The document provides guidance on developing an effective persuasive speech, including establishing a clear standpoint, appealing to the audience, conducting research to support the standpoint, incorporating examples, facts, statistics and testimony, and properly citing sources. It emphasizes creating an introduction that states the standpoint and introduces supporting questions, as well as developing a conclusion that reviews the main points.

1. To persuade is to advocate, or to ask others to accept your viewpoint. The success in persuasive speaking requires attention to what motivates listeners . The goal of a persuasive speech is to influence the attitudes, beliefs, values and acts of others .

2. Question: Should marijuana be legalzlized in the United States? Write down your standpoint ! Show Your Position in Writing! A n Example: My partner and I feel that marijuana should be legalized for medicinal reasons. Photo: Oldest Skeleton of Human Ancestor Found

3. Your Standpoint (Main Point) My partner and I feel that marijuana should be legalized for medicinal reasons. Medicinal reasons are your main focus that you will discuss in your persuasive writing. 2. Where is the geographical location of the first human being? 3. Explain the first human culture (civilization) of people? 4. What are your observations on the first human being, plea

4. Should marijuana be legalzlized in the United States? Please explain your standpoint Create a Thesis Statement that explains your position. Make sure that your statement is clear and straight to the poin t

5. Who are your listeners? Should you appeal to the listeners attitudes, beliefs and values? Should you adapt your message to audience demographics?

6. Questionnaire --a series of open and closed ended questions. Closed ended questions —elicit a small range of specific answers Should marijuana be legalized in the US? Yes or No

7. Open ended questions —allows audience members to elaborate as much as they wish. How do you feel about the legalization of marijuana ? Each group is required to create a survey for the topic!

8. Based upon your standpoint/main point, develop 4 questions on marijuana for your audience Open ended questions OR Closed ended questions

9. Full Names Greeting Attention Getter(s) Create A Conversation Standpoint/Main Point ONLY FIVE SENTENCES IN THE INTRODUCTION

10. Picking A Topic Brainstorm with Partner(s) for Ideas Narrow your topic to form a specific speech form Compose a Thesis/Standpoint Research sources that support your Standpoint

11. Using Sources From Our Library http://libguides.hgtc.edu/spc205_graham Good Persuasive Speeches contain accurate, relevant, and interesting supporting materials

12. Examples —illustrate, describe, or present things. Their purpose is to aid understanding by making ideas, items, or events more concrete. Share stories —one of the most powerful means of conveying a message is through a story (also called narrative)

13. Testimony -is firsthand findings, eyewitness accounts Lay testimony -or a testimony by nonexperts such as eyewitnesses, can reveal compelling firsthand information that may be unavailable to others.

14. Provide Facts and Statistics Most people require some type of evidence Facts represent documented occurrences, including actual events, dates, times, people and places. Statistics are qualified evidence that summarizes, compares and predicts things.

15. Each group is required to have supporting materials that documents at least two facts and or statistics. ****They can be a part of the speech or in your Hand-out

16. Use Percentages to Express Proportions A percentage is the qualified portion of a whole In creating your data from your questionnaire, each group can use percentages to express portions

17. Books Newspapers Periodicals Government Publications FirstGov.gov Encyclopedias Almanacs Biographical Resources Online Materials

18. Introduction: In A Professional Manner State Your Standpoint Introduce Your Four Questions Pass-0ut Questionnaires

19. What will you do with your Data from the Questionnaires?

20. Primary Research is original or firsthand research such as interviews and questionnaires. The questionnaires are a part of your primary research. The data that you collect should be in the written speech and/or the hand-out.

21. Use Percentages to Express Proportions A percentage is the qualified portion of a whole In examining your data from your questionnaire, each group can use percentages to express portions

22. Example: In our recent survey that we conducted in this class, we found that 90 percent of you all felt that domestic violence is a cruel act. While the other 10 percent of you all were really unsure about your feelings on domestic violence.

23. The most likely sources of secondary research include books, newspapers, periodicals, government publications, blogs and reference works such as encyclopedias, almanacs, books of quotations, atlases and individual search engines(Google, Yahoo!, and MSN Search)

24. In your speech, alert the audience to the source of any ideas not your own: Speech Excerpt Indicating a paraphrase : As reported in the August 8 th , 2005, edition of Newsweek, Executive Chef Jorge of the New York City public schools claimed that until recently, virtually every piece of chicken that was served was breaded or glazed; students

25. drank whole rather than skim milk, and ate white rather than whole-wheat bread. Example of a direct quote: “ The nation’s emergency rooms have been stretched thin for at least a decade or more.” (New York Times Editorial Quotation)

26. Good afternoon everyone, my name is _______________ and this is my co-host ______________. Welcome to HGTC News and today’s hot topic is whether or not sexual education should be taught within our schools. In order to explore this topic, how many of you have children of your own? And let us see a show of hands from those of you who feel that sex education should be taught in our schools? Well, my partner and I are firm believers that sex education should be taught in the schools because our research shows that it reduces unplanned pregnancies ( Stand point).

27. Full Names Greeting Attention Getter(s) Create A Conversation Standpoint/Thesis ONLY FIVE SENTENCES IN THE INTRODUCTION

28. You can use the informal pronoun… YOU Create a conversation within your writing Draw your audience into your speech by using attention getters You can also draw your audience into your speech by creating vocal variety in your delivery Interaction with your partner(s)