For this assignment you're going to create an outline using Monroe's Motivational Sequence using one of the topic choices listed below. In the next lesson you'll actually prepare and present your speech, so be sure to choose a topic that you like.
Use the 2.03 Art of Persuasion Workfile to complete this assignment.
Important note: You are creating the script for your 2.04 presentation. This means that your completed 2.03 workfile should take 3-4 minutes to read aloud. Be detailed and complete in this assignment, then your 2.04 next week will be a piece of cake :)
Topic: Required music (or art) classes in public schools
Audience: Your local school board
Specific Purpose: Convince the school board to add a requirement for all high school students to take music (or art) classes in high school, just as they require English, math, and science.
Topic: Public speaking
Audience: Your teacher
Specific Purpose: Convince your teacher that students should not have to do persuasive speaking in front of a large audience.
Topic: Physician-assisted suicide
Audience: A group of doctors
Specific Purpose: Convince the doctors that they should be required to provide compassionate care to assist terminally ill patients who choose to die.
Topic: Corporal punishment
Audience: Parents of young children
Specific Purpose: Convince the group of parents that spanking should never be used as a disciplinary option.