Category: Speech

The purpose of this speech is to commemorate someone using one of two speech genres. You will have between two and three minutes to honor someone through a toast or a eulogy.
If you choose a toast, pretend one of your friends is getting married. Raise a glass and tell stories that honor the couple and the choice to get married. You should bring in a beverage and cups so everyone in the audience can raise their glass to the happy couple.
If you choose a eulogy, you will be providing the funeral oration for a fictional character. Create a memorial picture of the character to display next to you while you are performing the speech. Be sure to honor the person’s life, as well as the need of the audience to mourn and rejoice.
In writing your speech, adhere to the following rules:
The speech does not have to follow an outline, but, rather, should follow a narrative organizational pattern. In other words, you should tell a story. The organization should, however, make sense and be easy to follow.
Use Chapter 18 in your course textbook as a guide for writing your speech. The text has lots of good tips for writing these speeches.
The speech should have authenticity. Think about how you will convey appropriate emotions through your vocal variety, pitch, and tone of voice, pace and rhythm, and volume. Also, consider appropriate body language.
You must perform the speech in front of an audience of at least 5 people. The people must be shown on the video at both the beginning and end of the speech. Do not splice the video or alter it in any way to make it seem as if you have an audience when you don’t. Failure to display your audience both at the beginning and end of your speech will result in a reduction in the speech grade.
This is a formal speech. You should dress appropriately and stand while delivering your speech. I should be able to see your whole body while performing your speech.

My Speech is about My dream job as a floral designer…
For
your informative speech, you need to use at least one reliable external
source to support your ideas (you may use more than one). Depending on
your topic choice, this source could be a book, a scholarly article, or
an article from a web site. For example, if you have chosen the topic of
your dream job, you may wish to use the Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupation Outlook Handbook
to find detailed information on the duties, qualifications, and
long-term outlook for that job. If your speech will be based on the
history of your organization, a recent book about your employer could be
very helpful.
Directions:
Start by providing the
reference to your source in APA style. Hint: if you don’t know how to
cite a certain type of source, go to your favorite search engine and
type “how to cite a (fill in the blank) in APA 7th ed.” Find a sample
citation of the same type of source and follow that format.
Summarize the source in a few sentences.
Explain why the source is relevant and how you intend to use it in your speech.

Outline, Rubric and Examples have been attached. Make sure to have each bulletpoint from the rubric. Follow the examples as a guide for formatting the evidence and information. Make sure to use phrases such as “according to” etc to express evidence. Persuasive essay can be anything on health, government, entertainment, or science and technology. Thank you 🙂 

