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Name
Teacher Name
English III
Date
Persuasive Speech Title [Yours needs to be creative!]
I. Introduction
A. Attention-getter
B. Link
C. Thesis
D. Preview
II. Body
A. Main Point 1 (each section should be written in complete sentences)
1. Topic Sentence
2. Verbal Citation To Introduce Direct Quote
3. Direct Quote
4. Analysis/Explanation
5. Counterclaim and Counterargument (either in Main Point 1, Main Point 2, or both)
B. Main Point 2 (each section should be written in complete sentences)
1. Topic Sentence
2. Verbal Citation To Introduce Direct Quote
3. Direct Quote
4. Analysis/Explanation
C. Optional Main Point 3 (Each section should be written in complete sentences)
III. Conclusion
A. Restate Thesis
B. Summarize Main Points
C. Call to Action

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Requirements:
o 2-3 minutes
o Address a contemporary issue
o Structure
o Claim/Thesis
o Support
o Counterclaim (either in Main Point 1, Main Point 2, or both)
o Conclusion = Call to Action
o Rhetorical Appeals (logos, ethos, pathos) and Rhetorical Devices (parallelism, rhetorical questions,
allusion, figurative language, etc.)
o Varied Syntax
o Inflection and Gestures
Verbal Citations: Your speech must include a minimum of 2 VERBAL CITATIONS (at least one direct quote
from each article/source)

Verbal Citation MUST INCLUDE:

o Author of article/source
o Article title, book title or magazine title
o Background of either author or publication (book, novel or website)
o Direct quote from research articles
Examples:
o Book:
Margaret Brownwell, professor of nutrition at the University of New Mexico , writes in
her book, Dieting Sensibly, that
o Magazine, journal or newspaper article
An article titled Biofuels Boom in a September 2010 issue of Journal of Environment
and Development, notes that mid-western energy companies

Annotated Bibliography: You must submit an Annotated Bibliography that evaluates all the sources you use in
your speech. The purpose of the Annotated Bibliography is to
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Provide a citation (MLA formatting) for the source

Summarize the source
Evaluate the credibility of the author/publisher/source
Consider the importance of this source to your research purposes

An example is provided on my website under this weeks agenda.