Sample Outline: Persuasive Speech on Facebook Usage By Janet Aguilar Specific Purpose: To persuade my classmates to eliminate their Facebook use. Central Idea: Facebook users should eliminate their usage because Facebook can negatively affect their relationships with others, their sleeping patterns and health, and their ability to focus on school work. Introduction There she was late into the night still wide awake starring at her phone’s screen. In fact, she had to be at work early in the morning, but scrolling through her Facebook account kept her awake. That girl was me before I deactivated my Facebook account. II. I honestly could not tell you how many hours I spent on Facebook. In the survey that I presented to you all, one person admitted to spending ‘too much’ time on Facebook. That was me in the past, I spent too much time on Facebook. III. Time is precious and once it is gone it does not return. So why do you spend precious time on Facebook? Time that could be spent with family, resting, or just being more productive. IV. Facebook users should eliminate their usage because Facebook can negatively affect their relationships with others, their sleeping patterns and health, and their ability to focus on school work. Body I. I. Family relationships can be affected by your Facebook usage. A. In the survey conducted in class, 11 of 15 students confessed to have ignored someone while they were speaking. 1. Found myself ignoring my children while they spoke. 2. Noticed other people doing the same thing especially in parks and restaurants. B. According to Lynn Postell-Zimmerman on hg.org, Facebook has become a leading cause for divorce. C. In the United States, 1 in 5 couples mentioned Facebook as a reason for divorce in 2009. Transition: We have discussed how Facebook usage can lead to poor relationships with people, next we will discuss how Facebook can affect your sleep patterns and health. II. Facebook usage can negatively affect your sleep patterns and health. A. Checking Facebook before bed. 1. In my survey 11 students said they checked their Facebook account before bed. 2. Staying on Facebook for long hours before bed. B. Research has shown that Facebook can cause depression, anxiety, and addiction. 1. According to researchers Steels, Wickham and Acitelli in an article in the Journal of Social & Clinical Psychology titled ‘Seeing everyone else’s highlight reels: How Facebook usage is linked to depressive symptoms,’ because Facebook users only view the positive of their friend’s life they become unhappy with their life and it can lead to becoming depressed and unhappy. 2. Marissa Maldonado on psychcentral.com, concluded from recent studies that, ‘Facebook increases people’s anxiety levels by making them feel inadequate and generating excess worry and stress.’ 3. Facebook addiction is a serious issue, according to the article ‘Too much Facebook leads to anger and depression’ found on cnn.com and written by Cara Reedy. a. Checking Facebook everywhere we go is a sign of addiction b. Not being able to deactivate your Facebook account. Transitions: Many of you have probably never though as Facebook as a threat to your health, but we will now review how it can affect you as a college student. III. Facebook negatively affects students. A. I often found myself on Facebook instead of doing schoolwork. B. I was constantly checking Facebook which takes away from study time. C. I also found myself checking Facebook while in class, which can lead to poor grades and getting in trouble with the professor. D. A study of over 1,800 college students showed a negative relationship between amount of Facebook time and GPA, as reported by Junco in a 2012 article titled, ‘Too much face and not enough books’ from the journal Computers and Human Behavior. Conclusion I. II. III. In conclusion, next time you log on to Facebook try deactivating your account for a few day and see the difference. You will soon see how it can bring positive changes in your family relationships, will avoid future health problems, will help you sleep better, and will improve your school performance. Instead of communicating through Facebook try visiting or calling your close friends. Deactivating my account truly helped me, and I can assure you we all can survive without Facebook. References Junco, R. (2012). Too much face and not enough books: The relationship between multiple indices of Facebook use and academic performance. Computers in Human Behavior, 28 (1), 187-198. Maldonado, M. (2014). The Anxiety of Facebook. Psych Central. Retrieved from http://psychcentral.com/lib/the-anxiety-of -facebook/ Postell-Zimmerman, L. (1995-2015). Facebook has become a leading cause in divorce cases. HG.org. Retrieved from http://www.hg.org/article.asp?id=27803 Reedy, C. (2015, March 2). Too much Facebook leads to envy and depression. CNNMoney. Retrieved from http:// money.cnn.com/2015/03/02/technology/facebook-envy/ Steers, M. L. N., Wickham, R. E., & Acitelli, L. K. (2014). Seeing everyone else’s highlight reels: How Facebook usage is linked to depressive symptoms. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 33(8), 701-731. DOI: 10.1521/jscp.2014.33.8.701 Adapted from Tucker, B., & Barton, K. (2016). Exploring Public Speaking: 2nd Revision. Communication Open Textbooks. Retrieved from http://oer.galileo.usg.edu/communication-textbooks/1 Speech outline template The template is a guide to use as you develop outlines for your informative and persuasive speeches. This template has three main points in the body of the speech. In your speeches the number and organization of main points, sub points, and sub-sub points may vary depending on the topic and purpose of any given speech. However, the elements needed in the outline, such as title, specific purpose statement, central idea, introduction, body, conclusion, connectives, reference, should remain the same. IMPORTANT: The speech outline is the full representation of the entire speech. You must cite at least 3 times from 3 different credible sources. Entire speech should be written in full sentences. Obesity Specific purpose: To inform my audience about three major causes of obesity Central idea: The three major causes of obesity are a sedentary lifestyle, poor eating habits, and a genetic predisposition to weight gain. Introduction (Approximately 10% of your speech) I. II. III. IV. V. I. (Attention getter) (Preview your topic) a. b. (Your credibility as a speaker) (Relevance to your audience) (Preview your main points) The three major causes of obesity are a sedentary lifestyle, poor eating habits, and a genetic predisposition to weight gain. (Internal preview) The first cause of obesity is a sedentary lifestyle. (Make sure the audience knows you are moving from the introduction to the first main point of the body) Body (First main point) Living a sedentary lifestyle … The first main point is a single complete sentence expressing the main point of this section of the speech 1. Sub-point. As main points, sub-points should be written in full sentences i. Supporting points 2. Sub-point 3. Sub-point (Transition) Now that we discussed how a sedentary lifestyle causes obesity, let’s talk about poor eating habits. (Use a transition connective to help the audience move with you from one main point to the next) II. (Second main point) Poor eating habits … The second main point is a single complete sentence expressing the main point of this section of the speech. 