1. By Jennifer Millspaugh

2.  Students often use the terms “outline” and
“essay” interchangeably.
 I often hear students ask “Do you want us to
write an essay too?” or “What should we
include in our essay?”
 There are no essays written for speeches.
Only outlines!

3.  Working outline: Rough Draft
 Formal outline
 Fairly detailed outline of central idea, main ideas, and
supporting material
 Consists of complete sentences.
 What you turn in to ME with the speech!
 Key word outline
 Condensed and abbreviated outline
 Can be used as note or to make note cards
 What YOU use during the speech
 Does NOT need to be turned in!

4.  Use outlining symbols (numbering I.
A., 1., a., i. etc.) and margins (indents) to
indicate importance of info
 Should have parallel items (no mixture of
complete/incomplete sentences)
 Let’s take a look at the differences, visually…

6.  Note how an essay is all paragraphs, there
are no Roman numerals, letters, or
numbers, and no indentations.
 An essay is what you write for an English
class.

9.  Note that an outline has Roman
numerals, Letters, and numbers that
separate the ideas from one another
 They are consistently formatted
 They are indented according to whether or
not a main idea is being made or a
supporting detail is being shared or a sub-
supporting detail is expanding on the
previous ideas.
 Note that there are NO incomplete sentences