Week 3 assignment
MONROE’S
MOTIVATIONAL SEQUENCE
Prof. Reece Darham
Please complete the following outline as a key-sentence outline: only ONE sentence per item. Scripted outlines in part or whole will be disqualified from grade.
Title: Catchy and descriptive title
General Purpose: To Persuade
Specific Purpose: What your audience gets out of the presentation
Central Idea: The thesis of the speech
INTRODUCTION
GAIN ATTENTION: Identify the problem
Attention-Getter: Give the audience a wow moment to draw them in.
Preview: What is the subject of the speech?
Relevance: Why is it important to your AUDIENCE?
Credibility: Why should the audience listen to YOU?
Position Statement: Your researched opinion on the topic and why it needs solving!
(Transitional sentence LINKING the Gain Attention step to the Need step)
BODY
NEED: Explanation of the problem
Problem Statement: Identify the problem
Clarification: Give evidence of problem
Illustration: Give examples of how the problem relates to your audience
(Transitional sentence LINKING the Need step to the Satisfaction step)
SATISFACTION: Give the best solution to the problem
Solution Statement: State the most viable solution
Explanation: Briefly but in detail, explain the solution
Reasoning: Show reasoning behind the solution
History: Give example(s) of how solution worked in the past/elsewhere
Nod to other side: Clarify objections your audience may be thinking
(Transitional sentence LINKING the Satisfaction step to the Visualization step)
VISUALIZATION: Implement EITHER of these solutions, not both. Choose ONLY one:
Positive Motivation: This is what it will look like with the problem solved, OR
Negative Motivation: This is what it will be if the problem is not solved
(Transitional sentence LINKING the Visualization step to the Action step)
CONCLUSION
ACTION: Specific instruction on how audience can be part of your solution now
Be Specific: Help by doing this: give phone numbers, addresses, etc.
Be Specific: Donate, sign petition, write congressperson, buy product etc.
(Transitional sentence LINKING the Action step to the General Conclusion)
GENERAL CONCLUSION
:
Review: Summarized your main points
Thesis: Restate your position on the topic
Call to Action: Close with a memorable statement and call to action.
Please Note
: The GENERAL CONCLUSION STEP is a secondary conclusion to wrap-up the entire presentation but is not critical to the speech. Consider your time constraints when delivering this optional step. Mandatory to write the secondary conclusion; optional to deliver it in the speech. Therefore, if you are running out of time, finish at the end of the Action Step; if you have time, finish at the end of the Conclusion Step.
REFERENCES:
Provide a minimum of four references in APA format, AND cite your references above where appropriate.
VISUAL AIDS:
Specifically identify visual aids here or incorporate the visuals into the outline above
Persuasive Speech Assignment: Outline & Presentation
· Outline to be completed like the above template by Sunday at midnight of Week 3;
· Persuasive topic of your choice to follow Monroe’s Motivational Sequence format;
· 6-minutes in duration;
· 4 credible references in APA format and verbally cited in the speech;
· Visual Aid(s) to enhance the speech and incorporated at the appropriate time throughout the speech;
· Extemporaneous delivery ONLY…absolutely NO READING…; memorized or read speeches will be disqualified and receive a zero grade.
· Video and Audio recording submitted under the Persuasive Speech Assignment in Blackboard in one of the approved methods for video submission, due by Sunday at midnight of Week 3;
· A minimum of two ADULT audience members required for recordings or presented to the professor in Keiser Live in Week 4.