Research Project #3 – The Persuasive Speech
Kamrass; English 10
Purpose – The project synthesizes all of the research projects you have completed since freshman year. This will refine and improve your research abilities, prepare you for college-level work, and help you learn (research helps you own your knowledge). Because of the challenging nature of this project, you will need to rely on two inner abilities that will help you with most anything in life: resilience and problem solving.
You will research an argument of your choice, take notes, organize it, write it then type it with MLA-style for parenthetical citation. The last page of this speech will be your Works Cited page. Finally, because it is a speech, you will read it to the class.
Task –
Research and write a speech to persuade your audience on a topic of choice. Be sure to explore both sides of the argument of a current social issue and include relevant facts, quotes, and stories from your research (documented – of course – with MLA style).
Project Guidelines
· Using claims and counter claims, write a speech that will persuade your audience
· 2-page maximum (It needs to be less than 4 minutes)
· Use reliable sources and document them with MLA guidelines
o essay needs four (4) reliable sources – 3 must be from databases – correctly cited in your speech and on your Works Cited page
· Use MLA style and format to type speech
· Use of Noodletools
o Refer to the Noodletools sheet you received in the beginning of the year.
o “share” project with me (under “2016-17 Persuasive Speech”)
o Ensure that you have the correct information and type it in correctly
§ Any source that you find and use while staring at a computer screen needs to be cited as a Website or database.
Schedule (it keeps snow days and A-B day schedules in mind):
· Topic Choice: either 2/15 or 2/16 (whatever day we meet)
· 1. Set up project and share on Noodletools (NTs) 2. write thesis in NTs and 3. Print and submit Preliminary Bibliography (six sources with 4 databases): either 2/23 or 2/24
· 15 notecards and thesis completed on Noodletools: either 3/9 or 3/10
· *1st draft typed with Works Cited page: either 3/16 or 3/17 {*Have it in your hands when you enter the classroom so that you are ready for a peer review.}
· Speeches will be presented in class either 3/23 or 3/24
Remember that research is rarely straightforward: you will go back and forth through these steps as you work to complete your final speech. For example: even when you complete your preliminary bibliography, you may find that you need to find and cite better sources.
ATTENTION STEP
I. Opening Statement of Interest
A. Reason (s) to Listen
B. Speaker Credibility
C. Thesis Statement
NEED STEP
II. Statement of Need
A. Illustration
B. Ramifications
1.
2.
C. Pointing
SATISFACTION STEP
III. Statement of Solution
A. Explanation of Solution
B. Theoretical Demonstration
1.
2.
3.
C. Practical Experience
D. Meeting Objections
1.
2.
VISUALIZATION STEP
IV. Restatement of Proposed Solution
A. Negative Visualization
B. Positive Visualization
ACTION STEP
V. Restatement and Summary
A. Statement of Specific Action or Attitude Change
B. Statement of Personal Interest
C. Reason to Remember
SOURCES: You will document your sources with in-text and/or parenthetical citation AND a Works Cited page as the last page of your paper.
¶Please note that this format does NOT provide a specific area for your counter-claim. You may structure your speech so that it is your second paragraph (as it is in the persuasive essay format that you learned last year), or find a different organization for it that you think works best. / Persuasive Speech Parts Explained
PERSUASIVE OUTLINE
Begin with an Attention Step that is an
Opening statement of interest: (use one or more of the following)
· A rhetorical question
· A startling statement
· A quotation
· An illustration or story
· A reference to the subject
· A reference to the occasion
Motivate audience interest in your subject by alluding to: (use one or more of the following)
· The practical value of the information for your audience
· A reason to listen
· The audience’s sense of curiosity
· Establish your credibility by:
· Alluding to any first-hand experience you may have had
· Alluding to sources of information you have consulted
Provide orienting material by: (use one or more of the following)
· Previewing main points
· Defining any technical terms that you will be using
Need Step
There are potentially two kinds of needs (your speech uses one of these):
To urge a change - point out what’s wrong with present conditions
To demand preservation of present conditions - point out the danger of a change
The Need Step is developed by:
Illustration: Tell of one or more incidents to illustrate the need
Ramifications: Employ as many additional facts, examples, and quotations as are required
to make the need convincingly impressive.