1. i. 2. 3. (Transition) Not that you know about poor eating habits, we will cover how genetic predisposition to weight causes obesity. III. (Third main point) Genetic predisposition to weight gain … The third main point is a single complete sentence expressing the main point of this section of the speech. 1. i. 2. 3. Conclusion (Approximately 10% of your speech) I. II. III. (Signal your conclusion) (Restate your main points) Let the audience know you are ending the speech and reinforce the central idea. (Say something memorable) References (at least 3 references from credible sources; include all sources cited in your speech) (1). Please review chapter:17 (2) Choose and follow an organization pattern: for specific patterns (see below.) and support why you choose it. (3) Complete your outline as per choice of organizational pattern; (4) Include a conclusion; and (5) a list of references. You also need to prepare visual aids, for a 10-minute speech, no more than 10, (refer to chapter 15). Students not presenting will be completing an evaluation form of their peers. Regardless of what day you are presenting upload outline by 10.pm. into Moodle on Sunday June 16th. and bring a hard copy to class the day of your presentation. Please also upload pp presentations into the forum in Moodle by 11.55pm on June 16th. 1. To become familiar when crafting your presentation and to become familiar with persuasive discourse: Carefully read the information in the course outline relating to this assignment and then read chapter17 for Munroe’s motivated sequence and the accompanying handout on organizing a persuasive speech outline. 2. Decide on a topic that would be interesting to your audience and write it down on the list by Wednesday June 12th. 3. Take into consideration that you have 8 to 10 minutes for your presentation. 4. Decide on a presentation outline. Using this information develop your speech, (first level headings 1, 11 111 etc. Second level headings (A,B,C) and third level headings (a.b.c.d). 5. Research your topic, I will expect 3 creditable references 6. You need to upload into Moodle your outline by 10.00pm. Sunday June 16th 7. In addition to your presentation outline, include a brief rationale as to why you choose that particular organizational pattern, and how you adapted your presentation to the needs of your audience. 8. Practice, practice, practice! 9. After you have completed your presentation, be prepared to have a brief question and answer session and then complete a brief self-assessment of your presentation. 10. Develop no more than 8-10 power point slides to accompany your presentation. Please remember rules for developing effective slides! (chapter 15). Your presentation should be uploaded in to the forum in Moodle titled ‘Upload your power points for your presentation here’ Please be sure to place your name on the title of the presentation file. This must be done before class on Monday June 17th. (refer to chapter 15 and pp slides) 11. Please refer to the course outline re penalties for ‘reading” your speech! 12. 1. Outline, rationale for organization and appropriate references 5% 2. Speech delivery 15% 3. Power Point slides 5% Evaluation Criteria for Persuasive Presentation Evaluate on basis of 1 to 5, with 1 indicating greatest need for improvement. ______Introduction (attention strategy) _____ Central Idea _____Purpose statement ____ Significance/Credibility ____ Preview ___ Appropriateness of choice of topic (taking audience views, knowledge, and sensitivities into account, as well as speaker values and interests) ____ Appropriateness of introduction (memorable with purpose, thesis, credibility, preview statement, reason to listen) ____ Appropriateness of choice of organizational pattern (taking topic and audience into account); clarity of organization; inclusion of all necessary steps in organizational pattern; use of signposts, transitions, and internal summaries ____ Effectiveness of audience adaptation strategies (e.g., choosing examples to which audience can relate; translating statistics into meaningful terms; using language that is appropriate to the audience; connecting through reference groups; making reference to a shared perspective; acknowledging audience beliefs, attitudes, and values; making reference to the occasion and/or location of the speech) ____ Contribution to knowledge of audience (extent to which speech offers novel insights and new information, thus adding to what the audience already knows) ____ Quality of logic and reasoning and use of evidence (inclusion of sufficient variety of support materials from reputable sources—e.g., historical and other facts, description, analogies, proverbs and quotations, stories and legends, fables and parables, poems and songs, statistics, examples, explanation and amplification, and expert testimony) ____ Extent to which speech was written for ear rather than eye and inclusion of a wide variety of linguistic and persuasive devices (vivid and concrete language, balanced and parallel sentence structures, antithesis, repetition, alliteration, first and second voice, ‘the rule of threes and fours,’ comparison and contrast, metaphors, similes, personification, analogies, and rhetorical questions) ___ Appropriateness of conclusion (inclusion of summary statement and memorable closing comment) ___ Quality of visual aids, (taking font size, colours, layout, and other variables into account; presenting statistics in appropriate and meaningful formats; creating visuals with aesthetic appeal that can be seen easily) Delivery Verbal Variables ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ Voice quality Pronunciation, articulation, and volume Vocal variety Fluency Use of pauses Pace of delivery Dynamism Sociability Competence Composure Status Other considerations: The following points were deducted for failure to conform to time limits of assignment: _____. 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