Informative Paper
Informative Speech
Specific Purpose: To inform about the importance of changing the oil in your car on a regular basis.
Introduction:
I. According to famous author, E.B. White, "Everything in life is somewhere else, and you get there in a car" (Frank p52).
II. Since this has never been truer than it is today, it is important to take care of your car so you can get to that "somewhere else" you need to go.
III. In order to understand the importance of changing the oil in your car regularly it is necessary to understand what role oil plays in a car engine, why the oil in an engine needs to be changed regularly, and how often the oil needs to be changed.
Transition: First, let's take a look at what oil does in your cars engine.
Body:
I. The oil in your engine does more than one thing, it lubricates, cleans, and cools the engine.
A. First, oil lubricates the engine.
1. In his book, All About Your Car, David Kline, "All moving parts in your car have bearings. These are either in the form of ball bearings, or plate-type bearings. These bearings surround the moving parts of the car creating a small space or a friction buffer that give enough room for the oil to lubricate the moving parts. This way you never have metal directly touching metal. Oil itself is basically a type of ball bearing. If you were to look at oil under a microscope it would reveal millions of tiny balls. So, you can think of oil as a liquid ball bearing that keeps the moving engine parts moving smoothly" (p.65).
B. Second, oil cleans the engine.
1. Over time, as the oil circulates through your engine it grabs and keeps dirt suspended in it until it is either filtered or drained away when you change it.
C. Third, oil cools the engine.
1. A car engine is made up of moving metal parts. If your car engine didn't have oil, the moving parts would get so hot...
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