The Persuasive speech is one of the required speeches for graduation from LPS. The following links are handouts that should be useful in writing, developing, and performing your persuasive speech.
Quoting, Paraphrasing, and Citing Sources
If you’d like to review some stellar performances, here are three different speeches to watch. Not sure if this will work right – so first you’ll have to cut and past the link. Next, you’ll have to make sure you’re on the right year (they’re all on NFLtv). Finally, I’ll list the names and approximate times of when the speech starts.
Speech Number One: Josh Gad, 1999 Oratory Finals. Speech starts at 24:50
http://nfltv.org/2009/11/04/1999-phoenix-nationals/
Speech Number Two: Laura Roeh, 2005 Oratory Finals. Speech starts at 1:00
http://nfltv.org/2010/02/24/2005-philadelphia-nationals/
Speech Number Three: Daniel Carissimi, 2005 Oratory Finals. Speech starts at 23:50
http://nfltv.org/2010/02/24/2005-philadelphia-nationals/
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