PERSUASIVE SPEECH ASSIGNMENT
ENGLISH III
You will be writing a persuasive speech on the topic of a charity organization of
your choice. Your job is to persuade your audience that this charity is deserving of our
financial support. (Thesis) In the process of persuading you must also provide
information to the audience and use two of the rhetorical devices we looked at in both
Patrick Henry and Martin Luther King’s speeches. USE THE FOLLOWING RUBRIC
TO GUIDE YOUR SPEECH PREPARATION.
LIBRARY- RESEARCH PROCESS
DAY ONE: (10 POINTS) REVIEW THE WEBSITES PROVIDED AND DECIDE ON YOUR
CHARITYSIGN FOR YOUR CHOICE. EACH CHARITY CAN ONLY BE USED ONCE.
DAY TWO: ( 10 POINTS) RESEARCH THE PROBLEM/ISSUE WHICH THE CHARITY IS
WORKING TO RESOLVE.
DAY THREE: ( 10 POINTS) RESEARCH THE CHARITY’S EFFORTS TO HELP RESOLVE THE
PROBLEM/ISSUES
DAY FOUR/FIVE: TYPE THE SPEECH IN 12 POINT FONT, TIMES NEW ROMAN – CREATE A
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF YOUR SOURCES AND TURN IT IN.
RUBRIC: 200 POINTS TOTAL!
30 POINTS FOR EFFECTIVE USE OF LAB TIME.
10 PTS-GREETS THE AUDIENCE AT THE BEGINNING AND THANKS THE AUDIENCE IN THE END.
10 PTS.- INTRODUCES THE TOPIC AND STATES THE FOCUS ( THESIS)
(Hook)
30 PTS- FULLY DETAILS THE PROBLEM WHICH THE CHARITY SEEKS TO SOLVE – SHOWS EVIDENCE OF RESEARCH
( information based on statistics, interviews, personal experience, on-line sites etc.)
30 PTS- FULLY DETAILS THE SOLUTION WHICH THE CHARITY PROMOTESAND THE GOOD WORKS THE CHARITY HAS DONE.
20 PTS- USES A MINIMUM OF TWO PERSUASIVE SPEAKING DEVICES( Rhetorical questions, Parallel construction, Allusions, Direct Repetition)
20 PTS-TWO FULL PAGES- TYPED AND DOUBLE SPACED- 12 PT FONT.
20 PTS.- SPEECH IS DELIVERED AND MEETS MINIMUM THREE MINUTES TO A MAXIMUM OF FIVE MINUTES.
30 PTS- BIBLIOGRAPHY - ALL RESEARCH SOURCES ARE CITED ACCORDING TO MLA STYLE
Due Date for presentation: