PERSUASIVE SPEECH

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PERSUASIVE SPEECH

• Technology

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Movie Clip Connection

• http//movieclips.com/watch/old-school-2003/thats-
  the-way-you-debate/

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Movie Clip Connection

• In the movie clip
• How does Will Ferrell prove his point?
• Does he establish credibility?
• What persuasive language does he use?
• Other ideas of a good speaking skills?

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Definition

• Establishes a fact
• Think of the facts associated with the technology
  that you want to discuss
• Changes a belief
• You believe that this technology changed the
  world / will change the world because
• Moves an audience to act on a policy
• Should people support this technology?
• Is the government implementing a policy to
  support this technology?

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Persuasive Techniques to Consider

• Appeal to your audience!
• a. How can you make this speech
  interesting to your audience?
• CONSIDER If your audience is bored and you
  are nervous, then this speech will be a bad
  experience.
• b. emotional appeal a statement that arouses
  strong feelings
• - anger, joy, sadness, pride, shame
• CONSIDER Your speech will be
• much more memorable if you can get your
  audience to have an emotional reaction.

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Persuasive Techniques to Consider

• 2. Establish Credibility- The quality of being
  believable
• a. Competent- know your topic and show
  that you are knowledgeable!
• b. Sincere- show that you genuinely care
  about this topic
• c. Dynamic- show energy and enthusiasm
  while presenting
• THIS IS WHY YOU NEED TO CHOOSE A TOPIC THAT
  INTERESTS YOU!

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Persuasive Techniques to Consider

• 3. Meet Ethical Standards- Societys
  guidelines for right, just, and moral behavior.
• a. Dont lie, distort, attack an idea
  without giving evidence
• b. Dont manipulate- the shrewd or devious
  management of facts for your own purpose

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Using a Deductive Approach

• Deductive Approach
• Present THESIS and then present reasons
  to support it
• Start general and move to the specific
• Statement-of-reasons
• DIRECTLY state your thesis
• THREE supporting reasons

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Preparing the Persuasive Speech

• Step One Choose the Topic
• Do you want to persuade the audience about
  Speech A or Speech B?
• What specific technology are you going to
  discuss?
• SOME IDEAS
• 3D Television Hybrid / Electric Cars
• Tablets eBooks / Digital Readers
• Evolution of Cell Phones (Android, iPhone)

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Preparing the Persuasive Speech

• Step Two Research
• Remember the databases from last year?
• Ex Opposing Viewpoints, EBSCOHost
• Find evidence to support your point of view.
  You completed this task last year while
  composing the research paper!
• Facts, Statistics, Expert Quotations /
  Opinions

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Preparing the Persuasive Speech

• Step Three Thesis Statement
• Look at the handout
• You need to decide on
• The three subtopics that support your
  persuasive stance on the particular
  technology.
• Think of the five paragraph essay Each
  body paragraph explores a different topic that
  supports the main topic.

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Preparing the Persuasive Speech

• Step Four Outlining the Information
• Please take out your outlines and handouts from
  last week
• This outline is what I will look at while you
  are giving your speech! Keep in mind
• 1. If you become lost, then I can help you find
  your place
• 2. If you give a speech that is entirely
  different than your outline, then this shows me
  that you did not practice / do not know your
  content
• 3. This outline is similar to one for a five
  paragraph essay

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Preparing the Persuasive Speech

• Step Four Outlining the Information Hooks
• Hook this is the attention-getter the first
  sentence(s) that you say in order to get the
  attention of the audience.
• NOTE do not say, I am going to be
  talking about ________ this is very
  weak!
• do not say, Hi. Im _________ and I am
  giving my speech on _________.
• A hook should be much more interesting
  

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Preparing the Persuasive Speech

• Step Four Outlining the Information Hooks
• Shocking Fact / Statistic Look through your
  research or find a new piece of research. You can
  use one of the statements from this article to
  start your speech. Use something that shocked you
  / made you more interested in your topic.
• Interesting Quote Look through your research
  or find a new piece of research. You can use a
  quotation from an expert or knowledgeable source
  to start your speech. Please do not go to
  quotes.com to find the quote remember that you
  want this speech to be credible!
• Tell a Story / Anecdote Find a story that
  applicable to your topic and share it with your
  audience. Make sure that you know this story well
  when you share it with the audience. Again, this
  should be from a credible source!

