Prepare a Persuasive Speech
Objective
Prepare a persuasive speech

Assignment Overview
In this writing assignment you will review the process used to select a topic and determine the specific purpose and main points for a persuasive speech.

Deliverables
An outline that is based on the format we’ve been using.

Step 1 Select a topic.
Choose a topic that fits into one of the categories of persuasive speeches that was highlighted in the lesson.
* change
* instill
* intensify

Step 2 Review lesson information.
Review the information in Lesson 4 of the course about creating a specific purpose statement and thesis, deriving a question based on the thesis, and using the question to determine the main points to cover in the speech.

Step 3 Provide information about your topic.
In a document, determine and enter the following information about your topic:

Description of the audience for your speech (you get to define your audience.)
Topic
General purpose
Specific purpose
Step 4 Select a pattern.
Based on your knowledge of patterns of organizing speech information, select a pattern of organization to use to create an outline for your speech.

Step 5 Open the corresponding outline template document below.
Step 6 Create an outline.
Using the template, create a full-sentence, preparation outline for your speech. Follow the guidelines presented in the lesson for using a consistent set of symbols, using full, and declarative sentences.

Step 7 Save and submit your assignment.
When you have completed the assignment, save a copy for yourself in an easily accessible place and submit a copy to your instructor using the dropbox.

 

                                           Outline Template

                                                                                                           

Topic:

 

General Purpose: To inform or to persuade

 

Specific Purpose:

 

1. Introduction

 

1. Attention-getter:

 

1. Thesis Statement:

 

1. Preview of Main Points:

 

 

 

 

1. Body

 

1. Overview of First Main Point

 

1. Supporting point

 

1. Supporting point

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1. Overview of Second Main Point

 

1. a) Supporting point

 

1. b) Supporting point

 

1. Overview of Third Main Point

 

1. a) Supporting point

 

1. b) Supporting point

 

III.   Conclusion (please write out using full sentences your whole introduction and then fill in the key items below)

 

1. Review of Main Points:

 

1. Closure/Clincher:

 

References

 

All entries should be in alphabetical order. URLs should be listed without a hyperlink or be followed by a period.

Interviews and personal communications are not listed in the reference page. Instead they are cited in text: (First initial. Last name, personal communication, month day, year).

The reference section starts on a new page. References should be double spaced and have a hanging indent.

Those references that do not end with a URL will use a period as end punctuation.

 

In this writing assignment you will review the process used to select a topic and determine the specific purpose and main points for a persuasive speech.

outline_template_(5).doc

 

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