Jesse Johnson Speech Bailey April 12‚ 2005 Persuasive Speeches When starting to think about what I am going to do for my persuasive speech I tried to think of a topic that I am going to be able to learn something from and also a topic that I already know something about. I was thinking of doing a speech on legalizing marijuana but I feel that a lot of people do speeches on this so I wanted to think of a new topic. I really have not thought about what
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Severn Cullis-Suzuki gave the speech at the UN Earth Summit of 1992‚ when she was only 12 years old. E.C.O raised money with members of ECO‚ to attend the Summit in Rio de Janeiro. Severn Cullis-Suzuki personally wrote the entire speech (below) Hello‚ I’m Severn Suzuki speaking for E.C.O. - The Environmental Childrens Organisation. We are a group of twelve and thirteen-year-olds trying to make a difference: Vanessa Suttie‚ Morgan Geisler‚ Michelle Quigg and me. We raised all the money ourselves
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CONSTRAINTS ON EFFECTIVE PERSUASIVE SPEAKING Selective Listening -audience attends to messages‚ interprets them ‚ and remembers them selectively -if vague or unclear the audience will “clarify” with their views -start with areas of agreement and move to differences -audience may ignore message because of common ground Selective Perception Denial- refuse to accept a message that challenges them to change no matter what Dismissal- dispute that the message doesn’t apply to them Belittling
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Does the thought of writing and delivering a speech terrify you? Most people share your fear. But why remain scared of public speaking when the solution to this age old problem is so simple? Follow these simple speaking tips and you’ll be ready to present a decent speech next week. First‚ take a deep breath and relax your mind. Your challenge is to speak to an audience about a topic that you know something about. In other words‚ you will be sharing your knowledge in a conversational manner with
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Brazil is the largest country in both South America and the Latin America region. It is the world’s fifth largest country‚ both by geographical area and by population‚ with over 197 million people. The official language of Brazil is Portuguese. It is spoken by about 99% of the population‚ making it one of the strongest elements of national identity. The first European to explore Brazil was Pedro Álvares Cabral in the year of 1500 under the sponsorship of Portugal. From the 16th to the 19th
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Informative and Persuasive Virgilio Caban South University Assignment 2 Abstract In order to understand the two types of speeches we listen to first we must understand the meaning of each‚ for example the Informative speech is as the word states ‘to give information’. The second the Persuasive speech is where a person (the speaker) is trying to convince or sway the audience to follow his/her ideas. Human beings are in general terms visual learners‚ when an individual is presenting a speech
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Speech-Related Activity: 1-minute Speeches Aims: Practice quick analytical thinking‚ expression of opinions Level: This works best with more advanced students‚ and in smaller groups. Materials: Pre-made topic slips‚ a clock or watch for keeping time. Roles: Each speech requires a speaker and a timekeeper. Procedure: The student to perform the speech randomly selects a faced-down strip of paper containing a topic. The student has a short period of time (3 – 5 seconds) to turn the
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Good persuasive speeches comprise three parts. Begin your speech with an attention-getter to hook the listeners. Once the listener becomes interested in the topic‚ outline the problem or the need of the issue and anticipate any counter-arguments. To drive the point home‚ present a call to action. Persuasive speeches should be short‚ concise and to the point. You can give a good persuasive speech in just five minutes if you have the right topic. Obesity in American Children To begin your speech
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some kind of exercise such as walking at least 30 minutes a day. I have seen the difference walking can do on people lives. IV. There are many people suffering everyday from many health diseases due to their lack of activities. Therefore‚
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Chap 1. Purpose for persuasive strategies a. To strengthen commitment i. Move readers further along the scale in the direction they were already headed ii. Listeners may vaguely remember these arguments but had not considered them carefully iii. Very common approach b. To weaken commitment iv. Moving listeners closer to the middle of the scale v. Hostile Audience: An audience this is strongly committed in opposition to the views of
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