Identify Your Co-Cultures A. Transition Statement

Assignment Question

My co cultures are American. heterosexual, Californian, scholar, i am white but relate to Hispanic culture because of upbringing.

Introduction

I. Attention Device: 1-3 sentences.

II. Background: 4-6 sentences.

III. Topic Reveal: 1 sentence. Time frame, action verb, and subject.

IV. Preview: 1 sentence. Longer than the TRS. List the main points. Try to use sign posts or verbal mirroring.

Body

I. Identify Your Co-Cultures A. Transition Statement: This is a segue way into your first main point B. 1-2 sentences that lists all of the co-cultures you identify with.

II. Disadvantages A. Transition Statement: This is a segue way into your second main point B. Length varies, but at least 6-8 sentences. C. List co-cultural identities that you feel create systems of disadvantages for you. D. You can also illustrate one of those disadvantages by using a story as an example.

III. Advantages A. Transition Statement: This is a segue way into your third main point B. Length varies, but at least 6-8 sentences. C. List co-cultural identities that you feel create systems of unearned advantages for you. D. You can also illustrate one of those unearned advantages by using a story as an example.

Conclusion

I. Review: Repeat the Preview, but in past tense.

II. Lasting Thought: 1-3 sentences. End on something interesting, witty, or dramatic, but make sure the audience feels some sense of closure through psychological unity or some new insight.