Persuasive Speech

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Persuasive Speech
Persuasive Speech
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Grading Speech

• 75 points for the work you put into your notes,
  outline, and Work Cited page.
• These will be given to the teacher before you get
  rolling!
• After your speech, hand over your note cards

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Speech is worth 75 points

• Introduction
• Youll be graded on Grabbing attention of
  audience with story, unique fact, or some
  surprise about the topic.
• It has to include Includes Topic Sentence.
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Body or your REASONS

• The body of the speech follows a clear,
  organizational pattern
• Valid arguments, and emotional, logical or
  ethical appeals, and strong evidence (facts or
  stats).
• Uses reasons and follows outline.
•  Persuasive to audience more so than just
  informative
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Conclusion

• Give the opposing viewpoint and defend topic.
•  Restate opinion with clincher.

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DELIVERY

• Did not read off notes. Had good directness,
  enthusiasm, and animation. Good eye contact.
• Natural conversational tone, Appropriate volume,
  speed, Word choice and vocabulary

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Outline????

• Gives specifics and details. NOT LONG.
• Goes from Numbers to letters and is indented
• Introduction
• Attention getter
• The older you get, the funnier your hair is.
• 67 of those over 50 have bad hair

• Topic Sentence
• 1. Bad hair cuts make me laugh

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• II. Mullet
• A. Farmer Mullet
• 1. Seen with farmer tan.
• B. stock car mullet
• C. 10-90
• 1. 10 up front
• a. Business in front
• 2. 90 in back
• b. Party in back

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• Purple grandma hair
• Age requirement
• Must be Senior citizen

• Questions?
• Were they going for purple?
• Why do they go to Hardees for breakfast?
• Was it an accident?

• Mr. Goetz
• Hair cut already?
• 1. Growing hair
• 2. Past ears
• Too much product!!
• 1. Hair gel
• a. Bed Head

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• Opposing Viewpoint some like the bad hair!
• Bowl cut-put a bowl on head and shave around
• Military often has this hair cut
• Simple is best
• All one needs is a trimmer
• Simple is best
• Anyone can do it
• Looks neat in Army green

• Conclusion
• Bad hair cuts are great fun for amusment, no
  matter if they are the mullet, purple hair, Mr.
  Goetz hair, or even an Army bowl cut. We are all
  individuals, so lets have fun and not be so hard
  on peoples images.
• Clincher The inventor of Harley Motorbike had
  Mullet!

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Persuasive Genres

• You encounter persuasion every day.
• TV Commercials
• Letters to the Editor
• Junk mail
• Magazine ads
• College brochures
• Can you think of other persuasive contexts?

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ATTENTION GETTER!

• Attention! Attention!

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CAN I HAVE YOUR ATTENTION?

• The first words you speak are some of the most
  important words of your entire presentation.
• Attention-Getter A statement, visual or sound
  (or combination) that startles, gains attention
  and makes your audience sit up....

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ATTENTION

• WHO HERE KNOWS A TEENAGER WHO IS PREGNANT OR WHO
  HAS BEEN PREGNANT? (RHETORICAL QUESTION)
• Each year, almost 750,000 teenage women aged
  1519 become pregnant. (Statistic)
• My family and I am devastated. Why you ask? My 16
  year old sister, is pregnant. (Personal
  Testimony)
• In the movie Juno teenage pregnancy was a
  constant issue. (Reference, Story)

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BAD BEGINNINGS

• In public speaking, you can use the same concept
  with the most popular and absolute worst way to
  begin your presentation. Ready for it? Here it
  is
• "Hi, my name is..."
• Bleck.
• Boring.
• Yawn.

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Conclusion

• Signal of speechs end
• Today, we have examined how to
• In the past few minutes, I have shown
• you the basic steps in
• Finally let me say that this can be easy
• and also very useful to you

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The Audience of a Great Speaker

• Is having a good time because they can
• identify with the topic
• Is challenged because they are learning
• something new
• Is listening because there are
• examples,
• illustrations, stories in the speech

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The Audience of a Poor Speaker

• Is yawning because the speaker is bored
• and unprepared
• Is clapping because IT IS OVER early

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Writing and Delivering Your Persuasive Speech

• The best way to practice your speech is to
  present it aloudagain and again.
• Try speaking in front of a mirror so you can
  evaluate and improve your posture, gestures, eye
  contact, and use of visual aids.
• You might tape-record a practice session so you
  can critique your voice quality and effectiveness.

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Nervous about Giving a Speech? The mere
thought of giving a speech is Nerve Wracking for
even the most confident people! Youre not
alone! Researchers have found that the majority
of people are more anxious about public speaking
than they are about going to the dentist!
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Gestures Hands, gestures mannerisms! Good
gestures helps to underline what is said Bad
Gestures distract! Twitches, fidgets and
repetitious movements are fatal! DON'T Jingle
your change Play with your hair/pen/pointer Scratc
h anything! Now learn more about your role as a
Successful Speech Maker...
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A Successful Speech Maker How the presenter
moves and speaks has an impact on the success of
the speech! Move around a little Or to aid
participation - move into the audience Eye
Contact helps! So does the voice!
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The Voice Modulate the voice (meaning vary or
change it!) You can use inflexion to Change
the meaning of words! Practice using voice
inflexion!
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Speed of Delivery Speed and Volume... Vary the
speed of your delivery Fast to excite and
stimulate Slow to emphasize and control Use
increased volume to get attention Speaking
quietly conveys confidentiality and sincerity to
what youre saying
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Delivering a Good Speech There are really only
three keys to delivering a good
speech Prepare! Plan! Practice! Practice!
Practice When you know what youre going to say
how youre going to say it you will feel
completely in control!