Informative Brief Outline Format

Thesis Statement: One sentence summarizing the main idea of your speech

Specific Purposes: A list of what you want to accomplish throughout your speech. (See Example)

Introduction: A couple of example sentences from your speech leading up to your thesis.

Main Point 1:
            (Subpoint) A
                                    (Support) 1.
                                                    2.
                              B.
                                                    1.
                                                    2.

Main Point 2:

Main Point 3:

Conclusion: A couple of example sentences from your speech

References

Sample Informative Speech Brief Outline

Health Benefits of Swimming

Thesis Statement: Swimming is a healthy life long sport.

Specific Purposes:

To describe competitive swimming
To inform classmates of the health benefits of swimming
To describe to classmates how to do a swimming workout

Introduction:

1. Playing in the pool in the summer
2. Watching Olympians
3. Middle ground for anyone any level any age

THESIS: Swimming is a healthy life long sport

Body:

1. Competitive Swimming
   • different governing bodies
   • rules and regulations
2. Health Benefits
   • total body workout
   • injury free
   • statistics
3. Swimming workout
   • easy to develop on your on own
   • you determine the difficulty
   • example

Conclusion:
            1. Motivate classmates to take up swimming as daily exercise