Our Persuasive Speech was based on a Charity called the JED Foundation. It addressed
the concern of mental health and persuaded our audience to take action addressing mental health
and doing whatever it takes to help others who struggle with it. We could work together,
collaborate, and build on one another ideas to create a concrete persuasive speech. I overall, feel
proud of the work they have done and I’m thankful there was good communication and
suggestions that were there when concluding how this persuasive speech would go out. With the
help of Monroe’s were able to establish different parts each individual of the group had. While
there were some members of the group that had to do two parts of Monroe’s we were still able to
chat with them and answer the questions they had to make sure they weren’t confused with their
part and to ensure the workload for them was reasonable and fair. Many factors in this persuasive
speech were made that to what it is today and it’s to the idea of our collaboration, the use of
ethos, pathos, and logos, and just the overall layout of Monroes that made it strong and effective
towards reaching our goal in what we want our audience to take away from it.
When it came to assigning roles in the group I was in charge of doing the Attention and
Call to Action side of the speech. When deciding who would be a team leader in the group, the
team thought that I would be the best candidate since I like to communicate and check up on
people to make sure we are all on board and the same page. However, I felt like we were all
leaders, to begin with and were able to stay on track in getting the assignment done before the
deadline. If anything I saw myself as the emergent leader who played a role in making sure the
group was on track and not distracted with other stuff(Leadership in small groups, Ch 20). There
were also times in the group when the people there asked me if their part was right or what
would they add to it to make it better. While I did was add some suggestions for parts like the
need or satisfaction, I ended up telling them to discuss it all as a group and just follow what they
think is right based on the criteria provided for this assignment. The goal as team leader was to
make sure everyone’s voices were heard but also make sure the group was all on the same page
and aware of what each other was doing.
We were able to do that by using the Reflective-Thinking Method which was done by the
writers of the American Philosopher John Dewey and involves a step-by-step process for solving
problems such as identifying the problem, analyzing the problem, adding the criteria for solving
the problem, creating solutions, and then choosing the best solution(The Reflective-Thinking
Method, Ch 20). As a group, we were able to identify the problem by coming to the
understanding that a lot of young people and young adults undergo stress in their lives with the
amount of work and responsibility they have in their lives in addition to seeing what the JED
Foundation lacks. We then began to analyze that these people lack the need to reach out to the
people that they need to reach out to reduce the stress levels they deal with and the JED
foundation can improve or build off of that. We then established the criteria by seeing from
research what human resources are often needed to calm people’s emotions down or at least
understand what people often go to when they need help or just the right people to talk to. We
then began to generate solutions like people volunteering at the JED foundation to expand the
outreach. Also, people can help finance the charity to gain more resources to use in helping other
people who need help with their mental health. The best solution was two solutions which were
volunteering and helping finance the JED Foundation.
When it came down to speaking persuasively I was able to note how it’s important to tell
the truth when making a speech and avoid misleading the audience by lying or distorting the
truth in addition to always ensuring that any proof I use is fair and accurate, and refrain from
leaving out any essential information or misrepresenting from the source(Ethics and Persuasion,
Ch 16). With the understanding of that concept, I was able to do my part in the persuasive speech
decently but I felt that I could’ve improved better in terms of focusing more on contact and
changing the tone of my voice based on certain situations in the speech I had. I also learned after
the speech that when making a persuasive speech, it’s important to make sure it is clear by
making a clear connection between the data and the intended point since research shows that
listeners may not automatically come to the right conclusions if they are not guided in the right
way(Using Evidence, Ch 17). There are many things to improve when doing a persuasive speech
but overall, I’m proud of the work me and my team were able to create and speak out about.

it is a persuasive speech outline about a non profit of choice. Don’t forget a works cited page and this must follow the Motivated Sequence Organization pattern about your selected charity. the teacher posted a video and examples on my canvas.

