Writing Help (The Write Way): Templates

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Fox Valley Technical College

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Fox Valley Technical College

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What do you want your audience to think, feel, or do after your speech or story?
Introduction
•    Hook – get their attention.
•    Background general, then make it personal.
•    Tell them what you are going to tell them 

Transition:   Lead your audience to next part
Body
Tell them: 3 to 5 main points each (with 2 or more sub points and support material with origin/cite)
Keep structure consistent:Same number of sub points per point.
Transitions:   Lead your audience to each next part

Transition:  Lead your audience to your conclusion.
Conclusion
Tell them what you told them.
Tell them what you want your audience to think about or remember.

INTRODUCTION

1. Hook: Establish problem
2. Background of the problem, why it matters.
3. Tell them what you are going to cover (discussion/analysis/recommendations) 

DISCUSSION 
Topic sentence: Describe problem.
Support with Multiple Examples:  
1. Description, issue, impact.  Show visual graph or illustration for clarity.
    b. Discuss examples before sharing audio, visual, text, and/or demonstration.
    c. Data/information from multiple sources to prove the problem exists.
2. Analysis (Causes, effects): 
3. Recommendation(s) that are practical and acceptable. Suggest how to implement.

CONCLUSION
Summarize how recommendation would solve original problem, based on examples and data presented. 
    a. Be professional = objective: Use same scale for each illustration; don’t exaggerate or minimize to visually support your bias.
    b. Do not introduce new material.

CITES / ATTRIBUTIONS
Works Cited or References  with supporting research sources.