SPEAKER WORKSHEET: SAMPLE COPY-FDR’S SPEECH SPEAKER NAME: FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT DATE: December 8, 1941 TOPIC/TITLE: (informative, persuasive, entertain) War OCCASION/SITUATION: (place, time, why) Informative – day after Japan attacked Pearl Harbor SPECIFIC PURPOSE: (At the end of my speech, the audience will…) Inform people about attack and declare war on Japan MAIN IDEA: (one complete sentence summary-topic and your point @ it) “I ask that Congress declare that since the unprovoked and dastardly attack by Japan on Dec. 7, 1941, a state of war has existed between the United States and the Japanese Empire.” AUDIENCE ANALYSIS: DEMOGRAPHICS: (specifics of education, age, finances, religion, membership, race, occupation) Mostly adults, voters, members of Congress, all economic levels, all educational levels, mixed genders VALUES: (underlying moral code) patriotism, righteousness, freedom BELIEFS: (why audience has attitude, influences action) revenge, betrayal, protect our interests ATTITUDES: (audience reaction to topic) shock, outrage, fear, excitement, revenge CREDIBILITY TECHNIQUES: (what speaker will do to help audience to believe his message, delivery techniques, sources, experience, enthusiasm, language techniques) Popular President, strong, vocal techniques (emotion), repetition, vivid language, Commander-In-Chief APPEALS (NEEDS, MOTIVATIONS): (how can this benefit the audience) Patriotism, justice, freedom, revenge, fear, betrayal, loyalty, anger, financial (loss of American lives and damage to property) protect lives VISUAL AIDS : (type and purpose) RESEARCH SOURCES: ( Identify within speech. MLA style: Author’s last name, Title or quotation marks. City: Publishing house, date. OR (internet sources) Author’s last name. “Title.” Complete URL address followed by the date of your access) SUPPORT TECHNIQUES: (types of proof, evidence, quotes, facts statistics, explanation, definition, example, problem/solution etc.) Facts, examples, explanation ORGANIZATION TECHNIQUE: Chronological LANGUAGE TECHNIQUES: (literary skills-metaphor, simile, repetition, parallelism, etc.) (vivid, descriptive language) “dastardly attack”, “righteous might”, “form of treachery”, “unbounded determination of the American people, we will gain the inevitable triumph, so help us God”, “remember the character of the onslaught against us…” (repetition) “Yesterday the Japanese government launched an attack against Malaya. Last night Japanese forces attacked Hong Kong. Last night Japanese forces attacked Guam. Last night Japanese forces attacked the Philippine Islands. Last night the Japanese attacked Wake Island. This morning the Japanese attacked Midway Island. Japan has therefore undertaken a surprise offensive extending throughout the Pacific Area.” INTRODUCTION: (how speech is begun: question, fact, quote, startling statement, statistic, example, definition, story etc.) Startling statement OUTLINE: 1. Attack “a date that will live in infamy…” 2. diplomatic relations still continuing when U. S. attacked 3. attack was deliberately planned days, even weeks ago 4. caused severe damage to ships, property and loss of American lives 5. entire Pacific area attacked 6. we will protect our interests until victory is won 7. our interests are now in grave danger 8. ask Congress to declare war on Japan CONCLUSION: (how speech is ended: quote, startling statement, summary, restate main idea, call to action, etc.) Startling statement