Speaking and Presenting
Ms. McGrath
Name ___________________________________
The “Hostile Audience” Speech
Your task:
The purpose of this speech is to persuade a hostile audience to accept your proposal. Ideally, you
want every person in the group to change his/her mind about the controversial topic that you
address.
Your format:
Use Monroe’s Motivated Sequence with the proper adaptations for a hostile audience.
1) Attention (Hook)
a. Grasp the audience’s attention!
2) Empathy
a. Acknowledge the audience’s views, validate and empathize
b. Establish common ground
3) Need
a. Make them see that there is a serious problem and that action must be taken
4) Refutation
a. Acknowledge counterarguments and one by one, explain why they aren’t valid
5) Satisfaction
a. Provide your solution to this problem and explain why it will work
6) Visualization
a. Positive Method: Provide a vision of all the wonderful things that will occur if the
audience adopts your proposal
b. Negative Method: Provide a vision of all the terrible things that will occur if the
audience does not adopt your proposal.
7) Action
a. Provide audience members with something concrete and immediate that they can do
to take action
8) Closer
Requirements:
- Your speech should be 2-4 minutes in length.
- This is an extemporaneous speech. Notecards will be collected.
Research:
- In order to strengthen the logos aspect of your speech, you will need to use five outside
sources as you research this speech. Two of these sources should be interviews with your
classmates. Research should be documented on NoodleTools.
Online Library Tools – UserName & Password for each : quaker
 Issues and Controversies Online
 Global Issues in Context Online
 Congressional Digest Pro & Con Online
Sign into QVSD NoodleTools subscription
o http://www.noodletools.com/login.php
o If you don’t have a personal ID – create one
o If you have a personal ID sign-in
 Personal ID – lastname first initial
 Username – VPN
1. Create a NEW Project
 MLA Advanced
 Project Name “Hostile Audience” Speech
 Create Project
Each time you do research go back to this Project “Hostile Audience” Speech
2. Share project with Ms McGrath Speaking Presenting Period 1-5 /11-12
3. Components
 Choose Bibliography to create a citation for a Source
Select a citation type: Database
Others Include:
 Student Interviews
 Website
 eBook Sources

Choose NoteCards to attribute information from a Source
A Note Card SET contains 1 MAIN IDEA
o New NoteCard
o Title the NoteCard – each notecard requires a title
o Attribute to a source (find your source)
Skip other parts at this time
Create NoteCards
 Direct Quotation
Copy and paste information directly from a source that you want to say
exactly in your speech

Paraphrase Summary
Rewrite the direct quote in your own words

My Ideas
What and how will you use the information during the speech?
SAVE NoteCard
DRAG NoteCard over to white area in template
Another MAIN IDEA?
Start Process again for new NoteCard set
4. Electronic Outline – If assigned by Ms. McGrath
 Create an Outline on the right side of the screen using these main areas
o Drag the NoteCards that Match the Outline
o Your Speech has been created for you
1) Attention (Hook)
a. Grasp the audience’s attention!
2) Empathy
a. Acknowledge the audience’s views, validate and empathize
b. Establish common ground
3) Need
a. Make them see that there is a serious problem and that action must be taken
4) Refutation
a. Acknowledge counterarguments and one by one, explain why they aren’t valid
5) Satisfaction
a. Provide your solution to this problem and explain why it will work
6) Visualization
a. Positive Method: Provide a vision of all the wonderful things that will occur if the
audience adopts your proposal
b. Negative Method: Provide a vision of all the terrible things that will occur if the
audience does not adopt your proposal.
7) Action
a. Provide audience members with something concrete and immediate that they can do
to take action
8) Closer
Drag NoteCards over to match the Outline where you need the
information.