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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.

I.  INTRODUCTION

(Attention)

A. Attention Material/Credibility Material:

1. 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?

2. Well, my cousin was five years old when he found out he needed a new kidney.

B.  Tie to the audience: One of the people on the waiting list for an organ transplant might be someone you know.

C.  Thesis and Preview:

1. Thesis Statement – The need is constantly growing for organ donors and it is very simple to be an organ donor when you die.

2. Today I’d like to talk to you about first, the need for organ donors in our area, second, how you can become an organ donor after you die, and finally, how your family and organ donor recipients benefit from you donation.

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

II.  BODY

(Need)

A.  Main Point #1 – People around the world but also right here in Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, and Illinois, need organ transplants and they need our help.

1.  Statement of Need for Action: The problem is that there is a lack of organs and organ donors who make organ transplantation possible.

a.  Description of Problem: The need is 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).

b.  Signs, Symptoms, Effects of Problem: 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.

i. The problem is that 10 people will die each day waiting for an organ transplant (LifeSource: Questions and Answers, Retrieved October 10, 2014).

ii. The reason is that are only on the average 5,000 donors nationally per year (LifeSource: Statistics, Retrieved October 10, 2014).

c. Example, Narrative or Testimony: You can choose to donate any needed organs or you can specify which organs or tissues you wish to donate.

2. Importance of Problem: Organ donation is very important.

a.  Extent of Problem: Not only is this a problem nationally but also it is a big problem right here at home in the Midwest.

b. Facts/Statistics:

i. Nationally, there are over 62,000 people waiting as of October 7, 1998 (LifeSource: Statistics, Retrieved Oct. 10, 2014).

ii. The sad part is that there have only been 104 donors in the Midwest so far from January 1998 through August 1998 (LifeSource: Newsnotes, Oct. 10, 2014).

c. Who is Affected: The following poem by Robert Test entitled, "To Remember Me," shows the importance of organ donation.

Example/Narrative and/or Facts/Statistics: "Give my sight to the man who has never seen a sunrise, a baby’s face or love in the eyes of a woman…” (South Dakota Lions Eye Bank, undated brochure, 2013).

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

(Satisfaction)

B.  Main Point #2 – Present Solution that Satisfies Need: This is how you go about making sure your organs are donated.

1. Description of Solution: Talk with your family about your decision.

a. How Solution Satisfies Need: They will be involved in the donation arrangements when you die.

b. How Solution can be Implemented: If they do not know your wishes of becoming a donor, your wishes may never be carried out.

2. Plan of Action: Mark your driver’s license so that your license indicates your intent to donate but each state varies.                     

a. Step 1 of Plan: Fill out, sign and carry a uniform donor card with you.

b.   Step 2 of Plan: This donor card says what organs you wish to have donated and also has places for your family members to sign as witnesses after you have discussed your decision with them (Gundersen Lutheran Hospital [LaCrosse, WI] undated brochure, 2014).

[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)

C. Main Point #3 – Visualize Results: Organ donation benefits both the donor’s family and the recipients.

1. Describe Expected Results of Action: 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.

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

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

c. 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 Clinic’s 1991 brochure).

2. Describe Consequences of Inaction: The problem arises when you are thinking about becoming a donor but never do anything about it.

III.  CONCLUSION:

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

(Action)

A.  Brakelight: As you can easily see, donating your organs can be one of the most important decisions you ever make and also the greatest gift you could ever give.

B.  Summary: I’ve told you about the need for organ donors in our area, how you can become an organ donor after you die, and finally, how your family and organ recipients benefit from your donation.

C.  Tie Back to the Audience: What if the person waiting on the list needing an organ transplant was someone you loved?

D.  Concluding Remarks: I’m going to leave you with a short message from Michael Jordan who is a sponsor for the Iowa LifeGift Coalition on Organ and Tissue Donor Awareness and appears in their 1996 brochure:

E. CALL TO ACTION:

1. Go to this website and read about those who lives have been saved by organ donation: http://www.nmdonor.com/donor/MainPage.aspx?AspxAutoDetectCookieSupport=1 .

2. "Please make the decision to become an organ and tissue donor. Remember: Share your life. Share your decision."