Persuasive Speech
Ana Perez Cortes GEO 102 10:30-11:45
Animals in Entertainment: Zoos & Circuses
Topic: Animals in entertainment: Zoos and Circuses
Specific Purpose: To persuade my audience to support the PETA organization which advocates for animal rights, whether its becoming a member, donating money or just supporting their cause.
I. Introduction
A. Attention-Getting (Hook) Material (focus attention on problem): Imagine being on an island where you have the freedom to do whatever you want whenever you want, suddenly you are taken from that luxurious island and put behind bars in a cage with limited spacing. You are then told that this is for your safety and they are just “trying to protect you”. You began getting …show more content…
Tie to Audience: Although for many of us it’s hard to see ourselves in this type of scenario, this is what animals experience when they are taken from their homes and placed in cages whether it’s to “educate” the audience or “entertain” an audience at a circus. Many of us have attended a zoo or a circus and have been guilty of forgetting how the animals might feel being there, I know I have. C. Credibility Material: I have personally attended a zoo/circus, and have seen the type of environment the animals live in. I have also been researching this topic for several weeks now.
D. Thesis & Preview of main points: Today I will begin by informing you about my topic, then I will proceed into informing you about who is affected, and I will finish with solutions.
II. Body
A. Main Point #1 – Need (This is material from your Simple Informative speech)
1. Statement of Need for Action: The use of animals in different types of entertainment such as zoos and circuses has had a lot of controversy because of the harm it causes to the animals, physically and …show more content…
Main Point #2 Present Solution that Satisfies Need (This is material from your Opposing View or Multiple Solution Speech)
1. (Description of Solution) “The primary federal law, the Animal Welfare Act (AWA), regulates licensing, housing, exhibiting, transporting, and caring for captive wild animals. It was adopted by Congress to protect “warm-blooded” animals bred for commercial sale, used in research, transported commercially, or publicly exhibited.” This might seem like a solution but it fails because it excludes “protection for birds, rats, and mice, farmed animals, and “cold-blooded” animals. Furthermore, it establishes only minimal standards of care for licensing exhibitors. It does not restrict the display or private ownership of captive wild animals or prohibit the use of controversial whips, electrical shock, or other devices commonly used in circuses.” (aldf.org) Implementing more laws, would help secure the lives of animals in places like the zoo and
Animals in Entertainment: Zoos & Circuses
Topic: Animals in entertainment: Zoos and Circuses
Specific Purpose: To persuade my audience to support the PETA organization which advocates for animal rights, whether its becoming a member, donating money or just supporting their cause.
I. Introduction
A. Attention-Getting (Hook) Material (focus attention on problem): Imagine being on an island where you have the freedom to do whatever you want whenever you want, suddenly you are taken from that luxurious island and put behind bars in a cage with limited spacing. You are then told that this is for your safety and they are just “trying to protect you”. You began getting …show more content…
Tie to Audience: Although for many of us it’s hard to see ourselves in this type of scenario, this is what animals experience when they are taken from their homes and placed in cages whether it’s to “educate” the audience or “entertain” an audience at a circus. Many of us have attended a zoo or a circus and have been guilty of forgetting how the animals might feel being there, I know I have. C. Credibility Material: I have personally attended a zoo/circus, and have seen the type of environment the animals live in. I have also been researching this topic for several weeks now.
D. Thesis & Preview of main points: Today I will begin by informing you about my topic, then I will proceed into informing you about who is affected, and I will finish with solutions.
II. Body
A. Main Point #1 – Need (This is material from your Simple Informative speech)
1. Statement of Need for Action: The use of animals in different types of entertainment such as zoos and circuses has had a lot of controversy because of the harm it causes to the animals, physically and …show more content…
Main Point #2 Present Solution that Satisfies Need (This is material from your Opposing View or Multiple Solution Speech)
1. (Description of Solution) “The primary federal law, the Animal Welfare Act (AWA), regulates licensing, housing, exhibiting, transporting, and caring for captive wild animals. It was adopted by Congress to protect “warm-blooded” animals bred for commercial sale, used in research, transported commercially, or publicly exhibited.” This might seem like a solution but it fails because it excludes “protection for birds, rats, and mice, farmed animals, and “cold-blooded” animals. Furthermore, it establishes only minimal standards of care for licensing exhibitors. It does not restrict the display or private ownership of captive wild animals or prohibit the use of controversial whips, electrical shock, or other devices commonly used in circuses.” (aldf.org) Implementing more laws, would help secure the lives of animals in places like the zoo and