speech outline

PERSUASIVE SPEECH ASSIGNMENT

1. Time: 6-8 minutes in length. Speech is to NOT exceed 8 minutes 30 seconds.

2. Dress: Business Casual (fit for a professional experience like an interview) to increase ethos.

a. If you do not have attire for the occasions, try to Career Center’s Career Closet.

3. 4 x 6 notecards: You may use note cards.

4. Sources: Minimum of 5 scholarly sources required (heard within the speech and in your written formal outline and in works cited page).

· You may cite in either MLA format.

· Get help if you do not know how to cite in-text or works cited.

a. You need minimum of 2 types of research materials.

· If you cite 5 web sites, you will not meet the assignment requirement.

· Your research must include 1 academic high quality source from the library portal. Even though journal articles and newspaper articles from CPP library student portal are availed to you via the Internet, they are not web sites. You may get all of your sources from the library Internet portal from which you can get newspaper, encyclopedia, professional and academic journal articles. You may like CQ Researcher which gives both sides of issues.

5. Rebuttal- Pre-empt the other side’s rebuttal to one of your points. Address the rebuttal and invalidate it.

6. Formal Outline: You will be required to turn in a full-sentence outline complete with works cited page. All of your sources should be in the text and listed alphabetically in the works cited page.

7. Delivery Order: Pre-Determined.

8. Delivery: I expect each student to practice their speech several times. Give an enthusiastic, polished delivery. The CLO Course Learning Objective is extemporaneous delivery.

9. Speech evaluation: As an audience member, you will also be required to evaluate fellow classmate’s speeches to identify the strengths and weaknesses of logos and pathos.

SPECIFIC PURPOSE STATEMENT

Claim: You will need to state your proposition. It is your specific purpose statement.

1. Policy: Claim that a rule/regulation or policy should be adopted, changed, or stopped.

OUTLINE ORGANIZATION

Organizational Patterns: You may choose one of these different types of organizational patterns to present your information. Please use the one that will allow your information to “flow” best.

1. Problem/Solution: With this, you organize your speech points to demonstrate the nature and significance of a problem and then provide justification for a proposed solution.

Blood Donation

Main Points: Problem: lack of blood available to patients in need.

Solution: Go out and donate blood.

2. Problem/Cause/Solution: With this, you organize your speech points to demonstrate the nature and significance of a problem. In addition, you also identify the cause(s) of that problem and provide justification for a proposed solution.

Air Pollution

Main Points: Problem: Too much air pollution. Cause: Automobiles. Solution: Ride a bike.

Policy Proposition Outline

For your persuasive speech, please refer to this outline to guide you on all parts that need to be included. Please format and label your outlines according to this worksheet, type out in 12 point font and make sure to write in full sentences. Your outline should represent every word you plan to say in your speech.

Name

Title of Your Speech

General Purpose:

INTRODUCTION (All capital letters)

I. Attention Getter: This represents the first words out of your mouth! So make sure it GRABS the audience in. Make sure it is relevant/appropriate to your topic. Some devices you can use for the attention getter are:

Joke/Humor (Make sure it is appropriate/in good taste!)

Narrative/Story (Be brief)

Shocking Statement

Fact/Statistic

Poem

Quote

Question

Visual Aid/Activity

II. Specific Purpose Statement: Clearly state your policy proposition here. Today I will persuade you that the United States should….

III. Identification of Opposition Statement (Fair Hearing): This statement should call attention to those arguments that audience members may have against your position/topic. It should basically call the audience members to give you a “fair hearing.”

IV. Significance: This statement should let the audience know why it is relevant to the audience. If possible use a source here.

V. Credibility: If you have a particular credibility with a topic (i.e. if you have diabetes and your speech is on diabetes) then reveal this in a credibility statement. This will help create trust between you and your audience and demonstrate that you know what you are discussing.

VI. Preview Statement: This statement should reveal ALL of your main point. Give a clear picture of what is to come in your speech. Be sure to use parallel words (i.e. first, second, third) to be simple and concise and allow the audience to hear how many points they will hear within your speech.

MAJOR TRANSITION: Transition into first main point (I), which explains the current situation (status quo) is a problem.

BODY (All capital letters)

I. Main Point: First main point.

A. Define the problem:

B. Scope of the problem (Who is affected? How many people? Where ?)

C. Harms of the problem:

1. Economic (cost to society, individuals, etc.)

2. Environmental (conservation, safety, aesthetics, etc….)

3. Societal (justice, freedom, equality)

4. Psychological (pain and suffering, depression, rage, guilt, ..)

5. Physiological (death, illness, injury…)

Only include 1-5 if they cause harm to people or a value.

Minor Transition: This sentence is a transition from the problem to the causes of the problem.

II. Main Point: Second main point states the causes of the problem. Causes of the problem may be due to societies’ attitudes or structural which means that the harm is built into our society through laws or norms.

A. First factor contributing to the problem.

B. Second factor contributing to the problem.

C. If you need a sub point for another reason.

Minor Transition: This sentence transitions into the third main point (III), the solution.

III. Main Point: I propose a solution.

A. Policy changes needed to solve the problem (if any). This may mean that laws that need to change.

1. Sub more information here

2. Sub point

B. Personal Action change needed by the audience to solve the problem (if any).

C. Attitude or belief changes to solve the problem (if any).

MAJOR TRANSITION: This sentence should move the audience from your body into your conclusion.

CONCLUSION (All capital letters)

I. Review of main points: This statement should reiterate your points again to summarize what your audience learned about in your speech. Make sure to include all points.

II. Lasting thought: (Make sure you are giving your audience a CLEAR, SIMPLE and ACTIONABLE direction that they can immediately follow through with your solution).

III. A final call to action.

Works Cited page

Cite your sources in MLA 8 format. Make sure that they are alphabetized by author’s last name. If there is no author, alphabetize by “article title.”

For every article that you list in your works cited page, it should also be in the outline.