Over the semester we’ve learned culture,
demonstrative, informative, and now we’re moving on to persuasive speech soon.
As a speaker, the goal is to convince the audience that whatever you’re talking
about is either true or right. You’re job is to be the promoter. In order to
hold a good argument, one must have sold evidence and facts supporting their
claim, along with a solution. Depending on the topic, having the right
organization pattern is critical for starters. For example, if you’re discussing
Question of Policy, you might want to incorporate the problem-solution pattern
of organization. This shows the audience there is a problem and you have a
solution. I think for my speech, the problem-solution organization might fit
into the whole “People Should Adopt Kids” because of “X” reasons. For one, I am
talking about an institutional problem, and two, there is a tremendous positive
solution that can be made for the community and children. Also, a good method
to keep in mind is the Monroe’s Motivated Sequence. These steps will insure
that your speech is organized in a way that encourages the audience to agree
with your standpoint. Here are the steps in order: attention— a hook that is relevant
to the audience, need— establishing the problem is an issue, satisfaction—describe
the solution, visualization—show the pros vs. the cons, actions—explain ways the
audience can contribute.
I liked that you addressed that in order to truly persuade we need to use facts and statistics because without the concrete evidence we are unable to make the audience believe us. Let's all face it we are college kids if we just use our opinions and experiences to persuade our audience it will not be very affective. I like your topic and I think that it will be very successful with facts and statistics you will be able to show that there is not really much negativity that can come from adopting a child. If we all incorporate what we have learned about organization and using our sources I think that we will be able to prove our points.
ReplyDeleteI think as a speaker, the goal is to convince the audience that whatever you’re talking about is either true or right, but Monroe's motivated sequence is a technique for organizing persuasive speeches that inspire people to take action because they have to believe in what is true or false.
ReplyDeleteIt was developed in the mid-1930s by Alan Monroe at Purdue University. It consists of these steps Attention
Get the attention of your audience using a detailed story, shocking example, dramatic statistic, quotations, etc.
Need
Show how the topic applies to the psychological need of the audience members. The premise here is that audience needs are what motivates action. Go beyond establishing that there is a significant problem. There are many problems that are not particularly relevant to your audience. Show that the need will not go away by itself. Use statistics, examples, etc. Convince your audience that they each have a personal need to take action.
Satisfaction
You need to solve the issue. Provide specific and viable solutions that the government or communities can implement to solve the problem.
Visualization
Tell the audience what will happen if the solution is implemented or does not take place. Be visual and detailed.
Action
Tell the audience what action they can take personally to solve the problem.
There are many descriptions of Monroe's Motivated Sequence. Here is one by Karisa Workman, an instructor at the University of Central Florida in 2011
Attention: Hey! Listen to me, you have a PROBLEM!
Need: Let me EXPLAIN the problem.
Satisfaction: But, I have a SOLUTION!
Visualization: If we IMPLEMENT my solution, this is what will happen. Or, if we don't implement my solution, this is what will happen.
Action: You can help me in this specific way. Can you help me?
The advantage of Monroe's Motivated Sequence is that it emphasizes what the audience can do. Too often the audience feels like a situation is hopeless; Monroe's motivated sequence emphasizes the action the audience can take.
Your topic for your speech is very interesting and I know I'm going to love it when you present it. Facts and statistics seems like the way to go for your presentation because it can make a big impact because of the subject you choose. I don't know about the facts much but it would be great if you told us where society is right now about adoption and where its going then maybe tell us the solution to it all. I think that a lot of people do look at adopting negatively instead of having their own child and I think it would be best to illuminate us with the facts about adopting. You have a very good outline going using monroe's motivated sequence so keep it up.
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