Week 6: Persuasive Speech

What is Persuasive Speech?

• Persuasive speeches can be about anything where we try to
persuade the audience to agree with a particular point of view over
a topic. Persuasive speeches deal with controversial topics that
touch on listeners’ most basic attitudes, values, and beliefs.
• Plus, persuasion is the process of changing/influencing people’s
believes, attitudes and decisions.
• Some examples of persuasive speech topics include:
• 1. Are beauty contests harmful?
• 2. Is physical force a justifiable method of punishing children?
3.Does television have a negative influence on society?
• 4.Should capital punishment be abolished?
• 5. Environment can be sacrificed for economy.
 Persuasive speeches: mental give and
take
.
Vital Elements
• Credibility
• Delivery
• Supporting Materials
• Language
• Reasoning
• Emotional Appeal
 Persuasive Speeches: a mental
dialogue
• Ali: The government needs to put an end to celebrity shows of
Bollywood performers here at Dhaka. This is certainly a threat to
the sanity of our culture.
• B: Yes, I do agree that concerts of Bollywood superstars are
causing cultural nuisance here but government censorship is
actually against the freedom of thought. Everybody has right to
define what is good or bad. So, instead of government
censorship, helping people form love for our own culture is a
better solution.
 Does television have a negative influence on society?

Pros Cons
• Shows programs of inappropriate • to gain knowledge on various
materials for children subjects
• Waste of time • Entertainment
• Bring outlandish culture which kills our • Teaches children values
own identity • Distance learning
• Bad effect on bodies and eyes • Represents new culture– a wide open
• Unwanted conflicts in the family door to know the world
• Family time
 Environment can be sacrificed for economy.
Yes
• Cement industry has some negative
effects on our environment. However,
for some absolute reasons we can not
ignore the economic benefits that
these provide. Employment
• Population is increasing but food is
not. How can we feed? Insecticides
needed
• Current global economic condition-
Later we will invest on environment
No
• Long term effect is very serious---
example from Doi Moi project of
Vietnam and Japan
• Financial compensations is actually
taking too much money
• Burning example is severe pollution of
Buriganga river which is now beyond
any cure
• Examples from India- Tata company
removed their factory from west
Bengal