DRAFT of Monroe's Motivated Speech

SAMPLE PERSUASIVE SPEECH OUTLINE (Monroe’s Motivated Sequence)

Title: Organ Donation

Name: Susie Smith

General Purpose: To persuade

Specific Purpose: To persuade my audience to donate their organs and tissues when

they die and to act upon their decision to donate.

Time: 8 min. 29 sec.

INTRODUCTION/Attention Step:

I. Attention-getting opening:

A. How do you feel when you have to wait for something you really, really want and what if it was something you couldn’t live without?

B. People who need an organ transplant to live often wait years and may never get what they need to survive.

II.  Tie to the audience: As a college or dual-credit student, you may not know anyone right now who needs an organ transplant to live but, in your lifetime, you are likely to know at least one person who will be on the list, waiting for an organ transplant.

III. Credibility statement: Well, my cousin was five years old when he found out he needed a new kidney so I have researched this topic for many years.

IV.  Thesis Statement: The need is constantly growing for organ donors and today I would like to convince you to look at a website where you can learn more about becoming an organ donor.

Today I’d like to talk to you about:

A. First, the need for organ donors in our area.

B. Second, how you can learn more about becoming an organ donor, it is very easy

C. And finally, how your family and organ donor recipients benefit from your donation.

[Transition into body of speech]: I’ll begin by telling you about the need for organ donors.

BODY:

(Need Step)

I. Main Point (Need step/need for change) – People around the world but also right here in Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, and Illinois, need organ transplants and they need our help.

A. First reason there is a need for change: There has been an increase in the number of people who need organ transplants.

1. Nationally, there are over 162,000 people waiting as of October 7, 2018 (LifeSource: Statistics, 2018).

2. According to the World Health Organization in 2019, we will continue to see an increase in the need for transplants as our population continues to live longer lives (World Health Organization, 2019).

3. Darbe, a famous transplant surgeon, has seen the great need for transplants and once stated, "Give my sight to the man who has never seen a sunrise, a baby’s face or love in the eyes of a woman…” (para. 7, South Dakota Lions Eye Bank, 2018).

B. Second reason there is a need for change: The problem is that there is a lack of organs and organ donors who make organ transplantation possible.

1. Even though the need for transplants continues to increase, the sad part is that there have only been 500 donors in the U.S. so far from January 2020 to June 2020 (LifeSource: Newsnotes, 2020).

2. The need is for many organs and tissues such as the heart, lungs, liver, kidneys, pancreas, corneas, bone, skin, heart valves, and blood vessels (Iowa Statewide Organ Procurement Organization undated brochure, 2019).

3. According to LifeSource in 2020, a new name is added to the national waiting list every 16 minutes; 3 people will be added to the list during the time we are in class today.

[Transition: You might be asking, well, how can I make sure my organs are donated after I die?]

(Satisfaction Step)

II.  Main Point (satisfaction step/solution to problem) This is how you go about making sure your organs are donated.

A. First, and most importantly, talk with your family about your decision, if you decide to be an organ donor.

1. They will be involved in the donation arrangements when you die.

2. If they do not know your wishes of becoming a donor, your wishes may never be carried out.

B. Second, and what I really want you to do at the end of this speech, is go to this website to learn more about organ donation: https://www.organdonor.gov/ , it is from the U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration.

1. This website has information on how to sign up to be a donor in the U.S.

2. The website can also answer questions you may have about being an organ donor.

[Transition: Now let’s look at what may happen if you choose to donate your organs and what may happen if you choose not to.]

(Visualization Step)

III. Main Point (visualization step/audience can see themselves in action AND/OR see the results of their actions): Organ donation benefits both the donor’s family and the recipients.

A. If you do donate your organs, your family and the people who receive your organs might benefit in a similar way like this family: a seventeen year old died of head injuries in a car accident and his mom decided to donate his organs.

1. His heart went to a prison chaplain, his kidneys went to a mother of 5 children and a Vietnam vet.

2. The Vietnam vet is "energetic" and finally is getting his college degree.

3. The teenager gave life to others and his family feels a sense of satisfaction and comfort that other lives have been touched by his (University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics, 2018).

B. Just researching (through the link I gave you) about organ donation can help you decide if you want to be someone who keeps giving after you have passed on.

[Transition: Today we talked about making a difference through organ donation.]

CONCLUSION/Call to Action Step:

I. Restate Thesis: The need is constantly growing for organ donors and today I would like to convince you to look at a website where you can learn more about becoming an organ donor.

Today I’d talked to you about:

A. First, the need for organ donors in our area.

B. Second, how you can learn more about becoming an organ donor, it is very easy

C. And finally, how your family and organ donor recipients benefit from your donation.

II. CALL TO ACTION: What I am asking you to do, right now, is go to this website: https://www.organdonor.gov/ and learn more about organ donation and remember, you can save the life of someone you would never meet by giving them the gift they need to live.