Giving your speech guidelines

Persuasive speaking is the type of speaking that most people engage in the most. This type of speech can involve everything from arguing about politics to talking about what to eat for dinner. Persuasive speaking is very connected to the audience, as the speaker must, in a sense, meet the audience halfway. Persuasion, obviously, is not entirely controlled by the speaker--persuasion occurs when an audience assents to what a speaker says. Consequently, persuasive speaking requires extra attention to audience analysis. Persuasive speaking is the type of speaking that most people engage in the most. This type of speech can involve everything from arguing about politics to talking about what to eat for dinner. Persuasive speaking is very connected to the audience, as the speaker must, in a sense, meet the audience halfway. Persuasion, obviously, is not entirely controlled by the speaker--persuasion occurs when an audience assents to what a speaker says. Consequently, persuasive speaking requires extra attention to audience analysis.

Tips Gain attention and interest. Try a quote? Try humor(see below)? Shock or startle? ("Before this speech is finish, 5 recent students will have lost jobs in the new depression.") Try a direct question? ("What sort of internet addict are you?") Stress a key word or symbol? (Get dialog going on the symbolic meaning of the logo?) Gain attention and interest. Try a quote? Try humor(see below)? Shock or startle? ("Before this speech is finish, 5 recent students will have lost jobs in the new depression.") Try a direct question? ("What sort of internet addict are you?") Stress a key word or symbol? (Get dialog going on the symbolic meaning of the logo?) Try humor, depending on the overall purpose of the presentation. Old editions of Readers Digest are great sources since the material is clean and people will probably have forgotten the jokes. Try humor, depending on the overall purpose of the presentation. Old editions of Readers Digest are great sources since the material is clean and people will probably have forgotten the jokes.

Preview main points? (an arguments can be made that solutions shouldn't emerge until at least half way through your speech in order to avoid having your position pre-judged) Preview main points? (an arguments can be made that solutions shouldn't emerge until at least half way through your speech in order to avoid having your position pre-judged) Create cognitive dissonance. Your audience must feel involved in the problem before they'll be moved to accept a solution Create cognitive dissonance. Your audience must feel involved in the problem before they'll be moved to accept a solution Make effective transitions between ideas Make effective transitions between ideas Demonstrate enthusiasm and/or passion Demonstrate enthusiasm and/or passion Provoke thought through questions Provoke thought through questions

Students shall develop a speech in which they must take a stand, either in favor of or opposed to an issue. select one of the topics on the following powerpoints and develop a speech to reflect the position taken on the selected topic, either for or against, yes or no.

The speech may be up to four (4) minutes in length.

These penguins are persuading their friends to take a dip in the cool water... but you can persuade our class on any of the following ideas or come up with one of your own. These penguins are persuading their friends to take a dip in the cool water... but you can persuade our class on any of the following ideas or come up with one of your own.

Persuasive Speech Ideas same sex marriage same sex marriage adoption adoption exercise exercise Ford vehicles Ford vehicles cloning cloning breast feeding breast feeding bilingual education bilingual education salary caps for athletes salary caps for athletes vegetarian lifestyle vegetarian lifestyle organ donation organ donation morning after pill morning after pill abortion abortion TV violence TV violence TV ratings TV ratings internet internet

second hand smoke second hand smoke drunk driving laws drunk driving laws legalizing marijuana legalizing marijuana pit bulls pit bulls natural family planning natural family planning spay or neuter pets spay or neuter pets divorce divorce doctor assisted suicide doctor assisted suicide sex education sex education

women in combat women in combat gays in the military gays in the military drug testing on the job drug testing on the job steroid use in sports steroid use in sports cell phones in cars cell phones in cars no soda in schools no soda in schools

Now that you have a topic, let your instructor know what you have chosen and obtain rubric for grading. Now that you have a topic, let your instructor know what you have chosen and obtain rubric for grading.