1. Policy Speech PowerPoint Template

2. Gaining Attention Wake up your audience and get them paying attention.

3. Term Topic State the name of the social problem that is the subject of your term topic and the name of the policy you intend to use to solve it.

4. Importance Explain why the topic is important to you and why it should be important to the audience.

5. Credibility Explain why you are well-suited to speak about your topic.

6. Arguments In the order they will be presented, name the arguments you will use to argue for the merits of your policy.

7. Causes Present the information the audience needs to understand what the social problem is and how it came about. – What is the social problem and why is it a problem? – What are the causes of the problem ?

8. Policy Explain your policy and how it will solve the social problem. If your policy requires more than one action, explain each in turn.

9. Arguments Explain the arguments in favor of your policy. – Between 2 and 5 arguments. – Demonstrates the practicality of the solution. – Consistent organization. – Research supporting each argument. – Appropriate transitions.

10. Conclusion Clear signal to the end of the speech. Term Topic effectively restated. Summarizes main ideas. Effective final appeal.

11. References List of all cited references used in the presentation.