Craft a Persuasive Speech that Captivates Your Audience

Abstract

Add Your Persuasive Speech Title Here Name: Topic: General Goal: To persuade Specific Goal: Thesis: Introduction I. Attention and interest (motivate your audience to listen to the speech; you must include a relevancy statement here) ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ II.Credibility (establish your credibility to speak on this topic) _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ III.Thesis Statement (the central/key idea of your speech; should only be one single sentence) _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ IV.Preview the main points of your body (Today, I am going to tell you ____, _____, and _____.) _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ V. Transition (transition to the body of the speech) __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Body Main Point 1 (Claim that supports thesis) ___________________________________________________________________________ Subpoint A (supports or explains the first main point) ________________________________________________________________________ Sub-sub point (supports or explain Subpoint A; include any sources) __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Sub-sub point (supports or explain Subpoint A; include any sources) __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Subpoint B (supports or explains the first main point) ________________________________________________________________________ Sub-sub point (supports or explain Subpoint B; include any sources) __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Sub-sub point (supports or explain Subpoint B; include any sources) __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ TRANSITION to second main point ________________________________________________________ Main Point 2 (Claim that supports thesis) ___________________________________________________________________________ Subpoint (supports or explains the second main point) ________________________________________________________________________ Sub-sub point (supports or explain Subpoint A; include any sources) __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Sub-sub point (supports or explain Subpoint A; include any sources) __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Subpoint (supports or explains the second main point) ________________________________________________________________________ Sub-sub point (supports or explain Subpoint B; include any sources) __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Sub-sub point (supports or explain Subpoint B; include any sources) __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ TRANSITION to third main point __________________________________________________________ Main Point 3 (Claim that supports thesis) ___________________________________________________________________________ Subpoint (supports or explains the third main point) ________________________________________________________________________ Sub-sub point (supports or explain Subpoint A; include any sources) __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Sub-sub point (supports or explain Subpoint A; include any sources) __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Subpoint (supports or explains the third main point) Sub-sub point (supports or explain Subpoint B; include...