Monroe’s Motivated Sequence A Project for SPCH 1300 Students

FIRST!!!! Make sure you have read the section in your textbook about the Motivated Sequence AND worked through the chapter 15 powerpoint before attempting this project.

The Sequence… 1)Attention Grabber 2)Establish Need 3)Provide Satisfaction 4)Visualization 5)Call to ACTION!!

The Assignment… Check your Syllabus for instruction on what to do for this project. The instructions are on the weekly assignment section of the Syllabus. Basically… 1.Take the topics I give. 2.Find 1 resource (web resources are fine) for each (CITE!!!). 3.Work each topic through the 5 steps of the sequence. 4.1 sentence per step is required. You can write more if you choose.

Example Topic: Need to Donate Blood 1)A. G.- Imagine being able to save 18 lives simply by giving a precious fluid and half an hour of time. 2)E. N.- hundreds of people die each year due to the lack of available blood (I would cite this with a source). 3)P.S.- Blood donations are the answer! 4)V.- Imagine a world where blood banks were always full and providing life. 5)C. to A.- You can go out now to (Name a location) and donate your blood. 6)C to a: research and see exactly what the stem cell enhancement act is and what you can do to help.

First Topic! Stem Cell Research a.t: does the study of science interest you? e.n: the presidents bush and obama have different opinions on the stem sell research enhancement act. p.s: we should try to keep this act going to help keep the enhancement act alive. v: will it make life better if we didn’t have this. No one knows.

Second Topic Legal Drinking Age a.g:Is it fair that you have to be a certain age to drink. e.n: it causes to many accidents and ends too many lives. p.s:I think the law should be that alcohol is illegal all the time. No one should be able to drink. V: imagine how it would be if everyone died because people were drinking and driving or how you would feel if your child or loved one died because of a drunk driver. C to a: do not drink and drive. There are consequences.

Third Topic Value of Education a.g: do you attend school? If yes, do you like it? e.n: every person should attend school sometime or another. p.s: if you want to get a good job, sometimes school can help you get there. V: if you never went to school, imagine how much less you would know. C to a: go to school and get a higher education.

Final Topic YOUR topic that you are planning on using for your Persuasive presentation. a.g: do you text and drive? e.n: it can cause wrecks because you were not paying attention to the road. p.s: I think that phones should not be allowed in a vehicle unless it is used through a wireless phone so you don’t have to look at it while driving. V:think about if you were the victim, and someone hit you head on because they were texting and not paying attention. C to a: do not text and drive

Final Instructions… You can either write a word document and put it in the forum for this assignment… OR simply fill in the blanks on this powerpoint (adding slides as you need them) and submit this powerpoint in the forum. Happy Motivated Sequencing!