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TEMPLATE – Use the template below to prepare your outline.

Monroe’s Motivated Sequence Outline

I. Introduction
a. Attention (step) Getter (one to six sentences)
1. Clearly state your topic (one sentence)
2. Relate the topic to your audience (one to three sentences)
3. Establish your credibility (one to three sentences)
4. Preview of main points (one sentence)
II. Body
b. Need Step
1. Clear statement of the main problem (one sentence)
c. Satisfaction Step
1. Clear statement of how to fix the problem (one sentence)
d. Visualization Step
1. Clear statement of what the world would look like with a fixed
problem (one sentence)
III. Conclusion
e. Action Step
1. Clear statement of what the audience can do right now (one sentence)

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