The outline is due on the day of your speech. Outline Follow the guidelines below. Each error will result in the loss of one-half point. Type or hand write your outline on 8.5 x 11 inch paper or on index cards. Feel free to make marginal notes and various changes as long as the outline is easily legible.
Internal transitions are optional.
If your speech requires documentation, accompany your outline with a list of sources used in your speech. Sources that require documentation include lectures, films, videotapes, television and radio programs, Websites, interviews, books, magazines, and newspapers. If you do not document sources, you are guilty of plagiarism. Minor errors in documenting are not serious offenses and will result in the loss of one to three points.