http//www.youtube.com/watch?vKYtm8uEo5vU This
video not only uses humor and a creative use of
props, but provides a short anecdote.
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Preparing the Persuasive Speech

• Step Four Outlining the Information Hooks
• Try Something New and Effective
• Series of Three Questions
• Create a scenario or simply create interest by
  asking three thought-provoking questions these
  are rhetorical
• These three question should make the audience
  think about your topic (since this is persuasive-
  you want them to consider the questions from your
  perspective)
• For Example Did you know that ________? Can you
  imagine a world without _______? Finally, what
  would your quality of life be if you didnt have
  __________?

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Preparing the Persuasive Speech

• Step Four Outlining the Information
  Background Information
• This section of your introduction is highly
  informative
• This is the information that your audience needs
  to know before you can persuade them
• You need to educate your audience on this topic
• History Who, What, Where, When, Why, How
• Inventors
• Life Before this Technology
• People, Events, Items Associated with this
  Technology

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Preparing the Persuasive Speech

• Step Four Outlining the Information
  Background Information
• You might want to find an informative article on
  your topic if you do not know enough adequate
  information
• Can you answer the who, what, where, when, why,
  and how of your topic with the research that you
  currently have?
• Write this in outline format. Please use complete
  sentences

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Preparing the Persuasive Speech

• Step Four Outlining the Information Making
  Research Persuasive
• First Type of Evidence Facts
• Can be proven exists real
• How can you make a fact persuasive?
• Make sure that this fact SUPPORTS your argument
• Tell the audience HOW and WHY this fact SUPPORTS
  your persuasive argument by using language such
  as
• This proves that _________________
• This supports ___________________
• By knowing ______________, one can ___________
• You need to tell your audience the connection
  
• Lets look at the handout

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Preparing the Persuasive Speech

• Step Four Outlining the Information Making
  Research Persuasive
• Second Type of Evidence Expert Opinions /
  Expert Quotations
• Statement of belief about a subject from a person
  who is recognized as an authority on the subject
  (this is why I dont want you going to quotes.com
  for expert quotations!)
• Need to tell your audience the name of this
  person and his/her title
• According to Dr. Smith, a cardiovascular surgeon
  at the Cleveland Clinic, Technology has greatly
  improved the process of conducting surgery on a
  human heart because
• NOTICE I provide the audience with this experts
  name
• NOTICE I provide the audience with his title /
  profession, which proves that he is a credible
  source!

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Preparing the Persuasive Speech

• Step Four Outlining the Information Making
  Research Persuasive
• Third Type of Evidence Statistics
• Numerical Facts
• Only six out of every ten registered voters
  voted in the last school election.
• What do you think the speaker was trying to
  persuade the audience about in this speak?
• What should the next statement be in this speech?
• HINT This proves This shows One can
  conclude

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Preparing the Persuasive Speech

• Step Four Outlining the Information Making
  Research Persuasive
• Fourth Type of Evidence Comparison and Contrast
• Comparison a statement that shows the
  similarities between people, places, things,
  events, and ideas
• HELPS listeners relate NEW IDEAS to FAMILIAR
  CONCEPTS
• Contrast a statement that highlights the
  difference between two things
• Unlike _______ In contrast to _________
• By associating your topic with ideas that are
  more familiar to your audience, you can persuade
  them to agree with you

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Preparing the Persuasive Speech

• Take out your articles and highlighters
• Try to find
• Two facts for each of your three supporting
  reasons in your thesis statement
• Two expert opinions / quotations for each of your
  three supporting reasons
• One statistic for each of your three supporting
  reasons
• Something to either compare or contrast your
  topic with
• IS YOUR THESIS ARRANGED FROM THE LEAST PERSUASIVE
  POINT TO THE MOST PERSUASIVE POINT? If not, then
  FIX IT NOW!

