Speech III
- The Speech to Persuade
(5
minute minimum - 7 minute maximum) The purpose of this speech is to change (or modify) a belief, attitude, or value held by your audience and/or to get them to act in a manner you desire (gain behavior). Students may choose any persuasive purpose you wish as long as the focus of the speech involves motivating the audience to change or act.
NOTE:
For this speech students may prepare it for delivery to some (more
appropriate) group other than a 101 class if they wish. For example, if a student were to propose a
change in the Monmouth College curriculum he/she might want to pretend to give
that speech to a group of faculty members (since only they can change
curricular requirements), a proposal for a change in the law might be designed
to be given at a legislative committee hearing.
As in the first two speeches good micro and macrostructure
are important. So is good, confident
delivery. A clear, strong
("gutsy") thesis (that takes a position on
the topic) is vital. However, in this
speech two additional elements become important:
Be sure you have a purpose which is appropriate for the
audience (e.g. it would be dumb to give a speech to college students advocating
joining the high school prom committee).
Review the handout, "Introduction to Persuasion" on
determining purposes. Watch out for speeches that are really informative speeches
with a only brief call for action in the conclusion. If the speech calls for people to take action, be sure listeners
have clear
directions on how to/when to take action (addresses to write, phone
numbers to call, times and places to attend meetings, etc.).
Remember: For this speech there will be MAJOR GRADE
DEDUCTIONS for "reading at
us." Speech
3 -- Policy Persuasion 1.
The goal of the third
speech is to present a plan of action
that solves some problem related to your AND persuade us it should be adopted 2.
You will have some
latitude in this speech to select an audience different from (and more suitable
for your purpose than) COMM 101. 3. The most logical approach to organizing this speech is some version of the Problem-Solution thought pattern (for instance, the Motivated Sequence), although the Pro-Con-Resolution/Action and the Inspirational thought patterns might work too.
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