An outline (1 submission per team) is required for both Persuasive Speeches and for the Informative speech, including at least 5 outside sources for full credit. To be valid for grading, sources must be:

1. MLK Library article OR

2. National/International News Source OR

3. Published Academic Journals (not abstract or thesis)- at least 2 such sources AND

4. Industry specific magazines and websites dependent on topic – must be pre-cleared with Instructor in proposal.

No random blogs or uncertified websites to be used without prior permission.

Note on wikipedia- you may use the sources cited in the end, not wikipedia itself. READ ALL sources before including in your formats.

For Persuasive Speech 2 here is the outline formatActions

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Finally, format all outlines in APA formatLinks to an external site. to look like this. Links to an external site.(reference list only, pg. 9 of PDF)

Here is a checklist, be sure your outline includes all the below items:

1. Personalize to yourself and your audience – how are you affected, why are you a good advocate, how is the audience going to gain or lose from the outcome?

2. Create a sense of urgency – what happens if we don’t act now/soon?

3. What are the tangible benefits or loss to audience? e.g. save money

4. Which ally organization (usually nonprofit) are you aligning with?

5. What concrete ways can the audience help? Give more than one option where possible. e.g. donate money OR in-kind OR volunteer time

6. What website, address or event info can you provide?

7. Think of top 3 doubts your audience has/will have and how to overcome them.

This 4-6 minute speech requires using Monroe’s Motivated Sequence to modify your audience’s beliefs, attitudes, and/or behaviors, suggesting a Call to Action as well.

To review, Monroe’s Motivated Sequence consists of:

1. Attention

2. Need/Problem

3. Satisfaction/Solution

4. Visualization

5. Action

To pick a topic, review major news sources and narrow down a topic based on science, business, society, or culture. Pick something many folks care about, but have different views on – something unresolved.

Use evidence and reasoning, not just emotional appeals. The use of quantitative reasoning (such as statistics) is required in this speech. (CLO1, CLO2, CLO3, CLO4).

5 Sources must be cited out loud during the speech for references credit. Cite the author’s name, year of publication and name of the source itself (e.g., “According to Jill Brown in the Chicago Tribune, 2005…”). You will need a typed outline for this speech. Sources must be listed on the 2nd page of the Outline in APA format (Links to an external site.)