Persuasive Speech
Grade
25% Ethos Do you sound credible?
25% Pathos Did you make an emotional connection with the audience?
25% Logos Did you support your argument with data/facts/figures?
15% Attention Getter
10% Sources/references
START WITH an Attention Getter Start off your speech with something unusual. Examples are:
Ask a question to the class that might shock them about your topic
or might make the topic more personal to them
Give a statistic or data point that is surprising about topic. sorething that might shock the class
Then explain your Specific Purpose: To persuade my audience to ..?
INTRODUCTION
Pathos and Credibility
GIVE INFORMATION THAT AUDIENCE CAN RELATE TO
TELL STORIES
MAKE AN EMOTIONAL CONNECTION (pathos).
BODY (LOGOS EXPLAIN and SUPPORT YOUR ARGUMENT WITH FACTS/FIGURES/STATISTICS) A big part of your grade is the faci support your argument with data/facts/research
CONCLUSION
WORKS CITED (2 or 3)