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Surname 1
College Success note-taking
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College Success note-taking
Specific purpose : To inform and inform the audience why note-taking is essential for college
success and how they should put it into consideration as well as the main note-taking systems.
Thesis statement : I am going to give a proper and detailed explanation of why note-taking in
college is important and how it is connected to college success as well as the different note-
taking systems and when to use them.
Organizational pattern : informative speech outline/topical
Introduction device: Rhetoric Questions, Background Information, Establishing the topic’s
Importance.
Conclusion device :Deduction/Quotation
Approximate delivery time: 5 Minutes
Thesis statement : I am going to give a proper and detailed explanation of why note-taking in
college is important and how it is connected to college success as well as the different note-
taking systems and when to use them.

Surname 2
I. Why is note-taking important in college? What is the connection between note-taking and
college success? What are the different systems of taking notes? What system has been
the most useful to you or has it worked best for you?
II. Background information
Many students in college claim to take notes but in the real sense, very few college students
take notes. Most college students do not own notebooks, they just scribble what they feel is
important on pieces of paper
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. The professor requires you to make a connection between what
he/she is teaching in class and the assignments he/she gives out. The reason why most college
students fail to apply what they studied in college in the real world is that they lack the art of
note-taking.Note-taking helps a college student to be able to make a connection of what he/she is
being taught in class and the actual world and come up with solutions to problems affecting the
real world or be able to apply their studies in the real world