Persuasive Speech Requirements



Persuasive Speech Requirements

❖ research: Completed research chart (3 daily grades)

• Must have all info. needed for each section of motivated sequence

• Must include source citation information for at least 3 sources (author, publication, and date)

❖ Outline: Final Outline due on first day of speeches (1.5 test grades)

• Must be in the correct format (see “Good” example)

• Label parts of introduction & conclusion

• Correctly Cite Sources (at least 3 Reputable sources)

• Label parts of motivated sequence

*The rough draft (worksheet) of the outline must also be turned in for a daily grade

❖ speech: Persuasive speech on topic of choice (1 test grade)

Students will present the Introduction for a Persuasive Speech on the topic of their choice. The introduction should show mastery of the Motivated Sequence and prior research. This intro., coupled with their outline and research packet will demonstrate their organization of a complete persuasive speech even though we will only present introductions.

Persuasive Speech

MOTIVATED SEQUENCE

|The Motivated Sequence for the Persuasive Speech consists of four or five steps: an Attention Step, a Need Step, a Satisfaction Step, a Visualization |

|Step, and an Action Step.  |

|Attention Step |

|The function of the Attention Step should be to gain the favorable attention of the audience and to focus that attention on your topic. The attention |

|step includes all sections of a standard introduction (Attention Getter, Thesis, and Preview). |

|Need Step |

|The function of the Need Step is to establish the importance and relevance of your topic to the audience. Theoretically, if your speech is important and|

|relevant to us it will help us to improve our lives, to satisfy one or more “needs.” |

| |Statement of Need. There should be a clear "statement of need" which explains why we need to know the information you will share with us. What |

| |"needs" will it help us satisfy? Perhaps the information you will share with us will save us money; perhaps it will help us improve our |

| |grades; perhaps it will help us more favorably impress others; perhaps it will help us better understand ourselves, our campus, our state, our |

| |world |

| |Use one or more forms of support which will make the "need" more vivid in our minds. |

| |-Illustration: You might use an illustration, one or more examples, an analogy, or a comparison. |

| |-Reinforcement: Use statistics, testimony, or other forms of support to "prove" that the need or problem is important. |

| |-Pointing: Convince your audience members that your speech is not only about an important problem, but that the problem is important and |

| |relevant to them. |

|Satisfaction Step* |

|Look to the chapter on the motivated sequence (especially the section on patterns of arrangement) and the chapter on persuasive speaking for guidelines. |

|The Satisfaction Step should consist of a central claim and supporting claims, but the order of those claims should depend upon your own persuasive goals|

|and your audience analysis. You may choose to begin with your central claim and then use from three to five supporting claims—for example, you could |

|present your central claim, “We need presidential campaign spending limits” and then support that claim with claims stating “Campaign spending limits |

|will reduce the influence of special interest groups,” “Campaign spending limits reduce the unfair advantage of candidates with great personal wealth,” |

|etc. |

|On the other hand, you may not want to introduce your central claim until after you have laid the groundwork with supporting claims; this would be |

|especially true if the audience were unfamiliar with a problem or skeptical. Be sure you review the material on patterns of arrangement and the material|

|on persuasion in our text. |

|Visualization Step |

|The function of this step is to intensify audience desire or willingness to act--to motivate your listeners to believe, feel, or to act in a certain way.|

|The primary strategy is to project listeners into the future and illustrate vividly the results of accepting or denying the proposed belief--or the |

|results of acting or failing to act as the speaker directs. The step may be developed in one of three ways: the Positive Projection, Negative |

|Projection, or Contrast (Negative, then Positive) Projection. |

|Action Step |

|The Action Step is optional for a Speech to Convince, but is essential for a Speech to Actuate. The Action Step should be fairly brief--it is your last |

|opportunity to emphasize to vividly remind us what we are to do (or, in the case of a Speech to Convince, what we should believe or feel). |

|References |

|Appropriate references should include: 1. author, 2. date, and 3. publication ( name of magazine, newspaper, journal, or book). Information from web |

|sites is not acceptable (except those ending in .gov or .edu) unless it has the 3 requirements above. You must use at least 3 references for your |

