TIBAGAN HIGH SCHOOL

Division of City Schools of Makati

Seventh Ave., Brgy. East Rembo
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Name of BARING,Zairylle Grace Capellan 8- Honesty
Grade and Section
Student
Name of Zeny Marie Baring JAD GURTIZA
Name of Teacher
Parent

A PERSUASIVE SPEECH centers on any arguably topic under the sun. It has the primary goal of influencing the
thoughts, feelings, actions, and behaviors or attitudes of listeners (Gamble & Gamble, 2012). It aims to change the
perceptions of listeners, and to convince them that the argument offered by the speaker is more important, practical,
attainable, or feasible.

Which is Better, Death Penalty or Life Imprisonment?

TITLE OF THE PERSUASIVE SPEECH

While I was watching the news on the television I saw a man

weeping over his wife’s coffin, but did you know that his wife died as a
INTRODUCTION
ANECDOTE result of the death penalty law? It is painful to see a family crying over the
Begin your speech with
a personal story,
observation, or coffin of a dead woman. It is also painful to think that she was subjected to
experience.
the death penalty for defending herself against his cruel boss. She was

sentenced to Saudi Arabia. I’d rather have life imprisonment than the death

penalty.
BODY According to the Gallup News.Com, 36% of people agreed that the
FACTS AND FIGURES
Provide striking death penalty is the best punishment for the people who committed a
statistics that can
support your idea. Cite
minimum of three and crime. While 60% agreed to replace it to life imprisonment and the other
maximum of five facts
or figures.
4% still don’t have an opinion.

OPINION
Add in your opinion.
You can begin your Life imprisonment is way better than the death penalty.
statement with, “I
believe that…”

RHETORICAL
QUESTION
Think of and add Why do we condemn them to death for what they have done if we
engaging rhetorical
questions (i.e.,
questions which do not can help them change in prison?
intend to elicit answers,
but to make a point.

EMOTIVE LANGUAGE
Appeal to your Many countries value life why don’t others.
audience’s emotion.

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 SUPERLATIVES You will impose the death penalty if you are God. Because only God
Use superlatives to
exaggerate an idea.
can give and recover a creature's life.

TRIPLING
The rule of three in the
English writing principle
Page | 2 simply entails using
tree words or phrases
to reinforce your point.
This may add to the Punishment. Sentence. Justice.
effectiveness of your
persuasion. A classic
example is Julius
Caesar’ statement:
“Veni, vidi, vici” (I
came, I saw, I
conqured).
As of now, this law has not been implemented yet, but hopefully not.
CONCLUSION
Recall the main points
you talked about in Let’s just pray for the people who are sentenced to death will still be
your speech.

Recount your main suspended. And for the people who died because of the death penalty, you
message.
may now rest in peace.

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