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Purpose of Assignment:

In this final speech, you will apply all of the concepts you have learned so far in this course. You will stay with your informative speech topic, using your peers’ feedback to craft a sound and effectively communicated persuasive argument. Your goal is to influence this audience to effect change in their lives and in their communities. Your thesis should be stated as a proposition of public policy on an issue of social significance. In addition, you must call for a direct and specific course of action from your audience. Your speech is to be based on sound reasoning and evidence and must include motivational appeals; to be effective in your attempts to persuade, you must establish yourself as a credible speaker.

Speech:

• Your topic should be socially significant, timely and one that you find very interesting.
• The speech should be six to eight minutes in length (if outside 6-8 minutes, there will be a 10% grade reduction).
• The introduction and conclusion should be fully developed.
• Be prepared to answer questions from the audience after the conclusion of your speech.
• Your style (language choice) should be clear, appropriate, vivid, and varied.
• Your delivery skills should be the best so far— extemporaneous, conversational, energetic, and non-distracting. Also, use visual aids effectively. 

Speech Organization:

• The speech should be well organized using the Problem-Solution or Monroe’s Motivated Sequence patterns.
• There should be a definite, logical connective bridging each component of the speech.
• Each main point should be clearly stated and developed.
• Adhere to the principles of clear explanation. Use organizers (signposts, enumeration, acronyms, slogans), emphasis cues, analogies, and repetition.

Speech Development:

• Avoid the use of reasoning fallacies.
• Use at least two different methods to establish your credibility with the audience (i.e., concern, competence, trustworthiness, dynamism).
• Use at least one appeal to audience needs and one appeal to audience values.
• Cite at least four different, credible sources in your speech.