank. Counterfeit Detection. Training Materials. Williamsburg, VA: March 2008

Kind of Support Material:Expert testimony

What is evidence meant to show?This item of evidence is meant to show how the watermark feature on a Federal Reserve note works to detect a counterfeit bill.

Transition/Connector: In summary, I’ve shown you three features of Federal Reserve notes that can help you detect counterfeit bills.

III. CONCLUSION1. Signal End of Speech (Review your claim):

The best way to detect a counterfeit bill is to understand three main security features of a Federal Reserve Note: security thread, color-shifting ink and watermark.

2. Lasting impression: (Name the conclusion strategy you are using): I will refer back to the introduction by passing around real bill; and, propose to the audience to feel paper currency before accepting it to be able to detect a counterfeit bill before it is too late.

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