PERSUASIVE SPEECH AND OUTLINE - "THE PRODUCT SPEECH"

You will persuade your audience (the class) to be interested/motivated to purchase a product based on the following criteria.

• real (something we can see and touch)
• legal
• be able to purchase online or in a local store
• current retail price- $50-100 US
• not anything living, like a pet, etc.
• not a weapon of any kind
• not a drug, alcohol, etc.
• nothing distasteful or potentially offensive to others
• persuade the audience to support your product.
• video editing and video stopping/pausing are NOT allowed. 

INSTRUCTIONS

• LENGTH - Your presentation will last from two minutes - two minutes and thirty seconds. Any longer or shorter will reduce your grade.
• ORGANIZATION - You will organize your presentation based on Monroe’s Motivated Sequence. See pp. 290-291 in your textbook.
• OUTLINE - You will turn in a complete sentence outline in the dropbox. Look at pp. 246-247 in your textbook for information and be sure to note how references are formatted (pp. 247).
• REFERENCES - You should have at least two credible references in your bibliography.
• DELIVERY - You may speak from keywords on note cards, a copy of your outline, and your three-fold poster board which you will use as a visual aid to showcase your product.