Persuasive Speech

It is the process of creating, reinforcing, or changing people’s beliefs or actions.

• Accusation

• Persuasion

• Presenting

• Outline

What IS NOT a type of question for persuasive speeches?

• Question of fact

• Question of policy

• Question of value

• Question of agreement

It is a question about the truth or falsity of an assertion.

• Fact

• Assertion

• Value

• Policy

It is a question about the worth, rightness, morality, and so forth of an idea or action.

• Fact

• Assertion

• Value

• Policy

It is a question about whether a specific course of action should or should not be taken.

• Fact

• Assertion

• Value

• Policy

It is a method of organizing persuasive speeches that seek immediate action. The five steps are attention, need, satisfaction, visualization, and action.

• Comparative Advantages Order

• Problem-Solution Order

• Monroe’s Motivated Sequence

• None

When your audience already agrees that a problem exists, you can devote your speech to comparing each main point, explaining why your solution is preferable to other proposed solutions.

• Comparative Advantages Order

• Problem-Solution Order

• Monroe’s Motivated Sequence

• None

The situation for an informative speech is ____________. The speaker acts as a lecturer or a teacher. The aim is to give information as impartially as possible, not to argue for a particular point of view.

• partisan

• nonpartisan

The situation for a persuasive speech on a question of fact is ___________. The speaker acts as an advocate. The aim is not to be impartial, but to present one view of the facts as persuasively as possible. The speaker may mention competing views of the facts, but only to refute them.

• partisan

• nonpartisan

What IS NOT a type of speech on questions of policy?

• Speeches to Gain Passive Agreement

• Speeches to Gain Information

• Speeches to Gain Immediate Action