Persuasive Speech Essay

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Rationale: PERSUASIVE SPEECH ASSIGNMENT Throughout life many situations will confront you that you see as wrong or that need changing. If you want to make a change in policy or if you want to convince someone to change his or her beliefs or attitudes about a topic, you will have to be able to make a persuasive argument that effectively clarifies the situation, considers the causes and presents your solution to the problem. This speech will be an opportunity for you to practice your advocacy skills. Assignment: You are asked to prepare a persuasive speech which advocates a change in attitude, value, belief or action. This speech should be between 6 and 10 minutes in length. You should design the speech according to one of the outline formats discussed in this class. You may use your outline or note cards in the delivery of this speech. Requirements: 1. The speech must be between 6 and 10 minutes in length. Anything longer or shorter will be penalized. 2. You must argue for a position. Make sure that you are taking a side and not simply informing us about a problem. 3. You should vary your tone, pitch, volume and inflection to emphasize important points in the speech. 4. Make and maintain eye contact. If you are not capable of looking at your audience, you are perceived to be deceptive. Look at us and talk with us. 5. You must cite the sources of your information in the speech. If you don’t say the source of the information, your audience has no way of knowing that you did your research. You must have at least 10 sources in your works cited page, six sources may be from online sources and four must be from hard copies. You must mention all 10 sources for a score of good. An excellent score requires at least 2 more. 6. A Power Point visual aid is required for this speech. Make sure your visual aid uses colors and fonts that are easy on the eye. Do NOT
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