Persuasive

Speeches

Persuasive Speeches
Tries to convince listeners to think or act in a certain
way.
Present information and supporting evidence clearly
and logically
Use charged language - language that appeals to
emotions
Uses Restatement to clarify and emphasize
Employs persuasive appeals

Types of Persuasive Appeals

Appeals to logic: Asks audience to follow line of
reasoning. Uses evidence to build an argument.
Appeals to emotion: causes the audience to have
feelings, including sympathy for others. Uses
words with strong positive and negative
connotations.
Charged language: connect through feelings
Appeals to authority: encourages the audience to rely

Rhetorical Devices
Parallelism: repeating a grammatical structure or
arrangement of words to create rhythm and
momentum

Repetition: using the same words frequently to

reinforce concepts and unify the speech

Analogy: Drawing comparison that shows similarity

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Antithesis: 2 strongly contrasting ideas placed side
by side to show differences
Restatement: restating an idea in different words to
clarify and emphasize.
Rhetorical Questions: questions asked for effect, not
to elicit a response