Outline Rough Draft Bigfoot - JL Maia

 

1. Attention Getter (narrative): Visual aid #1

1. When I was a kid I was disappointed when I understood all places had been discovered due to satellites.

2. mysteries are exciting 

3. the idea that there are things that science hasn’t yet discovered 

2. State my report

1. BFRO report #23696 (Class A)

3. Establish credibility: 

1. Have been researching bigfoot, BFRO, charts for weeks

4. Visual aid #2 (connective)

5. Introduce main points:

1. Why people believe in bigfoot

2. Fallacies

3. Premises and argument types

6. Transition:

1. Let’s take a look at some reasons why people might want to believe in bigfoot:

7. Main point 1: Visual aid #3,#4,#5

1. Social construct (more likely to believe if your social group believes

2. Need to explain something you aren’t able to explain

3. Keeping mysteries and legends alive

8. Transition: Visual aid #6 (connective)

1. In this specific report we see the need to explain something and not be deemed crazy:

9. Main point 2: Visual aids #7,#8,#9

1. Fallacies:

1. Appeal to consequences

2. misleading vividness

3. Accent

10. Transition: Visual aid #10 (connective)

1. In order to convince us they’re not crazy, here are some of the rhetorical arguments made

11. Main point 3: Visual aids #11,#12

1. Premises:

1. Presumption

1. The likely

2. Premise modifier::

1. Presence

1. Space

3. Based on the structure of reality:

1. Succession

1. Pragmatic

2. Direction

2. Coexistence

1. Prestige

4. Establishing the structure of reality:

1. Metaphor

12. Transition: Visual aid #13 (connective

1. As we can see….

13. Conclusion: Visual aid #14

1. tbd