|persuasive speech |

Persuasive Outline Worksheet

Last Name, First Name __________________________________

Woodward

Comm. Apps. – 1,2,3,4

Topic: ______________________

I. Introduction (Attention Step)

A. ________________________________ (Attention Getter)

*Source

B. ________________________________ (Thesis)

C. ______________, ______________, ______________, _______________ (Preview: Body A, B, C, D)

II. Body

A. ___________________________________ (Need step)

*Source

B. ___________________________________ (Satisfaction Step)

*Source

C. ___________________________________ (Visualization Step)

*Source

D. ___________________________________ (Action Step)

*Source

III. Conclusion

A. ______________, ______________, ______________, _______________ (Post View: Body A, B, C, D)

B. ___________________________________ (Tie Back/Concluding Sentence)

*Source

GOOD

Kap McWhorter

Comm. Apps.—1st Period

December 14, 2009

Flag Burning: The power of expression…

I. Introduction [Attention]

A. Attention Getter: PowerPoint-Freedom

B. Topic: Flag Burning

C. Preview: Freedom of Expression or prison?, Flag Burning is Expression, See through my eyes, and Take action!

II. Body

A. Freedom of Expression or prison? [Need]

1. National Review - July 3, 2006

“We think that the Supreme Court got it wrong when it ruled that the First Amendment protects flag burning. Setting fire to a flag is no more speech than nude dancing is.”

2. Flag Burning Should Be Banned. Paul Greenberg Opposing Viewpoints 1997

“Burning the flag is no more speech than vandalizing a cemetery, or

scrawling slogans on a church or synagogue, or spray-painting a national

monument—all of which are acts properly forbidden by the laws of a civilized country.”

B. Flag Burning is Expression [Satisfaction]

1. Texas v. Johnson - 21 June 1989

“On 22 August 1984 Johnson, amidst a crowd of approximately 100 other demonstrators, unfurled an American flag. He splashed it with kerosene and set it on fire, while the other demonstrators chanted: "America, the red, white, and blue, we spit on you." After the flag burned, the demonstrators left, and one of the many shocked onlookers gathered the burnt remains for burial in his backyard. No one was hurt, and no property other than the flag was destroyed. Both the press and the police were at the scene of the flag burning, and when police reinforcements arrived shortly thereafter they arrested Johnson.”

2. Robert Corn-Revere is a partner at Davis Wright Tremaine in Washington, D.C. He is one of the authors of Modern Communication Law “Various forms of non-verbal communication have been recognized over the years as falling within the protections of the First Amendment. The Court held that wearing a black armband to protest the Vietnam War was protected expression, as was wearing an army uniform to criticize the military in a dramatic presentation”

3. Flag Desecration Should Not Be Restricted – Opposing Viewpoints: Civil Liberties 2004

People who burn flags intend to send a message by doing so. This is what

makes flag burning a form of expression. The First Amendment to the

Constitution reads, "Congress shall make no law ... abridging the freedom of speech."

4. Junior Scholastic - Sept 18, 2006

“… in 1989, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that flag burning is a form of free speech that is protected by the First Amendment.”

C. See through my eyes [Visualization]

1. Freedom

2. Our Future

D. Take action! [Action]

1. Defend those who use symbolic communication

2. Never Support Flag Burning Bans

III. Conclusion

A. Post view Freedom of Expression or prison?, Flag Burning is Expression, See through my eyes, and Take action!

B. Tie back: PowerPoint-Freedom

BAD

Sample Persuasive Speech Outline

Introduction

A. Attention getter: According to Time Magazine on September 6, 1998, “85% of Americans feel crime should be the government’s main concern.”

B. Link/Thesis: Which is why it is important for us to examine what we can do to reduce the crime rate in the United States.

C. Preview: In order to examine this problem, we should look at past crime statistics, the current state of rising violent offenders, and finally, what we can do to reduce crime in the future.

(Attention Step of Motivated Sequence is entire Introduction)

I. Body

A. Past Crime Statistics

*** “45% of increases in crime are due to juvenile offenders,” as stated in the Houston Chronicle on January 3, 1999.

Current state of rising violent offenders

(A and B are establishing the Need Step of the Motivated Sequence Explained in Speech)

B. Solutions on after school programs for juveniles and rehabilitation programs for adult offenders.(Satisfaction Step of the Motivated Sequence Explained in Speech)

D. A brighter future for everyone (Visualization Step of the Motivated Sequence Explained in Speech)

II. Conclusion

A. In examining the past problems, what is going on right now, and some solutions, it is clear that we can make a difference.

B. You can begin by writing your Congressmen expressing your concern for the creation of new laws that will provide funds for these after school programs and rehabilitation facilities. (Action Step of the Motivated Sequence Explained in Speech)

C. Since 85% of Americans feel we should deal with increasing crime rates first and foremost, it is time for all of us to work together to pass these programs, and enable everyone to live a safer and better world.

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