A. Attention Getter: What is a way you can get the audience to pay attention to the beginning
of your speech?
B. Link: Connect AG to the story you are about to tell.
C. Thesis: What is the main idea of your story and your lesson learned?
D. Preview Statement: Briefly summarize (3 sentences at most) the four main points
(Beginning, middle, end, lesson) of your story.
II. Body #1: Exposition
A. Topic Sentence # 1: Where does the story begin? What do we need to know before the experience happened? What background information do we need to know about you or the experience to understand your story?
TS:
B. Details: What are some details you can use to support what happened in your topic sentence?
i. Detail #1:
ii. Detail #2.:
iii. Detail #3:
Transition Sentence: Lead us from what happened in Body #1 into Body #2:
III. Body #2: Rising Action
A. Topic Sentence #2:What happens leading up to the climax? Hours before?
TS:
B. Details: What are some details you can use to support what happened in your topic sentence?
i. Detail #1:
ii. Detail #2.:
iii. Detail #3:
Transition Sentence: Lead us from what happened in Body #2 into Body #3:
IV. Body #3: Climax
A. Topic Sentence #3: What is the CLIMAX of your story?
TS:
B. Details: What are some details you can use to support what happened in your topic sentence?
i. Detail #1:
ii. Detail #2:
iii. Detail #3:
Transition Sentence: Lead us from what happened in Body #3 into Body #4:
V. Body #4: Falling Action/Conclusion
A. Topic Sentence: What happens just after the climax of your story? What happened days after? Years?
TS:
Details: What are some details you can use to support what happened in your topic sentence?
i. Detail #1:
ii. Detail #2:
iii. Detail #3:
Transition Sentence: Lead us from what happened in Body #4 into Body #5:
VI. Body #5: Lesson...