This will be a speech so please write in a manner that will be easy to perform. The topic can be: Why home birth isn’t dangerous OR Why you should wear sunscreen.

Speech to Persuade: Develop a speech to persuade an audience to change their thinking or response to an idea, issue, concept or product. Practice the speech and prepare a video of the presentation.

Requirements:

Topic: You must select an issue that has reasonable pro and con arguments. You should select a topic about which you are passionate. You should not speak about a topic that everyone agrees on; rather, you need to select issues that demand genuine persuasion. You need to develop arguments that are designed to sway audience members who may initially disagree with your position.

Time: The speech should be between 4–5 minutes. Points will be deducted if it is too long or too short. Time yourself when you practice! No outline is required for this assignment. However, I would recommend developing an outline to help you organize your thoughts and information.

Sources: You must orally cite at least one source in your speech. Your evidence should clearly support your arguments and you should explain the inference. You should include a variety of evidence (statistics, examples, testimony, etc.) in your speech.
Use Notecards: Do not read your speech from your outline. Put a keyword outline of your speech on standard 4×6 notecards – use the notecards to refer while delivering your speech.

Visual Aid: A visual aid is not allowed for this speech.
Create Your Video Right in the Assignment.
• Practicing numerous times before you actually get in front of the camera
• Under Submit Assignment click on NEW RECORDING
• When done recording, press STOP RECORDING
• Then click ADD
• Fill in the title with Speech to Inform
• Press ADD
• Your speech should appear in the submission area.