Persuasive Speech Day 2 What are different types of persuasive speeches?

Question of Fact, Value or Policy? You will be given a list of SPs. With your table, categorize the specific purposes as one that is questioning: a) Facts b) Values c) Policies. Be prepared to justify your choices with the class. You have 7 minutes.

Questions of Fact Examples: This refers to something that we can know to be either true or false, but right now we can argue about it. Includes historical controversy, predictions, or questions of existence. Examples: 1. To persuade my audience that vaccines can cause brain and growth defects. 2. To persuade my audience that smoking causes cancer. 2. To persuade my audience that Iraq DID NOT have weapons of destruction during the US invasion.

Setting up the Main Points (Facts) General Purpose: To persuade Specific Purpose: To persuade my audience that poaching wild animals is a serious international problem. Central Idea: Poaching is threatening the survival of animal species throughout the African, Asian and American continents. Main Points: 1. In Africa, poaching has claimed thousands of leopards, cheetahs, rhinoceroses, and elephants. 2. In Asia, poaching has all but eliminated the Bengal tigers, snow leopards and musk deer. 3. In the American continents, poaching has driven jaguars, bald eagles, grizzly bears and timber wolves to the brink of extinction.

Questions of Values Examples: This is a question about the worth, rightness or morality of an idea or action. Examples: 1. To persuade my audience that capital punishment is legally and morally wrong. 2. To persuade my audience that Pepsi is better than Coke. 3. To persuade my audience that arranged marriage leads to a lasting relationship.

Setting up the Main Points (Values) General Purpose: To persuade Specific Purpose: To persuade my audience that capital punishment is morally and legally wrong. Central Idea: Capital punishment violates both the Bible and the U.S. Constitution. Main Points: 1. Capital punishment violates the biblical commandment “Thou shall not kill.” 2. Capital punishment violates the constitutional ban on cruel and unusual punishment. 3. Capital punishment murders possibly innocent people.

Questions of Policies Examples: A question about whether a specific course of action should or should not be taken. Examples: 1. To persuade my audience that radio stations should play 30% of its music content from local artists. 2. To persuade my audience that action should be taken now to solve the nation’s shortage of nurses. 3. To persuade my audience that tougher enforcement laws should be enforced on child abusers.

Setting up the Main Points (Policies) General Purpose: To persuade Specific Purpose: To persuade my audience that tougher enforcement laws should be enforced on child abusers. Central Idea: Child Abuse primarily goes unnoticed and unreported. Main Points: 1. My best friend was a victim of child abuse even after reporting the abuse to a school official. 2. Current laws in California only allow CPS to ultimately decide if there are signs of abuse. 3. Evidence of child abuse has to be visually severe in order for there to be immediate action.

3 Types of Policy Speeches: Problem (No Solution) Problem, Solution Speech centered around 2 points only. The solution should reach a personal action as well as a larger scale. Problem, Cause, Solution

Tonight’s Assignment Refine your topic, and specific purpose. Determine if your topic questions fact, values or policies. Begin scaffolding your outline. www.whhsavid.weebly.com Go to: 11th grade and scroll down to: