Central Thesis Statement Persuasive Speech

The purpose of a persuasive speech is to persuade the audience about a topic. In this assignment, you will be required to convince your listeners to buy a product or to pursue a specific career field. Your topic should be something that you believe in and have a strong conviction toward. You can use topical, causal, or problem-solution type of speeches.

You will be required to record a 5-8 minute informative speech of your choosing on Kaltura.

Your speech should successfully persuade the audience members.

You will be required to include THREE scholarly sources in your presentation. Both in your outline in APA format and also in text. When citing in text you can say According to Smith (2010) in an article entitled Owning your own Business…

Attention getter captures the audience member’s attention and is interesting. An attention getter can be a story, statistic (cited),fact, joke, etc. = 5 points

Thesis statement is clear and well developed. = 5 points

Preview of main points is present and main points connect back to the central thesis statement.= 5 points

The first main point is well-developed with credible sources cited in proper APA and successfully builds on the persuasive argument of the speech. = 10 points

The second main point is well-developed with credible sources cited in proper APA and successfully builds on the persuasive argument of the speech. = 10 points

The third main point is well-developed with credible sources cited in APA and successfully builds on the persuasive argument of the speech. = 10 points

Transitions are present and clear throughout the body of the speech. = 10 points

The organizational structure of the speech is sound. The student is clear in each main point. Each main point relates back to the thesis. The student’s speech is easy to follow.= 10 points

Thesis is restated clearly. = 5 points

Student reviews main points. = 5 points