THIS SPEECH TOPIC WILL BE ON: “Should transgender athletes who used to be male compete in women’s sports?”
Your persuasive speech presentation should be 6 to 8 minutes in length.
A simple 2 part – Problem/Solution(s) or 3 part – Problem/Cause(s) /Solution(s) speeches are popular among students. For example, if you believe that global warming is real, you would first persuade your audience of the problem of global warming and then discuss the solution(s) to global warming.
If you wanted a 3-point speech, then you would simple persuade your audience of the problem of global warming, give the causes(s) of global warming, and then finally the solutions(s) to global warming.
Not every speech will fit into the cookie-cutter 2 part problem/ solution or 3 part problem/cause/solution mold. For example, euthanasia or assisted suicide is an easy persuasive speech topic, but it is a medical/moral/ethics speech.
Controversial topics are some of the most straightforward issues to select because they are very defined, and there is a good amount of information on them. While these topics elicit passionate and robust opinions by the speaker, we are in a collegiate environment, and all presentations are done respecting other viewpoints. You can disagree without being disagreeable.
You will need at least three sources.
The introduction will be the same as the directions below for an informative speech. The only difference is in the tone. An informative speech thesis might have been, “Today, I’d like to educate you about Alzheimer’s disease.” However, a persuasive thesis would read, “Today I’d like to discuss with you the growing issue of Alzheimer’s disease in the US and why there must be an increase in federal funding for research to cure this terrible disease.”
Informative Speech Introduction. 5 steps. Keep it short and to the point.
Attention Catcher: The goal is of the attention catcher is to get your audience’s attention. What are ways you can start a speech with an online class?
You can tell a story about yourself, someone else or create a hypothetical situation.
You can ask a rhetorical question. (I would limit this to no more than 2 rhetorical questions.)
You can use statistic(s).
You can use a quote. Make sure you get the quote correct and associate it to the correct person. In other words, don’t tie the quote to Oprah Winfrey when it was President Reagan.
Listener Relevance: This establishes why your audience should be interested, curious, concerned, or intrigued about your topic. It might establish why, as your audience, we should we should find this topic important. Many times, students use one to three statistics for listener relevance, or they will state how the person they are teaching about changed an industry or sport.
Speaker Credibility: ONE Sentence about why you chose your topic. For Curt, it was an anthropology course he took. For you, it could be because someone in your family had a certain illness, or an article your read.
Thesis: ONE sentence about what your speech is about. “Today, I would like to better inform you about Alzheimer’s disease” or “Today, I would like to speak with you about the life of golfing great, Tiger Woods.”
Preview: This is the most important part of your introduction. The preview lists your 2 to 3 points, and in the order you will discuss them. Be short, direct, and specific.
