Persuasive Speech
(100 points)
Objectives:
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Develop
and present a persuasive argument.
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Practice individual
presentational speech techniques.
General Description:
Your task is to attempt to persuade or convince your audience
to take a position on some issue. Consider your audience in topic selection
to ensure that they will be interested in your speech. Since your goal is
to persuade, try to avoid topics that they already agree with. There is no
real challenge to convince students of the value of education, the merits
of pizza and beer, etc. The presentation requires research in order to support
your arguments with credible sources other than your personal opinion.
Specific Requirements:
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Your presentation will be 6 - 8 minutes in length.
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You will effectively use at least two visual aids.
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You must use at least three oral citations from scholarly journals and
publications in your arguments.
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Prior to the delivery of your speech, you
will need to provide a full sentence outline containing your purpose, thesis
statement, introduction, body, conclusion, transitions and a bibliography
of research sources. (Follow the sample outline format from your text.)It
is helpful to indicate your planning of visual aid use and brief description
of content and oral citation placement and content in case you forget to use
or mention these during the live presentation so I can appropriately assess
your planning as well as your actual performance.
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Limit your use of note cards to ensure
extemporaneous speaking and strong eye contact.