ersuasive Speech Outline Assignment
INSTRUCTIONS: Below are a couple of specific requirements for this assignment:
- Speech Theme: A business to support or not support and WHY
- FYI speech submission (due later) will be 4-5 minutes in length so keep this in mind as you’re creating your outline
CONTEXT: For this speech you will select a topic to present. Persuasive speeches seek to influence beliefs, choices, or opinions. This is a speech in which you persuade the audience to DO something. The objective of this speech is to persuade your audience to accept your viewpoint and/or take some action.
DESCRIPTION: For this assignment, you’ll be submitting the Persuasive Speech Outline.
Speech outlines serve as the backbone and driver of your speech delivery, ensuring it’s organized, timely, and effective. Outline are the pre-requisite to any speech as it’s a necessary tool to help you prepare and ensure your speech delivery is strong. For this course, a speech outline with be required for each speech.
Students must follow the formatting and infrastructure of the example provided in the module.
REQUIREMENTS:
- Review the outline examples for guidance. Students must follow the format of the example and adhere to the instructions above
- Do not copy and paste from sources. Must be written in your voice and tone.
- Must include a bibliography/works cited page (minimum of 4 legitimate sources)
- SOURCES: You must cite a minimum of 4 sources in this speech. (Aim for 6 sources, if possible.) The sources must be credible, high-quality sources. Be prepared to cite your sources when you deliver the speech. This means you must say your sources out loud, and list them at the bottom of your slides, throughout your speech.
*Wikipedia and other ‘community shared’ information sites such as blogs, reddit, etc. are not allowed. If you question the legitimacy of the source, don’t use it.