Pursuasive Policy
Persuasive Policy Outline
Specific Purpose: To persuade my audience that the fight against bullying begins at home.
Central Problem Statement: Due to the increase in bullying in schools, there is a need to prohibit bullying and create a safe and educational enviroment.
INTRODUCTION
Attention Step (Pathos) I. Bullies. Dictionary.com defines bullies as a blustering, quarrelsome, overbearing person who habitually badgers and intimidates smaller or weaker people. I will now share a true story with you and I want you to think to yourselves if this story poses as the definition. A few years ago, on the evening of September 9th, 2010, a boy of Greensburg named Billy Lucas committed suicide by hanging. Earlier that day Billy had been suspended from school for cursing at the bullies that were harassing with “gay” discourse. Channel 8 news reports that a day before Billy committed suicide that his sister told a good friend of Billy’s that “He had a chair pulled out from underneath him and was told to go hang himself.” Later that evening that is just what he did.
Reveal the Topic II. There are a few substantial policies that are set in the school systems that prevent bulling from occurring, only to limit it.
Relevancy (Logos) III. Most schools pretty much have the same policy with in their school system, which is called the Anti-Bully Policy. This policy basically states that any student or employee will not be abused psychologically or physically.
Credibility IV. I have had personal experience with this as my friend was a victim in a bullying case. Unfortunately for him, he awaited the same fate as Billy as he committed suicide after being pushed to the edge.
Preview V. For the next few minutes, I will share about the frequency at which bullying occurs without interference not only in the state of Indiana but the entire country. I will also state the obvious by saying the policies set in now are ineffective and
Specific Purpose: To persuade my audience that the fight against bullying begins at home.
Central Problem Statement: Due to the increase in bullying in schools, there is a need to prohibit bullying and create a safe and educational enviroment.
INTRODUCTION
Attention Step (Pathos) I. Bullies. Dictionary.com defines bullies as a blustering, quarrelsome, overbearing person who habitually badgers and intimidates smaller or weaker people. I will now share a true story with you and I want you to think to yourselves if this story poses as the definition. A few years ago, on the evening of September 9th, 2010, a boy of Greensburg named Billy Lucas committed suicide by hanging. Earlier that day Billy had been suspended from school for cursing at the bullies that were harassing with “gay” discourse. Channel 8 news reports that a day before Billy committed suicide that his sister told a good friend of Billy’s that “He had a chair pulled out from underneath him and was told to go hang himself.” Later that evening that is just what he did.
Reveal the Topic II. There are a few substantial policies that are set in the school systems that prevent bulling from occurring, only to limit it.
Relevancy (Logos) III. Most schools pretty much have the same policy with in their school system, which is called the Anti-Bully Policy. This policy basically states that any student or employee will not be abused psychologically or physically.
Credibility IV. I have had personal experience with this as my friend was a victim in a bullying case. Unfortunately for him, he awaited the same fate as Billy as he committed suicide after being pushed to the edge.
Preview V. For the next few minutes, I will share about the frequency at which bullying occurs without interference not only in the state of Indiana but the entire country. I will also state the obvious by saying the policies set in now are ineffective and