Persuasive Speech Outline

You will persuade your audience (the class) to be interested/motivated to purchase a product based on the following criteria.

  • real (something we can see and touch)
  • legal
  • be able to purchase online or in a local store
  • current retail price- $50-100 US
  • not anything living, like a pet etc.
  • not a weapon of any kind
  • not a drug, alcohol etc.
  • nothing distasteful or potentially offensive to others
  • persuade the audience to support your product.
  • video editing and video stopping/pausing are NOT allowed.
  • LENGTH – Your presentation will last from two minutes – two minutes and thirty seconds. Any longer or shorter will reduce your grade.
  • ORGANIZATION – You will organize your presentation based on Monroe’s Motivated Sequence. See pp. 290-291 in your textbook.
  • OUTLINE – You will turn in a complete sentence outline in the dropbox. Look at pp. 246-247 in your textbook for information and be sure to note how references are formatted (pp. 247).
  • REFERENCES – You should have at least two credible references in your bibliography.