Persuasive Speech
CATA101 Speech Three
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Organization?
Visual Aid?
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Where to Start?
Pick a side you will
defend……
You have three
Choices….
• Attack the status quo and show there is a
need to change what we now have.
• Defend the status quo and show what we
are doing is right.
• Tweak the status quo and
show with some minor revisions it will
work.
I. Arguments/Evidence
Why is there a need to change what
we have or keep it or fix it?
►Come up with a list of need
arguments
►See if you have evidence
►Find additional evidence
Example…
I. Consider what children are watching in
movies and it is obvious there is a need to
change the rating system.
A. The MPAA ratings have become
more lenient because Americans
have become more accepting of
violence, sex, and foul language
(MPAA1).
B. Examples of this abound.
1. In the G-rated family movie,”Beauty and the
Beast,” one little girl in the audience began
a life long fear of dogs because of the scene
where the snarling wolves chase Belle
(Morris, “Silver” 2)
2. From my own experience I noticed small
children were visibly upset when watching
the movie “King Kong” with their parents,
even though the movie was rated PG-13 for
Frightening Adventure, Violence and
Disturbing Images.
C. Language is another issue
1. Any movie containing the F-word used
in a NON sexual way receives a PG13
rating, and if the F-word is repeated in
a sexual way, the movie receives an
R rating (Means, 1)
2. In both “Notting Hill” and “My Best
Friend’s Wedding,” the F-word was used to
refer to sex and it still got by with a PG-13
rating (Means, 1).
3. While the Salt Lake Tribune on March 28,
2004, stated that profanity seems to be a big
issue that is address by the MPAA ratings
board,
4. The September 19, 1999, issue of U.S. News
and World Reports stated: “There are many
G and PG-13 movies that contain words
such as ‘damn’ and ‘hell.’”
5. Consequently, we can see that ratings have
become more lenient and children are
watching and hearing more profanity than
ever before.
When you look at your outline for
speech 3, most of your evidence
should come in the Body in the area
of “need.”
•What are your strongest need
arguments?
•Put them as Roman Numeral
One in the Body
Of your outline.
•Make sure you see lots of
evidence.
II. Plan
• If you are going to defend the status quo,
come up with ideas about how and why
it solves the current problems.
• If you are going to attack the status quo,
come up with a plan that will solve the
problems not currently being solved.
• If you are going tweak the status quo,
come up with a plan that does that.
II. The MPAA Guidelines should and can be
changed.
A. First, add a new guideline for children
under 7.
1. The September 29, 1999, issue of
U.S. News and World Report,
suggests a G-6 rating could be in
introduced for movies too intense
for children 6 or younger to see.
2. The MPAA could also make it a
guideline for parents who have children
under the age of 7 to pre-screen movies
before their children see them.
3. Definitely there should be a publicity
blitz about each of these.
B.The current guidelines need to be
tightened.
1. The movie ratings G, PG, PG-13, R
and X are just age guidelines.
2. The MPAA needs to be more specific
about how much sex, drugs,
violence and foul language is in a
movie.
C. It should be a law that a photo ID must be
shown before viewing a movie.
Your Turn:
Come up with a plan that will solve
your need issues OR
Describe that the current system is working just
fine and we should keep it OR
Come up with tweaking that will make the
current system work better.
This will be the middle part of your speech
body.
The third part of the body of your speech
will be an attempt to connect
your need and plan.
Ask yourself: How does my plan solve the
need I discussed in the first part of my
Speech?
III. Connect, connect, connect
Need + Plan = Solution (a better world)
Introduction
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Attention
Motivation
Thesis
Overview
Transition
Conclusion
• Underview
• Call for Action
• Last Thought
Class on Tuesday:
• Finish chapter 15.
• Study the Toulmin Model
• Quiz over both the above & discuss
• We’ll be taking your questionnaires.
• We will be signing up for speech tutors.