an outline and powerpoint about persuasive speech

Instructor: Adrian Toomey

The Persuasive Speech is worth 100 points, 70 points for the oral presentation, 15 points for the visual aids, and 15 points for the written outline (which must include at least 5 references).

Topic: For this speech you are required to compare two products/brand names and persuade the audience on why one product is "better" than other, more efficient, more cost-effective, etc. You may choose any two related products such as clothing brands, food brands, cars, sports equipment, toys, etc. Make sure you give context to the two products in your speech and give the strengths and weaknesses of BOTH before choosing which is “better”. You may want to include some sort of chart or comparison list within your visual aid to persuade the audience.

Presentation: The presentation should be within the 5-6 minute range and you must bring visual aids that you think will be interesting to the audience. Your goal is to inform the audience about your chosen culture/country and enhance your presentation through visual aids.

Visual aids: Include integrated visual aids such as powerpoint, handouts, food, music clips, youtube clips, clothes, etc. Include more than 1 visual aid for a more effective presentation. Make sure the visual aid is referenced throughout the presentation and not “thrown on” at the end or only during one point of the speech. Be sure to time clips etc to fit within time frame of speech.

Outline: See course syllabus for sample outline. Your outline should be 2-3 pages and include 5 references. Follow the outline format in your syllabus, writing down your key main points and sub-points throughout. Utilize at least 5 references within your outline. You may use scholarly journal articles, books, magazines, etc.

Oral presentation points will be broken down into: effective eye contact, hand gesture use, facial expressions, paralanguage (tone, pitch, volume, rate, inflections, etc), management of time limit (5-7 minutes), note referencing/memorization, body stance (fidgeting, hands in pockets, etc), preparedness (avoiding uhm, like, stuff, mispronouncing words), following intro, 3 main points, conclusion as prepared in outline, interesting presentation as a whole, quotes/stats, fun facts, and other verbal and nonverbal factors.

Visual aid points will be broken down into: Use of more than 1 type of visual aid, integrating aid into presentation, timing of visual aid (should not take more than 1 minute of presentation if film/music clip) if using powerpoint is there too much info/slides, not enough info. Referencing/over referencing of visual aid, is the aid interesting and sparks interest in the audience, and other factors.

Outline points will be broken down into: 2-3 page in length, at least 5 references, follows sample outline format in syllabus, lays out intro, 3 main points, conclusion, has references to oral speech (such as “pause here”, or “this should be my 3 minute mark”, and other factors.

Presentation Days

Friday, November 22nd

Keefer,Michaela Susan

Kirkley,Alexis Eileen

Mallett,Tanner Christian

Manorothkul,Natalie

Martinez,Solemi

Pichardo,Janet

Pivaral,Sigfrid L

Qian,John

Ramos,Kayla K

Reger,Kelsie Midori

Silva,Geoffrey Robert

Torres,Shane Alexander

Verdin,Cristian Manuel

Yang,Matthew Cheng-Mao

Friday, December 6th

Albuloushi,Mohammad Hamid

Almarzooqi,Mohamed Jasim Mohamed Hasan

Almazrouei,Obaid

Alrashidi,Bader Nasser

Bulan,Earvin Christian Eusores

Casillas,Jessica

Ceja,Alma Rosa

Chen,Grace Marie

Corona,Erick Benjamin

Corona,Erika Estefania

Dimas,Ismael

Edralin,Lianne Kathlene Sabangan

Hernandez,Briana

Hernandez,Jazzmin Betsaida