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Speaking to PersuadePart I.

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Persuasive speech

Purpose: to convince others to change their feelings, beliefs, or behavior.

A salesperson. A political leader. A teacher. Mommy…etc.

Persuasive speech?! ALL THE TIME!!

Warm Up !!

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Preparing for the Persuasive Speech

Choosing your topic

Determining your specific purpose

Analyzing your audience

Gathering information

Preparing visual aids

Organizing your speech

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Why the orders change?

Persuasive speech

Choosing your topic

Determining your specific purpose

Analyzing your audience

Gathering information

Preparing visual aids

Organizing your speech

Informative speech

Analyzing your audience

Choosing your topic

Gathering information

Preparing visual aids

Organizing your speech

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1. Choosing your topic

What should I talk about?

Suggestions about how to choose a topic:

Choose a topic that really interests you.

Suggest a change that isn’t too large.

Choose a topic that is controversial.

Step by step:

General topic (just one) Possible specific persuasive claims (many) Your choice (specific one)

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Example: narrow down your topic

General topic: School dress code

Specific persuasive claims:High school students should not be required to wear

uniforms to school.Private school should abolish student dress code.Students should have rights to design their own

uniforms.

Your choice: Students should have rights to design their own uniforms.

Not really interests me cuz I’m not high school students anymore

1. The change isn’t too large cuz I’m not asking to abolish dress code completely.

2. It’s controversial enough to have both sides.

Too large a change.

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Write a DEBATABLE topic:Have to be a claim/declarative sentence.Clearly state ONE side of opinion.So that the other side is easy to recognize.

•Example:

•Capital punishment should be abolished. Side: “should” affirmative The other side: “should not” negative

•Should capital punishment be abolished? Suitable discussion topic. Not a decisive debate topic.

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2. Determining your specific purpose

General goal: to convince your listeners to change something.

What I want them to change?

Belief: whether sth is true or false

Opinion: about sth’s value

Behavior: do or not do sth

After my speech, I want my audience to _____.

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Example: identify specific purpose

Everyone should learn to give artificial respiration. Airplane travel is the safest way to travel in the U.S. Soccer is a more exciting sport than baseball. The government should prohibit all cigarette advertising. Lower highway speed limits save lives. Single parents should be allowed to adopt children. You should donate one third of your income a year to

your favorite charity. Cats make wonderful pets.

Behavior

Behavior

belief

belief

opinion

opinion

opinion

opinion

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3. Analyzing your audience

How my listeners may feel/think about the topic?

Expected responses:

Agree completely./Be indifferent./ Disagree completely.

Use possible responses as a criterion of fixing the topic.

Agee completely Not controversial enough!

Be indifferent Boring topic. Not worth debating.

Disagree completely Find out the reasons & Suit the remedy to the case.

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4. Gathering information

Write down what you already know about your topic. foundation

Think about your related observations or experiences.

Gather additional necessary information by:

Conducting research

Interview experts/people.

Editorial pages of newspapers.

Be sure to tell your audience the source of your information.

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Assignment for this week

Find out ONE controversial topic.

Write down the persuasive speech topic (statement, declarative sentence.)

List two arguments for the affirmative side.

List two arguments for the negative side.

Post your topic with arguments on the Wikispaces by Sunday 10 p.m..

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Example:

Name: ________________

General topic: ____Marriage_________________________________

Debate topic: __Women should get married before 30._______

2 arguments for the pro side: _1. _______________________________

_2. _______________________________

2 arguments for the con side: _1. _______________________________

_2. _______________________________