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Think what might happen if you tried tobuild a house without a floor plan or anarchitect’s blueprint. You build the kitchennext to the driveway to make it convenient forcarrying in groceries. But the dining roomturns up at the other end of the house. When you cook andserve a meal, you have to run with the plates to keep the foodfrom getting cold. You put the bathroom at the head of thestairs to make it accessible to visitors. But the door opens insuch a way that the unwary guest is catapulted down thesteps. Plans and blueprints are essential to architecture. So,too, are outlines essential to effective speeches. An outlineis like a blueprint for your speech. By outlining, you makesure that related items are together, that ideas flow from oneto another, that the structure of your speech will “stand up”
Think what might happen if you tried tobuild a house without a floor plan or anarchitect’s blueprint. You build the kitchennext to the driveway to make it convenient forcarrying in groceries. But the dining roomturns up at the other end of the house. When you cook andserve a meal, you have to run with the plates to keep the food from getting cold. You put the bathroom at the head of thestairs to make it accessible to visitors. But the door opens insuch a way that the unwary guest is catapulted down thesteps. Plans So, too, are outlines essential to effective speeches. An outlineis like a blueprint for your speech. By outlining, you makesure that related items are together, that ideas flow from oneto another, that the structure of your speech will “stand up ”