Part I:
Choose a topic that you and your partner care about and want to persuade others to agree with in
order to have social change. In your three paragraph (minimum) public speech, you must
include 3 different propaganda techniques, 7 examples of doublespeak (1 from each of the four
categories of doublespeak) and 5 rhetorical devices. Both group members need to present the
public speech in front of the class. Work together to decide who will present each part. You will
be graded on your presentation skills. DO NOT READ DIRECTLY FROM THE PAPER.
HAVE EYE CONTACT WITH YOUR CLASSMATES. Your speech should be from 2-4
minutes long. Make sure you and your partner practice the speech multiple times before
presenting in front of the class.
Part II:
In your submission of your public speech, you must explain how you and your partner
incorporated 3 different propaganda techniques, 7 examples of doublespeak (1 from each of the
four categories of doublespeak) and 5 rhetorical devices within your public speech. Evaluate how
the incorporation of these devices enhanced your speech in order to convince individuals to
support your opinion. What would you change differently to make your speech more persuasive?
This response should be a minimum of two paragraphs.
Part III:
In a one paragraph response, explain what your partner did to contribute to the public speech. A
portion of each grade will be on partner help. If you have not contributed 50/50, then you will
not pass this assignment.
The purpose of this assignment is to persuade your classmates to support your opinion – make
your public speech as persuasive as possible. During the presentations, your classmates will
decide whether or not they would support your opinion. A portion of your grade will be
determined by how well you were able to convince your peers and myself.
Submission on Google Classroom – Each partner should have (EVERYONE SUBMITS):
1. The SAME Part I
2. A DIFFERENT Part II
3. A DIFFERENT Part III
Speech and Outline Checklist
(if you need additional help)
Introduction
โข Attention getter starts the speech
โข Starts with the big picture and narrows to the thesis
โข Orients audience to topic (defines terms and acronyms)
โข Explains why audience should care)
โข Speaker establishes credibility
โข Last part of introduction is one sentence that directly previews each main point (thesis —
VERY clear preview)
Body
โข Contains 2 โ 5 five main points
โข Each main point has 2 โ 3 forms of support (sub-points)
โข Transitions link one main point to the next point (no questions)
โข Link sub-points (first, second, etc)
Conclusion
โข Signals the end of your speech (avoid โIn conclusionโ and โin Summaryโ)
โข Reviews the main points
โข Does not introduce any new material or information
โข Makes a final appeal to the audience
โข Closes speech with a clincher (NOT โThank youโ and NOT โAny questions?โ)

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