Social Issue Speech

1. Pick a Social Issue




• Drug Abuse


• Bad Parenting


• Political Apathy


• Black on Black Crime


• War


• Youth Education


• Self-Respect/Self-Esteem




2. Discuss the history of the problem




• Tone: sad, somber, serious, grave




3. Pull the reader into its affect on the people.




• Tone: sympathetic, piteous, empathetic




4. Propose a solution to this issue




• Tone: enthusiastic, hopeful, confident




5. Give specific ways that the audience can help.




• Tone: encouraging, persistent, strong




6. Use all persuasive appeals, and each of the following:




• Anaphora, antithesis, parallelism, and epistrophe

EXTRA CREDIT FOR MEMORIZATION


This is due Friday.