1. Topic: Do Not Procrastinate
2. Circle the General Purpose of your speech: (to inform or to persuade)
3. List the Main Points that you will develop:
I. The disadvantages for procrastinating
II. The advantages for not procrastinating
4. Method of organization: Circle One Method Below
Chronological; Spatial; Topical; Cause/Effect; Problem/Cause/Solution; Problem/Solution; Comparative Advantages;
Monroe’s Motivated Sequence: [Attention, Need, Satisfaction, Visualization, Action]
5. Specify the Specific Purpose in a phrase containing: (general purpose, topic, and main points) To persuade the audience not to procrastinate in any situation
6. Write a FULLY DEVELOPED SENTENCE stating the Specific Purpose Statement of your speech (includes your specific purpose (#5 above): In order to understand why you should not procrastinate, you fist need to find out what are the disadvantages for procrastinating and what are the advantages for not procrastinating.
7. List a connective/transitional phrase that you may use to get from your Introduction to Main Point I: As you know, people do procrastinate a lot. In your opinion is it bad or good to procrastinate?
8. List a connective/transitional phrase that you may use to get from your MPI to your MPII: The disadvantages for procrastinating are that it forces you to finish your work in a hurry. You will have to stay up all night to finish your work and causes lack of sleep. And sometimes it makes you miss the due dates.
8. List a connective/transitional phrase you may use to get from MPII to your MPIII: The advantages for not procrastinate is that get your done on-time, or sometime even early, which creates less stressful environment and it gives you more free time to be productive.
10. Circle the form of backup support that your will use in your speech:
Anecdotes Comparisons/Contrast Definition Examples Quotations
Illustrations Statistics Visual Aids
Bibliography: Stop Procrastination Info. N.p., 2008. Web. 23 Nov. 2014. <http://www.stopprocrastinatinginfo.com>. Speech 3 November 24, 2014