write a persuasive speech about banning violence on TV

Persuasive Speech

This is the final major speech and provides the opportunity to demonstrate all you have learned this semester in a grand masterpiece. This assignment is worth more points than any other assignment in the course and is the longest speech you will give in the class.

For this presentation, you are to deliver a FIVE TO SEVEN minute speech that you expect will change

your audience members’ beliefs, attitudes, values, and/or behaviors. You want to have an effect on your audience members’ lives. Please take this responsibility seriously! Matters of ethics are important in every type of speaking, especially when attempting to persuade your audience.

You have a choice in this speech between attempting to changing people’s thoughts (which are beliefs,

attitudes, and values) or their behaviors. Keep in mind that beliefs, attitudes, and values affect a person’s behavior. While the two goals may overlap (i.e. you may have to change a person’s perceptions to change their behaviors) they can be separate. For example, few people doubt the safety benefits of wearing a seatbelt. So, if you were to try to change the behavior of non-seatbelt-wearers you would not need to change many beliefs about safety. However, you could deliver a speech convincing people that Columbus was not the first European to find North America without expecting people to change any of their behaviors. Moreover, many speeches will incorporate both perceptual and behavioral changes. A successful speech persuading people that we need to protect our environment more carefully ought to result not only in changed perceptions but also in changed actions. Overview

In this speech, you are asked to put together all that you have learned in the past semester. Therefore, everything is important! The new areas of focus are your delivery skills, application of persuasive methods, persuasive theories, logical reasoning, and motivational techniques.

Persuasive Evaluation Form Introduction: 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

• Gains attention and interest of audience • Properly introduces topic and previews main points • Establishes credibility and relates to audience

Content: 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 • Topic is challenging, ethical, developed properly, and adapted to the audience and occasion • Specific purpose and thesis are chosen and articulated well (not word for word) • Speaker adheres to subject and specific purpose throughout speech • Subject is well supported and makes an impression on the audience

Organization and Context: 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 • Organization of speech follows a persuasive format as discussed in class • Two to five main points are clear and some form of enumeration used • Main points are clear, fully supported, and transitions are smooth

Quality of Sources Cited 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 • Full oral citation is made of a minimum of FIVE (Limit: 1 Internet and 1 interview) sources. • Source must be credible and sound reasoning used

Persuasive Techniques: 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 • Speaker uses emotion to motivate and recognizes the proper levels of persuasion to be used in addressing the

“golden mean” of his or her audience • Speaker uses sound reasoning, avoiding fallacies

Language: 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 • Appropriate and clear word choice and sentence structure • Correct grammar • Lack of nonfluencies

Voice: 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 • Clear and accurate articulation and pronunciation • Demonstrates vocal variety through use of suitable volume, pitch, rate, and quality • Demonstrated enthusiasm, self-confidence, and an appropriate attitude • Is expressive, conversational, dynamic, and appealing to audience

Eye Contact: 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 • Effective control and use of eye contact with audience

Nonverbal: 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 • Effective gestures, facial expressions, and posture • Appropriate attire and grooming

Conclusion: 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 • Reviews all main points and relates to specific purpose of speech • Concluding device provides closure

Time Limitation: 9 1 • FIVE to SEVEN minutes

Outline: 10 1 • Outline should be single-spaced following format discussed during class and on this sheet. • References must be cited in APA form and accompany outline. • Outline is turned in before speech.

Audience of a minimum of FIVE people is required to be proven on the recording.____________ • Lack of visual proof (no edits allowed) will be a 15% (or 15 point) deduction •

_______ Out of 100 points possible