elevator speech

06 May elevator speech

ENG112 – Composition II – Argumantative Outline Name

A. Paragraph #1 – Introduction

1. Lead-In Sentence #1 –

2. Lead-In Sentence #2 –

3. Lead-In Sentence #3 –

4. Thesis Statement:

i. Car batteries can be everlasting and at the same time they can be really short-lived depending on how one maintains them. (thesis statement)

ii. Nothing is long lasting as long as it is not given the care that it deserves

iii. The more attention and care something is given the more durable it will be.

iv. There is nothing like everlasting cars for batteries for cars.

v. Care is what makes something to last or to waste away within the shortest possible time.

B. Paragraph #2 – Why are car batteries neither everlasting nor short-lived? (Paragraph #2)

1. All car batteries are the same as they are manufactured using same products.

2. Their durability cannot be said to be different.

3. The conditions a car battery is subjected to will determine how long that it will last.

4. These conditions are what should be regarded as everlasting and not the battery itself

5. Concluding Sentence –

C. Paragraph #3 – Conditions that make car batteries everlasting (paragraph #3)

1. Maintenance of the batteries is the key to making them to be long lasting.

2. It is important to take into consideration the industrial requirements aimed at making the batteries to long last.

3. They should be regularly serviced and the acid changed whenever it becomes totally neutralized

4. Battery owners should be ready to incur costs to maintain the car battery

5. Concluding Sentence –

D. Paragraph #4 – When are car batteries short-lasting? (Paragraph #4)

1. Improper maintenance and general ignorance of the owner.

2. Failing to adhere to industrial maintenance standards that are meant to take care of the batteries

3. No timely replacement of the lead acid after the existing one has been neutralized.

4. Owners do not want to incur the maintenance costs supposed to take care of the batteries.

5. Concluding Sentence –

E. Paragraph #5 People make incorrect judgements and conclusions

1. People judge what they see rather than what they find out.

2. Well maintained batteries are regarded as everlasting.

3. Poorly maintained batteries are regarded as naturally short lasting.

4. People most of the times lack the general truth about the conditions that the batteries are subjected to.

5. Concluding Sentence –

F. Paragraph #6 – Our actions motives shape the things that we own. (Paragraph #6)

1. The car batteries how we handle the things that we have.

2. Batter care and seriousness means better results and prestige

3. Poor care and lack of motivation results to destruction and failure.

4. Our perspectives shape our lives towards success or failure.

5. Concluding Sentence –

G. Paragraph #7 – Conclusion

1. Topic Sentence #1 –

2. Revisit Key Information –

3. Revisit Key Information –

4. Final Statement (Should reflect the thesis statement and cause the reader to want more) –