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GUIDELINES FOR PUBLIC SPEAKINGPersuasive Speech (Problem/Solution Format)
You must follow these guidelines of the speech.1. Create a persuasive speech, designed to introduce the critical issues relating to advocating a position on:a. “Should the United States President Candidates requirement be amendedi. Argument – “yes! There should: based on age, health and experience with a comparison to military and united states justices requirement.”2. Typed full sentence MLA outline and a key word outline. (Example of MLA outline next page) a. Your Speech should have 4 or more source citations. 3. Include with the outline, 4-6 research sources formatted in MLA documentation style. 4. Deliver the speech extemporaneously citing your sources during the speech.5. Organize thoughts in a manner that emphasizes flow.6. Demonstrate ability to gather information and apply it to persuade using a Persuasive organization pattern7. Assess your strengths and weaknesses to better assist you in speech development.
NameDateProfessor LeahySPCH 13XX-XXXXXSample MLA OutlineThe Problem with Death
I. IntroductionA. Attention Getter: Karen Ann Quinlan was taken to Newton Memorial Hospital after friends found her not breathing. In order to keep her respiratory system functioning, she was put on life support. On June 9, 1976, Karen’s parents cut off all life support (need source cite here).B. Reason to Listen: When I was twelve, my grandfather was diagnosed with a cancerous brain tumor that was wrapped around all of the vital sensory organs that ran his body. The doctors said it would be a matter of months until he would die. They were wrong. Five years later we attended his funeral. I got to know him more in those five years than I had in the past twelve.C. Thesis: In the next few minutes, I am going to explain the medical problems with euthanasia and why I believe it needs to be abolished.
Transition: We will begin by examining the issue of euthanasia still being practiced.II. ProblemA. Claim: There are medial problems revolving around the practice of euthanasia.1. Data: 50% of physicians are unable to identify the actual life expectancy of a patient and 28% are unable to accurately recognize depression in a patient (Lee 312).2. Warrant: Would you be okay with a judge sentencing people to death if he was 50% sure that they committed their crime? B. Claim: Current laws against euthanasia are not being enforced and leads to many physician assisted suicides. 1. Data: Jack Kevorkian has committed 69 assisted suicides, the most physician-assisted suicides by any doctor in the United States (“IAETF Update”).2. Data: In Oakland County, only 16 of the 69 autopsied were terminally ill; 48 others suffered from a non-terminal disease; and 5 had no anatomical evidence of disease at all (“IAETF Update”).3. Warrant: If stealing was not longer considered ‘illeagal’ do you think people would become more likely to steal?
Transition: Now that we have established the problem, we can look at the possible global solution.
III. SolutionA. State the Solution: I believe, the solution to this problem is to establish laws that would enforce severe punishment on those who euthanize. B. Explain the Solution: If my plan is enacted, people convicted of euthanasia would be sentenced to the same minimum jail sentence of a person who committed first degree murder – 20 years to life in prison. C. Overcoming Possible Objections: Although you may be thinking that the quality of life is more important than the quantity of life, and that people have the right to die when they choose, Samuel F. Hunter states in regard to the role of doctors, in the Journal of the American Medical Association, “let us not be angels of death but ministers of healing…and hope.” In other words, it should not be a doctor’s role to end life, only to help sustain it.D. Provide an alternative to behavior: Each of us can sign this petition today that I will send to our Congressional representative. This petition asks Congress to pass laws to change the penalty for those convicted of assisted suicide.
IV. ConclusionA. Restate Thesis: Today we have looked at the medical and legals reasons why euthanasia should be illegal and how you can help bring it to an end. B. Reason to Remember: If you ever have a loved one go through the same issues that my grandpa did, I hope you remember these words.C. Final Thought: After Karen Quinlan was taken off of the respirator, she began to breath on her own. Karen lived for nine more years. The outcome of her life could not be predicted by a doctor; let’s punish those who think they can.
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