Define any new terms or concepts used in your speech

Define any new terms or concepts used in your speech

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Speech Preparation 4: Persuasive Speech Writing and Research
After completing the reading activity for this module complete the following:
1. Define any new terms or concepts used in your speech that were new to
you. You should also include anything technical, foreign, or new to your
audience.
2.
Discuss your research. List your sources in the order in which you
discovered them. Evaluate them in terms of value to speech and
credibility. Note: Personal experience and interviews are valid sources.
Example Source Author(s) Confessions of an Economic Hitman John Perkins Value Credibility High High The Wall Street Journal article
Hersh Silverman Moderate High
3.
Provide three (3) examples of the supporting material you will use in
your speech. Supporting materials include Examples, Statistics, Testimonials.
Cite from source list you produce for question no. 2.
3.
What is the context for your speech? Are their likely to be different
opinion on your topic? What persuasive strategies will you employ to convince
your audience?
3.
Select one point from you main points and write two (2) paragraphs
supporting your assertions. Use language that will help your cause, not offend
the audience and build your credibility. Speech Preparation 5: Persuasive Speech Writing and Research
After completing your reading assignment for this module answer the following:
1. Select two (2) of your main points and provide two (2) pieces of
evidence to support each of them. Set-up your answer in the following
manner: Main Point 1
Evidence 1
Evidence 2
Main Point 2
Evidence 1
Evidence 2 2.
Apply at least three (3) of the four (4) reasoning techniques outlined in
the chart below to your evidence. Apply your choices to your evidence to
support your claim. Your claim can be your thesis – what you are ultimately
trying to get at.
Inductive Reasoning
Evidence (E:)
Reasoning: Past patterns indicate future performance (R:)
Claim (C:) Inductive: General to Specific
E:
R:
C: Deductive Reasoning
Evidence (E:)
Reasoning: Establishing relationships between things (R:)
Claim (C:) Deductive: Specific to General
E:
R:
C: Casual Reasoning
Evidence (E:)
Reasoning: Linking events through cause and effect (R:)
Claim (C:) Casual: Cause and Effect
E:
R:
C: Reasoning by Analogy
Evidence (E:)
Reasoning: Comparing two similar things (R:)
Claim (C:) Analogy: Comparing
E:
R:
C:
3.
Identify one potential fallacy in your reasoning. Look at the list of
reasoning fallacies in your textbook and determine which one your topic might
be most likely to use.
4.
After looking at Maslow’s Hierarchy (Chapter 20, fig. 20.1) determine
which needs your speech will target.
4.
How will you motivate your audience? What needs or fears will you
appeal to?