Assignment task:
Choose the topic for your persuasive speech. If possible, choose something with which you're familiar and about which you have strong feelings. Your speech will be much more persuasive if you're personally involved in the topic.
Depending on your choice of topic, determine whether you're reasoning with or motivating your audience. Choose an organizational pattern for your speech. For a reasoning speech, select from statement of reasons, comparative advantages, criteria satisfaction, or refutative pattern. For a motivating speech, choose one of these organizational patterns: problem-solution, problem-cause-solution, or motivated sequence pattern.
Gather information on your topic and make a list of the points you want to mention in your speech. If you gather information from other sources, be sure to give them credit in your speech. Researching for this speech should take about three hours.
Prepare at least one presentation aid for this assignment. Audio/video aids shouldn't be longer than 30 seconds for a 5-minute speech.
Practice your speech in front of some friends or relatives. Ask them for feedback on your presentation. If necessary, revise your speech based on the input you receive.
Recording Your Speech
Once you've rehearsed your speech and you're satisfied with your delivery, record the speech.
Begin the recording by reading the following sentences. In this persuasive speech, I will be _______ (reasoning with the audience or motivating the audience). The audience I'm addressing is _______