Puersasive speech about legalizing recreational marijuana
take an audience of 6 adults through a strategic persuasive process where you draw their attention to the issue, establish needs in their minds, provide solutions that they may have tried, offer your solution, show them how it works, and then have them act by the end of the speech. The content of your speech will involve an organizational pattern and outline using Monroe’s Motivated Sequence. Although it isn’t necessary for the topic to be controversial, persuasive topics often are. You are expected to research both sides of the issue for controversial topics. A great source for this is Opposing Viewpoints online database. A large part of your grade in persuasive speaking is reflected by your success in recognizing both sides of an issue (or at least not ignoring the opposing side), while clearly proving and supporting your point. Proper reference (verbal citations) to your sources should be made at each main point (at minimum). You must use at minimum of FOUR sources for your speech and they must show in the body of your outline, on your reference page and must be verbally cited in your speech. You must have a CALL to ACTION in your conclusion that is specific. Objective: To move the audience to a specific and behavioral action (in class, in your presence, before the conclusion of the speech).