5 page paper that satisfies the requirements of the original assignment but is additionally focused on the following:
Choose to specifically watch a PERSUASIVE speaker (one who’s goal it is to change how we think or act) rather than an informative or ceremonial.
Add to your paper an analysis of the evidence and reasoning of the speaker (remember persuasive speeches consist of arguments for a cause and arguments consist of a claim, backed up by evidence, and supported by reasoning).
Determine and identify the speaker’s overall persuasive purpose/(PROPOSITION)
Identify the persuasive CLAIMS that the speaker uses to persuade you of the overall purpose.
Identify some of the EVIDENCE that was used to support these CLAIMS by utilizing the 8 tests of evidence (found on Canvas)
Identify some of the REASONING that was used to connect the EVIDENCE to the CLAIMS.
What types of inductive reasoning did the speaker use? Reasoning by example, by cause, by analogy, by comparison, by authority, by sign?
Did the speaker create any deductive arguments (arguing from general conclusions to a specific claim – see textbook)?
Critique the evidence of the speaker by using the 8 Tests of Evidence paper found on Canvas to see if the speaker’s evidence passes all of these tests; and explaining when are where it fails.
Critique the reasoning of the speaker by using the 8 Fallacies paper found on Canvas to see if any of the reasoning of the speaker is flawed and s/he has created fallacious reasoning. Identify and explain any fallacies in their argument.
Finally, in your last paragraph of the assignment where you are to discuss the overall effectiveness of this speaker, review your critique of the speaker’s arguments and then offer some suggestions on how they might have better argued for their PROPOSITION. Please note this process is very similar to what you will be doing in the debates; here you will be offering it in written form instead of oral.
Worksheet to prepare Speech 101 Honors Speech Analysis Paper
Therefore, include in your paper the following:
PROPOSITION (overarching claim)
The speaker’s overarching claim/PROPOSITION is: ________________________________________
(example: that the death penalty should be abolished in the state of California)
The speaker’s overarching claim/PROPOSITION is focused on proving a: Fact, Value, or Policy?
(example: Policy)
CLAIMS
The speaker’s first claim to support the proposition is: ______________________________________
(example: that the death penalty is inhumane)
The speaker’s second claim to support the proposition is: ______________________________________
(example: that the death penalty is too costly)
The speaker’s third claim to support the proposition is: ______________________________________
(example: that the death penalty is racist)
EVIDENCE – proof
The speaker’s evidence for the first claim is:_________________________________________________
(example: the speaker said: “According to Wikipedia.com, the definition of inhumanity is that there is no hint of humanness in the decision that is being made.” (2024)
The speaker’s evidence for the second claim is:_______________________________________________
(example: the speaker said: “According to an article under California Cost Study 2011 on deathpenaltyinfo.org, death row inmates cost the state an additional 90,000 per year per inmate compared to regular prisoners.”)
The speaker’s evidence for the third claim is:_________________________________________________
(example: the speaker said: “According to an article titled “Arguments Against the Death Penalty” on ProCon.org, “People of color have accounted for a disproportionate 43% of total executions since 1976.” (2024)
EVIDENCE – Analysis
The evidence for the first claim does pass the Test of Evidence called:________ because_____________
(example: Fails the test of Reliability because Wikipedia is not considered a trustworthy source)                 
The evidence for the first claim does pass the Test of Evidence called:________ because_____________
(example: Fails the test of Recency because the study was from 2011)
The evidence for the first claim does pass the Test of Evidence called:________ because_____________
(example: Fails the test of Objectivity because the title of the article is arguments against the death penalty and upon further investigation the research was conducted by an organization called The World Coalition Against the Death Penalty which by name sounds very biased. We need an objective report of statistics).
REASONING – Types of
The intended reasoning in the first argument is ______________reasoning.
(example: deductive reasoning by enthymeme – see textbook)
The intended reasoning in the second argument is ______________reasoning.
(example: inductive reasoning by comparison)
The intended reasoning in the third argument is ______________reasoning.
(example: inductive reasoning by example)
REASONING – Analysis of
The reasoning in the first argument is a ________________ Fallacy because_______________________
(example: the reasoning is considered a Circular Fallacy because the speaker uses the term human in trying to define humanity, so the conclusion is assumed in one of the premises of the syllogism)
The reasoning in the second argument is a ______________ Fallacy because_______________________
(example: the reasoning is considered a Red Herring Fallacy because the speaker is arguing that cost should distract us from doing what is right and just. It is a diversionary tactic to take our attention away from the real facts that a highly dangerous person could be allowed to live because it is expensive to house them and execute them. The real problem is not cost of execution, it is the cost of housing these high security inmates and that cost could be dealt with in other ways than abandoning the death penalty
The reasoning in the third argument is a ________________ Fallacy because_______________________
(example: the reasoning is considered a Hasty Generalization fallacy because the speaker does not provide representative information nor enough information to prove that people of color are executed disproportionately. For instance, what is the percentage of the people of color population that are on death row for comparison? Further, what other factors weigh into the final execution that may be skewing this number but completely coincidental to skin color, e.g. degree of crime. Also, the numbers of executions here are not large enough to analyze statistically since only 13 people have actually been executed in CA since the death penalty was reinstated in 1977. Further there hasn’t been an execution here since 2006. We are a much more discrimination-conscious people today than we were when these executions were taking place so we can not judge today based on past practices).
Lastly, if you are not sure about the fallacy at play, just take a stab at it! Then make an argument for what you are claiming. Reason through it.