Pointing: Show its importance to the individuals in the audience.
Satisfaction Step presents a solution.
The Satisfaction Step is developed by (use one or more of the following):
Statement of solution: a brief statement of the attitude, belief, or action you wish the audience to
adopt.
Explanation: Make sure that your proposal is understood.
Theoretical demonstration: show how the solution logically and adequately meets the need pointed
out in the need step, point-by-point!
Practical experience: actual examples showing where this proposal has worked effectively or
where the belief has proven correct.
Meeting objections: forestall opposition by showing how your proposal overcomes any objections
which might be raised.
Visualization Step:
The visualization step must stand the test of reality. The conditions you describe must be at least realistic. The more vividly you make the situation seem, the stronger will be the reaction of the audience. There are three methods of visualizing the future. (use one or more of the following):
Positive: Describe the conditions if your solution is actually carried out. Picture the listeners in that
situation actually enjoying the safety, pleasure, or pride that your proposal will produce.
Negative: Describe conditions if your solution is not carried out. Picture the audience feeling the bad
effects or unpleasantness that the failure to effect your solution will produce.
Contrast: Combination of 1 and 2. Begin with the negative method (undesirable situation) and conclude
with the positive method (desirable solution).
Action Step: developed by (use one or more of the following):
Restatement of main idea and summary of main points.
Statement of specific action or attitude change you want from the audience.
A statement of your personal intent to take the course of action or attitude recommended.
A concluding statement to recapture interest (a reason to remember).
Thanks to Gary Cottle of Southeastern Community College in West Burlington, Iowa for these notes
Here is a suggested outline These are examples/suggestions for the outline
RUBRIC
Plagiarism Check
First, MLA standards must be met in order to ensure the integrity of your research, and to avoid plagiarism (even if you don’t mean to do it).
Does the finished product—letter and Works Cited page—meet MLA standards?
______Yes ______some errors (points deducted) ______No (automatic “Redo”)
If “No,” what was the problem?
- no parenthetical citation present
- information used without citing source in text of letter (more than once)
- no Works Cited page
- the sources cited in the text of the letter don’t match the sources listed on the Works Cited page (or vice versa)
- a number/combination of errors, missing information, etc.
*A reminder: for Noodletools to work properly, you need to input the information properly in the first place.*
Notes: ______
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Final Grade
A-Range:
- Speech is persuasive about a current social issue with specific claim (thesis). Writer/speaker provides enough background information about topic for audience. There are several general arguments that are well-reasoned and supported by evidence from reliable sources (minimum of 4 sources and at least 3 database articles are cited), and a reasonable solution. A counter claim is present and explained. Writing is clear (command of grammar and word choice is evident), logically organized with transitions, and engaging with style and voice.
- For delivery of speech, student voice is not only audible, but inflected when emphasis is needed. Pace is good: student reads at a pace that isn’t too fast, or too slow. Hand gestures and body language correspond to meaning. Clear engagement with classmates is evident with eye contact. It is obvious that student has practiced from delivery and timing (do not exceed 4 minutes). (Don’t read your parenthetical citation aloud.)
B-Range:
The standards are the same as A-range, but standards outlined may not are not met to as high a standard.
C-Range:
All aspects are complete, but arguments may not make sense, or are not compelling. Research information is present, but does not help persuade.
Teacher notes: ______
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Name: ______
Organizational Checklist – Write your name and hand in to me.
- Topic: ______
- 2/23 or 24 - Shared in Noodletools: c yes c no /5(homework)
- 2/23 or 24 - Thesis in Noodletools: c yes c no /5(homework)
- 2/23 or 24 – Submitted Preliminary Bibliography with six sources minimum, 4 databases, and correct format: ______/12 (quiz)
- 3/9 or 10 – Minimum of 15 notecards fully completed in Noodletools (remember to take notes from the number of databases needed in your final copy): ______/45 points (quiz)
First draft and final speech will receive homework grades when you submit them in class (walk in with printed copies at the start of class). Final speech will also receive a writing grade.