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Preparing the Persuasive Speech

• Lets Take a Breakand Watch this Video
• http//www.youtube.com/watch?vPpaWnHC2nf0
• Pay attention to
• Hook the Audience
• Background Information History
• Use of Visual Aid
• Use of Facts
• Use of Quotation
• Use of Comparison / Contrast
• How He Makes the Evidence Persuasive

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Step Four Outlining the Information Background
Info

• Word Choice helps in persuading an audience.
• Salespeople are smooth talkers and skilled in
  word choice. Here are examples
• Contract Agreement/paperwork
• Sign here OK the paperwork . Autograph
• Sell/buy Get involved
• Cancellation Right of rescission
• Commission Fee for my services
• Problem Challenge
• What are the benefits of using these different
  terms?

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Step Four Outlining the Information Word Choice

• Remember Connotation and Denotation?
• Consider I like you vs I love you
• Like and love synonymous but convey a very
  different message to the listener.
• Think about the emotion you want us to feel as
  we leave the room. What words will get us to that
  feeling?
• Brainstorm for a few minutes.

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Step Four Outlining the Information Transitions

• You need to have as many transitions as possible
• Remember - Repetition is key in a speech!
• Restate your previous point before moving into a
  new point
• Besides ___________, __________ also proves
• In addition to ____________, the __________
  shows
• http//larae.net/write/transition.html

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Step Four Outlining the Information Conclusions

• You must
• Restate your thesis in a new and fresh way
  (especially because this is a speech and you want
  the audience to remember)
• Re-visit the three reasons why the audience
  should support your point of view
• End with a strong statement that is not only
  memorable, but leaves the audience thinking

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Step Four Outlining the Information Conclusions

• Techniques to Consider
• Summary short restatement of key information.
• This is very informative, so you need to be sure
  to add persuasive language
• You should summarize your main points in your
  conclusion so the audience
  remembers your main points

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Step Four Outlining the Information Conclusions

• Techniques to Consider
• Stirring Ending helps intensify the emotion or
  feeling that you want the audience to experience
• This could include a quotation, a story, personal
  experience, or an illustration

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Step Four Outlining the Information Conclusions

• Techniques to Consider
• Hook and Return Bring an effective hook into the
  conclusion so that your speech makes a circle.
• If you really like your hook and you feel that it
  adds to your speech, then revisit it in a new and
  fresh way in your conclusion
• This will trigger the memory of your audience

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Step Four Outlining the Information Conclusions

• Your conclusion should
• Restate the thesis in a new and fresh way
• Revisit the most important points from supporting
  reasons
• Use a technique such as a really strong summary,
  a stirring ending, or a hook and return to keep
  the audience interested

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Step Five Works Cited

• You can use NoodleTools or create the citations
  on your own using Purdue Universitys Online
  Writing Lab
• www.noodletools.com

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Step Six How Should I Dress

• Business Casual mixes a formal look with a
  casual look button down shirt, khakis
• - you WILL NOT receive credit for dress if
  you wear jeans, a t-shirt, tennis shoes
• - you need to look professional!

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Step Six How Should I Dress

• Wearing Certain Colors Can Be Symbolic
• Green- represents harmony and balance
• Red- represents power and danger speed and
  confidence
• Yellow- represents support, hope, and remembrance
• Purple- represents royalty, something remarkable,
  creative thinking
• Black- represents darkness, evil, mourning
  represents formal events
• White- represents purity, marriage

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Speech Tips

• The Triangle
• Create a triangle while giving a speech by
• Moving to three points in the room
• There is a center point and one point on each
  side of the center
• You will address the class from the center of the
  room
• You will address the class from the corner of the
  room
• You will address the class from the other corner
  of the room
• MAKE A STRATEGY How will I remember to make a
  triangle?

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Speech Tips

• Eye Contact
• Look around the entire room while giving a speech
• Find a few friends that you can look at in a
  comfortable manner
• Look over the heads of your audience if you start
  to feel uncomfortable (this is better than
  staring at the notecard)
• DO NOT look at the teacher the entire time!

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Speech Tips

• Arms
• Attempt to use hand gestures and arm movements in
  a way that will stress points
• Counting
• Pointing
• DO NOT
• 1. Put your hands on your hips
• 2. Cross your arms
• 3. Put your hands in your pockets
• 4. Play with your hair
• 5. Play with your clothes