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[TEMPLATE FOR PERSUASIVE SPEECH PREPARATION OUTLINE]

[Title/Topic]

[REMEMBER: Your outline should be double-spaced, 12 pt. font, including a HEADER with Name AND pg#s; STAPLED not folded. Any material in [brackets] should NOT be included in your preparation outline]

Specific Purpose: To persuade my audience that [problem] can be solved by [solution/immediate action].

Central Idea: (Topic) is a social problem and (solution) should be [carried out, enacted, passed, applied, implemented etc.] because… (Brief summary of satisfaction logic and visualization appeal).

INTRODUCTION

[[Attention Step – Command Interest in your problem and solution]]

I. [Attention Getter]

II. [Clearly introduce your topic]

III. [Credibility Statement]

IV. [Audience analysis – Who is your target audience? How does problem relate to your target audience?]

V. [Preview of Main Points]

Transition:

PROBLEM

[[Need Step – Explain your problem by defining the unmet goal. Use a variety of support to prove that this is actually a problem that needs to be solved]]

I. [Assertion/argument #1 – First reason your topic is a social problem ]

A. [Evidence – scholarly]

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B. [Evidence – scholarly]

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C. [Evidence – scholarly]

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II. [Assertion/argument #2 – Second reason your topic is a social problem,]

A. [Evidence – scholarly]

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B. [Evidence – scholarly]

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C. [Evidence – scholarly]

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III. [Assertion/argument #3 – Third reason your topic is a social problem.]

A. [Evidence – scholarly]

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Transition:

SATISFACTION

[[Satisfaction Step – Offer a way to satisfy what you’ve explained in the Need step – This should be an ACTION. Something the audience can actually DO. Use a variety of support to prove that this satisfaction actually meets the need. Begin using persuasive appeals to attract the audience to your solution and prove that it’s something the audience can actually do]]

I. [Clear description of plan/solution related to established Need.]

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II. [Practicality of change – Be sure to fully describe HOW your plan will work and use SOUND REASONING for why this particular solution is the right response to the problem you’ve described/argued exists.]

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III. [Visualization]

[[Visualization Step – Depict the audience actually taking the action you’ve suggested. Explain how easy the action is to take. Explain [specifically] how the world will be a better place once the audience member takes the action. Use support to prove that this can actually be real or relevant. Use persuasive appeal to attract the audience into actually taking the action]]

A. Clear description of how the world/situation will be once the solution is implemented–use your imagination to describe how wonderful things will be!

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Conclusion

I. [Signal conclusion]

II. [Call to Action – [[Action Step]] - Call for immediate/specific action on the part of your audience.]

III. [Vivid Ending – Leave your audience with something to think about. A memorable close that refers back to the attention getter creates psychological unity for your audience.]

REFERENCES

[References start on a new page.

Include EVERY SOURCE of information you used to prepare your speech.

Every source you use in your preparation outline must be cited in-text in APA format (not MLA) AND properly cited on your references page.

Be sure to include copies of your sources, organized in the same order as your bibliography/references]