This assignment will examine your mastery of persuasive speech delivery. You will select a persuasive topic and attempt to advocate for your topic in a 5-6 minute speech. A total of at least two outside sources are required to back-up the claims made throughout your speech. You will use Monroe’s Motivated Sequence (MMS) to structure your persuasive speech: Attention, Problem, Solution, Visualization, Action. There are several steps to this assignment.
Step One: Pick a Persuasive Speech Topic.
As soon as possible, pick a persuasive topic you would like to create your speech on. Choose your topic with your own interests and your knowledge of the audience in mind. However, you will not be allowed to pick the following persuasive topics:
Persuading the audience to stop smoking cigarettes.
Persuading the audience to not drink and drive.
Persuading the audience to adopt and not shop their pets.
Persuading the audience to not text and drive.
Persuading the audience to exercise more.
Persuading the audience to not support fast fashion.
Persuading the audience to recycle.
Persuading the audience to eat healthier.
Persuading the audience on anything political (e.g. 2nd amendment, abortion, global warming, marijuana etc.)
Step Two: Research and Collect Data for Arguments.
After choosing a persuasive topic, begin to research it and collect supporting materials to use and include in your speech. As you know, the material you include in your speech needs to be credible and recent. Therefore, find research that has been published from 2013-2024. You are required to verbally cite once in the Problem Step and once in the Solution Step. You may use the Internet, library, and journals when finding reliable data for your speech.
Step Three: Outline and Create your Speech.
While you research, you will also need to outline and construct your persuasive speech. Refer back to the MMS lecture slides for guidance. Write your outline using full sentences and paying attention to the correct MMS format and include a reference/work cited page of the sources you include in your speech. The outline will need to include the five steps of MMS: Attention, Problem, Solution, Visualization, Action.
