Persuasive Speech
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
Speech is worth 75 points
• Introduction:
– You’ll 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
Conclusion
• Give the opposing viewpoint and defend
topic.
• Restate opinion with clincher.
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
Outline????
• Gives specifics and details…. NOT LONG.
• Goes from Numbers to letters and is indented
I. Introduction
A. Attention getter:
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2.
The older you get, the funnier your hair is.
67% of those over 50 have bad hair
B. Topic Sentence
1. Bad hair cuts make me laugh
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
III. Purple grandma hair
A. Age requirement
1.
Must be Senior citizen
B. Questions?
1. Were they going for purple?
2. Why do they go to Hardees for breakfast?
3. Was it an accident?
IV. Mr. Goetz
A. Hair cut already?
1. Growing hair
2. Past ears
B. Too much product!!
1. Hair gel
a. Bed Head
V. Opposing Viewpoint: some like the bad hair!
A. Bowl cut-put a bowl on head and shave around
1.
2.
Military often has this hair cut
Simple is best
a.
b.
c.
d.
All one needs is a trimmer
Simple is best
Anyone can do it
Looks neat in Army green
VI. Conclusion:
A. 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.
B. Clincher: The inventor of Harley Motorbike had
Mullet!
Persuasive Genres
You encounter persuasion every day.
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TV Commercials
Letters to the Editor
Junk mail
Magazine ads
College brochures
Can you think of other persuasive contexts?
ATTENTION GETTER!
Attention! Attention!
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....
ATTENTION
• WHO HERE KNOWS A TEENAGER WHO IS PREGNANT OR WHO HAS
BEEN PREGNANT? (RHETORICAL QUESTION)
• Each year, almost 750,000 teenage women aged 15–19 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)
BAD BEGINNINGS
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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.
Conclusion
• Signal of speech’s 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
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
The Audience of a Poor Speaker
• • Is yawning because the speaker is bored
• and unprepared
• • Is clapping because IT IS OVER early
Writing and Delivering Your Persuasive
Speech
2 Practicing and Delivering
 The best way to practice your speech is to
present it aloud—again 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.
Nervous about Giving a Speech?
The mere thought of giving a speech is Nerve
Wracking for even the most confident people!
You’re not alone!
Researchers have found that the majority of
people are more anxious about public speaking
than they are about going to the dentist!
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
Scratch anything! Now learn more about your
role as a Successful Speech Maker...
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!
The Voice
Modulate the voice (meaning vary or change it!)
You can use inflexion to
Change the meaning
of words! Practice
using voice inflexion!
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 you’re saying
Delivering a Good Speech
There are really only three keys to delivering a
good speech
Prepare!
Plan!
Practice! Practice! Practice
When you know what you’re going to say &
how you’re going to say it you will feel
completely in control!