Sample Outline
Factory Farming !
Specific Purpose: To persuade the audience that factory farms are dangerous and abusive and therefore
need to be banned.
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ntroduction:
Attention Getter/Credibility: Close your eyes and step into the world of an individual. You are born into
a world where nights and days are never constant (attention getter). You are fed three to five times a day,
but no one is there to nurture you. Not even the numerous others crammed into your living space. You
grow frantic, scared, and sickly. Now open your eyes, to reality.
Reason to Listen: What I have just described is one of America”s worst ghettos. You know this
individual who is trapped in this environment. He is your breakfast, lunch and dinner. It is the meat you
eat. Today”s farms not only abuse their animals they also produce harmful diseases and environmental
hazards that affect each and every one of us, regardless of whether you consume animal products or not.
Thesis: The U.S. government should ban factory farms and require the meat industry to raise animals in
their natural environments.
Preview: Today, I will explain how factory farms produce animal abuse, disease and ecological hazards.
Then, I will explain why standards the U.S. government should ban factory farms and require the meat
industry to raise its animals in their natural environment. Finally, I will discuss how banning factory
farms will allow us better enjoy animal meat products in a cleaner, healthier environment.
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I. What used to be Old McDonald”s farms have now become factory farms that produce animal
abuse, disease and ecological hazards.
A. Animals are abused on factory farms (Marquadt, 1993)
1. Broiler chickens are often debeaked, due to fear of cannibalism (Jasper, 1992).
2. Cattle are often dehorned and castrated without anesthetics.
3. Geese are often overfed with grains and steroids in order to produce larger livers
for pate (Singer, 1989).
B. The unhealthy environments created by factory farms promote the spread of many
diseases that remain in the animal products we consume (Fox, 1990).
1. Every year an increasing number of children and elderly die of food poisoning
that is related to factory farm practices.
2. Meats on the market are often deformed or full of bad chemicals.
C. The mass production of animals and the resulting amount of waste creates lasting damage
to our ecosystem.
1. The release of high levels of urine and fecal matter into our
lakes contributes to the contamination of our waters, wells and topsoil.
2. The release of high levels of methane into the atmosphere contributes to the
depletion of the ozone layer.
! Transition: All these things have become a
problem that seems like it may never get fixed. There is
however, a way that the U.S. can begin to change things for farms.
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II. For better health standards the U.S. government should ban factory farms and require the
meat industry to raise its animals in their natural environment.
A. Studies show that if animals were raised in better conditions, their production would be
greater at healthier standards.
B. Many countries in Europe adopted the Animal Protection Act of 1972 (Fox, 1990).

To receive full credit for this assignment, you must accomplish the following:
1. Briefly, explain each theory assigned in your own words. The first theory is “Cultural Approach to Organizations” by clifford geertz and michael pacanowsky; and the second theory is “critical theory of communication in organizations by stanley deetz
2. Illustrate how the theory explains “real world” situations. 3. Choose one of the following options to illustrate and apply the theory: a. Movie or television: Choose a scene or set of scenes from movie or television program you think is a good illustration of a communication theory in the assigned reading chapters. Explain how/why this movie or television episode illustrates the theory. b. Print media: Choose a passage or set of passages from a book or written article (news, commentary, comic) that exemplify a communication theory in assigned reading text. Explain how/why this passage can be understood in terms of the theory. c. Personal experience: Choose a personal experience you have had that exemplifies a communication theory in assigned reading text. Explain how/why this experience exemplifies the theory. 4. What questions come up for you as you reflect on the reading chapter; i.e., critique and/or questions that you would like to explore and find answers to. 5. Reflections are MINIMUM two pages – Times New Roman – 12 font and 1.5 spaced. Sources, if any used, are properly cited according to APA citation format.
2. Illustrate how the theory explains “real world” situations. 3. Choose one of the following options to illustrate and apply the theory: a. Movie or television: Choose a scene or set of scenes from movie or television program you think is a good illustration of a communication theory in the assigned reading chapters. Explain how/why this movie or television episode illustrates the theory. b. Print media: Choose a passage or set of passages from a book or written article (news, commentary, comic) that exemplify a communication theory in assigned reading text. Explain how/why this passage can be understood in terms of the theory. c. Personal experience: Choose a personal experience you have had that exemplifies a communication theory in assigned reading text. Explain how/why this experience exemplifies the theory. 4. What questions come up for you as you reflect on the reading chapter; i.e., critique and/or questions that you would like to explore and find answers to. 5. Reflections are MINIMUM two pages – Times New Roman – 12 font and 1.5 spaced. Sources, if any used, are properly cited according to APA citation format.
3. Choose one of the following options to illustrate and apply the theory: a. Movie or television: Choose a scene or set of scenes from movie or television program you think is a good illustration of a communication theory in the assigned reading chapters. Explain how/why this movie or television episode illustrates the theory. b. Print media: Choose a passage or set of passages from a book or written article (news, commentary, comic) that exemplify a communication theory in assigned reading text. Explain how/why this passage can be understood in terms of the theory. c. Personal experience: Choose a personal experience you have had that exemplifies a communication theory in assigned reading text. Explain how/why this experience exemplifies the theory. 4. What questions come up for you as you reflect on the reading chapter; i.e., critique and/or questions that you would like to explore and find answers to. 5. Reflections are MINIMUM two pages – Times New Roman – 12 font and 1.5 spaced. Sources, if any used, are properly cited according to APA citation format.
4. What questions come up for you as you reflect on the reading chapter; i.e., critique and/or questions that you would like to explore and find answers to. 5. Reflections are MINIMUM two pages – Times New Roman – 12 font and 1.5 spaced. Sources, if any used, are properly cited according to APA citation format.
5. Reflection is a minimum of 2 pages: Times New Roman, 12 font, 1.5 spaces. NO NEED TO CITE !! AND NO plagiarism.