Monroe\'s Motivated Sequence Persuasive Speech Skeletal Outline PDF

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This is an outline for Monroe's motivated speech sequence, which will help when doing the outline for your final persuasive speech in the class....

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Persuasive Speech Outline Format Monroe’s Motivated Sequence (Double space outline. This sample isn’t double spaced to save space.) Name Public Speaking 1110 Date Topic: General Topic: Specific Topic Central Idea: Title I. Attention A. B. C. D.

Attention Getter (Use a fresh approach to this.) Briefly State Need Give Credibility (your personal experience and/or research) Preview Points (Use a phrase to introduce them.) 1. Give the need very briefly (Need Step) 2. Give the way to satisfy need briefly (Satisfaction Step) 3. Give a positive benefit briefly to satisfy need (Visualization Step) 4. Give action steps for audience to satisfy the need (Call to Action step)

Transition: II. Need A. Make the audience realize the need for change (Add sources to back ideas) B. Show there is a serious need for change. C. Illustrate the need with strong supporting materials (statistics, examples, testimony) that directly relate to the audience’s values and vital interests. D. By the end of the Satisfaction Step, the audience should be so concerned about the problem that they are psychologically primed to hear how to satisfy the need. Transition: III. Satisfaction A. B. C. D.

Having aroused a sense of need, show how to satisfy it. (Add sources to back ideas) Present the plan in detail. Show how and why the plan will work in detail. Be sure to counter any possible negative issues involved in the satisfaction plan.

Transition: IV. Visualization A. Having given a plan, intensify desire for it by visualizing its benefits. (Add sources to back ideas) B. Use vivid imagery to show audience how they will benefit from the plan. C. Convince the audience by making them see how much better conditions will be once the plan is in place. Transition: V. Action A. Once the audience is convinced that the plan is beneficial, call for action. B. Say exactly what you want the audience to do and how to do it. C. Give the address, website, what to do, etc. And have some kind of take away for the audience, whether it is an address or website projected on the screen or a flyer to have in hand. (Note: If you have a hand out for the audience, mention it here, but do not hand it out until after the conclusion of your speech. Tell the audience this is what you will do.) D. Conclude with a clincher, a final stirring appeal that reinforces your persuasive plan and their commitment to act.

(Add Works Cited page listing three sources, minimum, using MLA format, in alphabetical order.)...