The Influence of Faith in Colonial American Literature

Think about the speeches that you read or watched in this module. What do you think the strengths of those speeches are? Also, think about the forms of rhetoric you studied. How can you use those ideas to write a persuasive speech? How will using ethos, logos, and pathos help you? What is your ethos?

For this assessment, you will write a two-minute persuasive speech on an issue that is important to you. The issue may be one of international, national, regional, or local concern. In order to successfully complete this assignment, you will choose a topic relevant to your life, do some research to find evidence to back your argument, choose a venue and an audience for your speech, and compose a well-written, grammatically correct speech.

Download the Persuasive Speech Directions and Rubric, and review the detailed directions for this assignment and the rubric to understand how your work will be graded. Record your speech via video or audio. Make sure you refer to the Developmental Module for guidelines on how to create and submit video and audio files.

Have fun writing this! Let yourself and your imaginary audience be moved by this speech!

Reflection

After you have completed the assignment, think about the following questions, and write your response to them. Submit this to the dropbox when you have completed your reflection.

• What did you learn about the topic you chose that you did not know before you began?
• What did you learn about making a persuasive speech and tailoring it to an audience and a location?
• How is this topic relevant in your life and do you think that one voice, like yours, can make a difference?
• What did you learn about a persuasive speech from an author you read in this module?

Once you have completed your speech with Works Cited page and reflection, submit all files to the dropbox. If you choose to record your speech, you still must submit the typed copy of your speech and Works Cited page as well as the video or audio file and reflection to the dropbox.

 

 

Once you have completed the module, please complete the module test.