persuasive speech

Bernhardt 1

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Your Name

Professor Mona Leigh Bernhardt

Speech 1315

May 27, 2018

Speech Title

General Purpose:

Specific Purpose:

Type of Persuasive Speech: Fact, Policy or Value

Organizational Pattern: This is the pattern your speech follows. Please see your text for different patterns.

Audience Analysis:

Demographic – What are is the basic demographic makeup of your audience. Be specific age, education, etc.

Psychological - What are the mostly likely attitudes, values and beliefs of the audience towards your topic?

Situational – What are the factors surrounding the speaking situation? Time of day? Location? Etc.

Be sure to focus on your audience’s disposition towards your topic. Evaluate the degree from strongly opposed to strongly in favor of your audience relative to your topic. Based on this initial audience position, discuss what you can hope to accomplish in your speech

Visual Aid: Your visual aid can be your body – if you use it to demonstrate something, poster, object, PowerPoint, etc.

I. Introduction A. Attention Getter – Statement that draws the audience into your speech – creates interest. B. Speaker-Audience-Topic (SAT) Connection – What your topic is and why the audience should want to hear about this topic. C. Thesis – What your will speak about, D. Credibility – Why you are qualified to speak to the audience about the topic. E. Preview of Main Points – You most like will not preview your main points! – You don’t want the audience to prejudge if you are trying to persuade.

Transition/Signposts/Internal Summary

Bernhardt 2

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II. Body (# of Main Points are dictated by topic and length of speech) A. Problem - Main Point 1 – Work on Making each main point parallel

1. (Signpost)Subpoint 1 2. (Signpost)Subpoint 2

Transition/Signposts/Internal Summary B. Cause - Main Point 2

1. (Signpost)Subpoint 1 2. (Signpost)Subpoint 2

Transition/Signposts/Internal Summary C. Solution - Main Point 3

1. (Signpost)Subpoint 1 2. (Signpost)Subpoint 2

Transition/Signposts/Internal Summary III. Call to Action

A. Brake light that speech is ending B. Summary of Main Points – restate the main points communicated in body C. Call To Action

Notes: Complete verbal citations should be included. Verbal Citations should be italicized. MLA Works Cited should be attached Be detailed in your audience analysis Work on making each main point parallel Make sure work is professional quality; review your rubric and instructions Make sure you use three different types of evidence – identify by bold and underline Make sure you use ethos, pathos and logos – identify by bolding and underlining

Chart Comparing Topical Organization Patterns To Persuasive Speech Patterns

Topical Problem - Solution Problem – Cause - Solution

Comparative Advantage

Monroe’s Motivated Sequence

Introduction Introduction Introduction Introduction Attention MP 1 Problem Problem Comparative

Adv.1 Need

MP 2 Solution Cause Comparative Adv. 2

Satisfaction

MP 3 NONE Solution Comparative Adv. 3

Visualization

Conclusion Call to Action Call to Action Call to Action Call to Action

Note: Most persuasive speeches do not have a preview statement.