Informative Speech Americanization Of Halloween Essay

COMM1110 – FULL SENTENCE-INFORMATIVE OUTLINE SPEECH TITLE: Americanization of Halloween GENERAL PURPOSE: To inform SPECIFIC PURPOSE: Informing the audience about how Halloween came to America and how most traditions were American inventions. THESIS/CENTRAL IDEA: How most of Halloween traditions were Americanized. INTRODUCTION: 1. GET ATTENTION: Who here likes Halloween? [pause for hands to be raised] 2. CLEARLY REVEAL THE TOPIC: Today we are going to discover the story that haunts us all, how Halloween was Americanized. 3. LISTENER RELEVANCE: When we think of Halloween, we think of haunted houses, scary stories, and costumes of all sorts, candy, witches, black cats and more. But some of us have probably wondered where the history lies behind it all. 4. ESTABLISH CREDIBILITY: I personally like Halloween myself, but through extensive research I found out a little background on how the holiday came to America and how we’ve put our little twist on the tradition. 5. PREVIEW OF MAIN POINTS: To unwrap these mummified facts, we will first dig through a little history of Halloween coming to America. Then we will see when and how the act of wearing costumes was put into play. Finally, we will unwrap a sweet treat of when and why trick-or-treating became involved in the traditions of Halloween. Transition: To begin with, a little history of Halloween. BODY: I. Halloween was brought to America after the Irish fled from their hometowns during a famine. A. When did the