Once you’ve reviewed Chapter 6: Finding a Purpose and Selecting a Topic (textbook attached), you’ll want to take time to carefully study the Persuasive Speech Assignment revised.docx file which is attached.
We’ll be focusing on it throughout the rest of the semester. Make sure you understand what you’ll need to accomplish with this major assignment.
You will then want to choose your topic– one value– from this extensive 4-page list: Lesson 7 Persuasive Values Speech Topics – revised.docx (file attached)
Again, you need to choose just 1 value from this fairly exhaustive list. Some of the topics/values are rather broad. Feel comfortable narrowing your topic to fit your personal knowledge and interests of your audience.
Spend time thinking about this. What value do you relate to? Do you have some experience with the value you’ve chosen and are you curious to learn more? You’ll also want to be thinking about your audience. How might they relate to the value you’ve chosen? You definitely don’t want to rush this part of the planning stage as you will need to “live” with this decision for the rest of the semester.
When you’ve chosen your topic/value (and narrowed it to your liking) use the follow prompts to develop a paragraph in clear American English.
Your choice of topic/value from the provided list (above)
A specific persuasive purpose statement (review section 6.4 of the e-text)
An explanation of your connection to the topic. You want to describe your relationship with the value. Why do you believe you have the credibility (Ethos) to speak with us about this value? In other words, how do you envision showing character, competence, caring, and charisma?
Comment on why you believe your audience will be open to a speech on this particular value. Contemplate and comment on your classmates’ (your audience’s) psychographics (Section 5.1 of your text).
