: Should Race Be a Factor in College Admissions?
GENERAL PREPARATION OUTLINE TEMPLATE
(Write full sentences)
NAME: Ida Spearman
TOPIC: Should race be a factor in college admissions?
GENERAL PURPOSE: To inform
SPECIFIC PURPOSE: To inform my audience on why race shouldn’t matter in college
CENTRAL IDEA: For some, getting into college was their life’s dream. While for others, going to college could very well mean their lives.
Introduction
I. Attention-Getter: Have you ever wonder what life would be like after childhood? II. Personal Credibility: Will I ever be able to get in to college? III. Central Idea: For some, getting into college was their life’s dream. While for others, going to college could very well mean their lives.
Transitional statement letting audience know your speech is beginning
Body (don’t forget to add signpost to connect your instructions)
I. In the 1900’s, going to college for some was only a dream, while for others it could very well cost them their dignity and/ or life.
A. In this period of American history segregation was the instrument by which decisions were made.
1. This was more prevalent in the south.
2. If restrooms were segregated, then how would you imagine colleges were?
3. Regardless to one’s ability, college was off limits.
B. Using African Americans as an example, in their attempt to gain admissions to all white institutions of higher learning, they were met with signs, “white only,” or dissuaded to apply.
A. At some points, they were chased off of the campus.
C. For most the only choice was to attend a Historic Black College/University (HCBU).
II. HBCU’s offered the opportunity of getting a college education for minorities.
A. These colleges were founded in the late 1800’s designed to provide a college education for African
B.
(Write full sentences)
NAME: Ida Spearman
TOPIC: Should race be a factor in college admissions?
GENERAL PURPOSE: To inform
SPECIFIC PURPOSE: To inform my audience on why race shouldn’t matter in college
CENTRAL IDEA: For some, getting into college was their life’s dream. While for others, going to college could very well mean their lives.
Introduction
I. Attention-Getter: Have you ever wonder what life would be like after childhood? II. Personal Credibility: Will I ever be able to get in to college? III. Central Idea: For some, getting into college was their life’s dream. While for others, going to college could very well mean their lives.
Transitional statement letting audience know your speech is beginning
Body (don’t forget to add signpost to connect your instructions)
I. In the 1900’s, going to college for some was only a dream, while for others it could very well cost them their dignity and/ or life.
A. In this period of American history segregation was the instrument by which decisions were made.
1. This was more prevalent in the south.
2. If restrooms were segregated, then how would you imagine colleges were?
3. Regardless to one’s ability, college was off limits.
B. Using African Americans as an example, in their attempt to gain admissions to all white institutions of higher learning, they were met with signs, “white only,” or dissuaded to apply.
A. At some points, they were chased off of the campus.
C. For most the only choice was to attend a Historic Black College/University (HCBU).
II. HBCU’s offered the opportunity of getting a college education for minorities.
A. These colleges were founded in the late 1800’s designed to provide a college education for African
B.