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GUIDELINES FOR PERSUASIVE SPEECHES
You are to present a 5 minute persuasive speech outline with speker notes. In this speech, you should motivate your classmates to change their attitudes and behavior toward your topic. Below are some guidelines to consider regarding the content, organization and delivery of this speech.
WHAT YOU TURN IN
For this speech, you must turn in: Online Submission
Copy of your detailed/typed outline of the speech
Works Cited (at least 3 sources; MLA format)
Supporting material
Use a variety of supporting material in your speech and try to balance the types of materials you use (i.e., don’t limit yourself to facts and statistics—incorporate testimony, narratives, and examples as well.)
Persuasive speaking requires a good deal of research, and this research should be incorporated into the text of the speech as you cite the sources of your information. Always go to the primary source of the research (i.e., the document in which the research or statistic was originally published) and avoid secondary sources of published research, such as popular magazines. You must cite three credible sources on a Works Cited page. Remember: three is a minimum–you are encouraged to incorporate more!
Language
Your choice of language will be factored into your grade. Use language to build your credibility as a speaker by choosing language that is clear, concise, concrete, vivid, and exciting. Make sure your language choices reflect your cultural sensitivity and ethical responsibility as a speaker. Speak with conviction!
ORGANIZATION
Outline
You are to submit an Outline for your scheduled speech. Please pay careful attention to the content, format, and organization of your outline.
Your outline should contain the same content as your speech, so pay particular attention to the level of detail and the amount of time you put into preparing your outline.
Both your outline AND YOUR SPEECH should include a thesis and transitional topic sentences.
Make sure you cite your three sources in a Works Cited in MLA format.
The Introduction
In the introduction of your speech, you want to accomplish the following three tasks: 1) Get the attention and interest of your audience, 2) reveal the purpose and topic of your speech/provide essential background, and 3) introduce a thesis that communicates your position on subject and previews main ideas of the speech.
Keep your introduction brief (25 to 35 seconds) but effective. Be creative–experiment with different ideas for getting the audience’s attention. Remember, the introduction should always end with a thesis statement.
The Body
The main ideas of your speech should be clearly and concisely stated and organized. Easily identifiable supporting points should develop each of your main ideas. Make clear transitions to alert the audience when you are moving from one main idea to the next.
I’m giving you some choice with the structure of your body:
Option 1: Merely present very compelling arguments to convince audience of your position on your topic.
Option 2: Early in the speech (first part of body), present the opposition’s overall argument. Present it, but don’t develop it fully. Then, emphatically dispute that argument by pointing out the error in that thinking and presenting compelling arguments to convince audience of your position on your topic.
Option 3: Adopt a point counterpoint format, raising one of the opposition’s arguments then disputing it, raising a second of the opposition’s argument then disputing it, etc. You may also raise arguments that are not counterpoints, just use clear and helpful transitions.
The Conclusion
In the conclusion of your speech, you want to accomplish the following three tasks: 1) Alert the audience that the speech is ending by making a general statement about your position on this topic 2) summarize your main ideas, and 3) motivate your audience to act- either in the true “action” form or to alter their ways of thinking. After you finish speaking, pause briefly before asking your audience if there are any questions–do not just run back to your desk because you are glad to be done. YOU ARE STILL BEING GRADED DURING THE Q/A SESSION! So, don’t lapse into verbal pauses, mumbled speech, etc.
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