DESCRIPTION: Your assignment is to present a 5-7 minute persuasive speech designed to get the audience to change their beliefs, values, or attitudes towards something. It may motivate the audience to act. The choice of topic should be of interest to the speaker and be a topic that the speaker supports. The topic should be controversial.
OBJECTIVES:
Ø TO SHARPEN RESEARCH SKILLS AND PUT THESE TO USE IN DEVELOPING AN ORIGINAL OUTLINE AND SPEECH
Ø TO PRACTICE AND IMPROVE YOUR DELIVERY SKILLS
Ø TO ENCOURAGE THE EFFECTIVE USE OF SENSORY AIDS TO ENHANCE YOUR PRESENTATION
Ø TO ORGANIZE INFORMATION IN A WRITTEN OUTLINE FORM WHICH THE AUDIENCE CAN UNDERSTAND
Ø TO SHARE INFORMATION IN ORDER TO GAIN THE ADHERENCE OF THE AUDIENCE TOWARDS A TOPIC OF YOUR CHOICE
Ø TO DECREASE APPREHENSION WHILE SPEAKING
Ø TO APPLY CONSCIOUSLY THE THEORIES OF PERSUASION TO A PUBLIC SPEAKING SITUATION
Ø TO LEARN HOW TO GATHER INFORMATION FROM A SURVEY AND USE IT IN DESIGNING YOUR MESSAGE
Ø TO LEARN HOW TO USE A PERSUASIVE PATTERN OF ORGANIZATION
CONTENT: Your coverage of the topic should be in-depth. Present concrete rather than abstract ideas. Feel compelled to cite four outside researched sources to back up your ideas. These sources should be cited orally within the speech.
AUDIENCE ANALYSIS: In order to gauge the audience’s stance towards your speech you will be required to turn in a survey to be handed out to your classmates. This survey should be designed to help you assess the audience’s persuadability on the topic.
REQUIREMENTS:
1) Turn in a typed outline of your speech which includes the following:
a) Complete sentences
b) Underlined transitions
c) An introduction and conclusion written in paragraph form
d) Identified parts within your introduction: attention getter, credibility, audience adaptation, thesis, and preview.
e) A bibliography with at least four researched sources.
f) Identify the pattern of organization that you use.
2) Your speech should be 5-7 minutes long. For every minute over or under this limit you will be penalized 5 points.
3) Two sensory aids are required. Follow the guidelines that have been presented in class.
4) Use a keyword outline or less during the speech.
5) Do not use the podium.
6) Write and turn in a paragraph that explains how you adapted your speech to the audience as a result of your survey.
GRADING: This assignment is worth 150 points. They will be divided accordingly: 15 points for proper outline, 5 points for organization as presented within the speech, 25 points for your survey and paragraph, 10 points for audience adaptation, 30 points for delivery, 25 points for research, 5 points for credibility, 20 points for proper use of persuasive techniques, and 15 points for your use of sensory aids.
Monroe's Motivated Sequence
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