Preparation:
Reading:
From your text:
A Speaker’s Guidebook Text and Reference (6th Edition) (4) (1).pdf
Chapter’s 24 – 26
Chapter 13 – Outlining the Speech
Full Details:
In 5-6 minutes you will give a speech where you convince your audience to take action on an issue
Off limits topics include:
Buying local/Organic
Anything related to diet or working out
Anything related to recycling, driving Hybrid cars, or generic sustainability/environmental issues
Voting for anything political (specific elections or candidates, or specific policies (gun control, vaccines, mask wearing).
Anything else too controversial or over done; use your BEST judgement and think OUTSIDE the box!
Examples of great topics:
Why you should learn HTML
Why you should meditate
Why you should travel
Why you should attend a Community College
You need to inform and PERSUADE:
Persuasive speeches do need to explain context and relevant concepts so your audience understands the basics about your topic
about 10% of your speech
Moreover, they need to give your audience 3-5 direct action items to take (“calls to action”)
about 30% of your speech
You need to convince us how these actions will improve our lives personally or society at large using persuasive devices (ethos, pathos, logos)
about 20% of your speech
You need to warn us of what could happen if we do NOT take action on this topic
about 15% of your speech
Acknowledge the counter argument
15% of speech
You need to do research-and need 5 unique sources
Get statistics
Get anecdotes
Find pro and counter arguments
Include at least 5 sources in your Reference Page, not including lecture notes or the text book
What to submit
Slide deck of 10 -15 slides (including Reference Slide with at least 5 sources + text and lecture notes (50 points)
5-7 minute YouTube video of you giving your speech (75 points)
2-3 page sentence outline with same Reference Page as Slide Deck (50 points