Due April 19 (Template for an Apologetics Speech - Meaning & Significance Question)

TEMPLATE  for answering a MEANING & SIGNIFICANCE apologetics question.

Hook, AIR, 3-points, CCC

1) Hook At the beginning

2) AIR Announce Q, Introduce yourself, 

    Tell us what your 3-point Roadmap is.

3) 3 points Follow 3-point roadmap 

     These are your 3-body paragraphs

4) CCC  reCap, Conclude w/ Confidence.   

             This is where you link back to your hook.
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1) HOOK 
                  This is the time to "hook" the audience's interest
                  It could be in one or more of these ways:
                       • Personal Story 
                       • Historical Story, Story from Literature, Comic Strip Story, Riddle
                       • Quote
                       • Scripture
                      
IF YOU START W/ A STORY, CONSIDER NOT FINISHING YOUR STORY – DO IT @ THE END. DEFINITELY REFER TO IT @ THE END.
IF YOU USE A QUOTE, SCRIPTURE, DESCRIPTION,etc. . . . . 
                                                                             REFER TO IT @ THE END!

2)  AIR 
              ANNOUNCE Q  

              INTRODUCE YOURSELF       

              ROADMAP-3 points

ANNOUNCE Q  
I have chosen the question, "What is the meaning and significance of __________________ ?" 

INTRODUCE YOURSELF  

Hello, my name is ________________ and 


LAY-OUT THE ROADMAP w/3 points

I will address this question through 3 points 
1.  Meaning
2.  Significance
3.  Application (Call to Action)

    

3) FOLLOW ROADMAP - 3points

       1st POINT: 

         My first point is THE MEANING of _________________.

       ________________ means / is defined as / _________________________.
      Quote your source and elaborate if applicable.

      2nd POINT: 
      My second point is THE SIGNIFICANCE  of _________________.

      Explain & elaborate why this is important/significant. 

                Examples:
                What would happen if we did not believe or have this? 
                Or, would happen if this did not exist?
                Use Quotes, Scripture, Common Sense, etc.

      3rd POINT: 
      My third point is ________________. This is usually a call-to-action or  

      an explanation of why this M&S Question applies to us. 

      It could answer one or more of the following example questions.

                 What should I (we) do with this? 

                 How does this apply to _______ (Us? You? Me?) 
                 What should we do? 

                 If there a  “call to action," what it is it?
                 Because _________________ we should ___________________.


4) RE-CAP. . . .Conclude  w/ Confidence
Let’s RE-CAP: 
We (have) looked at the meaning of ____________________
We (have) looked at its significance (____________________)
And we (have) looked at how this applies to us ( _________ ) 

CONCLUDE w/ CONFIDENCE: 
GIVE THE REST OF THE INTRO STORY HERE  
OR
Use a Scripture or Quote (or repeat a major one / a powerful one / a completely logical one, etc.)

It is appropriate to say, "Thank you," but you do not have to. 

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• Be sure to include appropriate Bible verses, and quotes. At least three Bible verses is usually a good target number. 
•  What every good speaker does: 
         A) Tells the audience what they are going to tell them.  
         B) Tells them.   
         C) Tells them what they just told them. 

Required Dress-Ups and Openers w/i entire speech (not each paragraph)
All Dress-Ups
Openers:
2
3
5
6
4 (extra credit)
7 (extra credit)

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