FOLLOW THIS MONROE’S MOTIVATED SEQUENCE GUIDE

For your outline, double space and follow this form exactly.

PERSUASIVE OUTLINE (or use your own creative title)

1. Attention Step
   1. Attention Getter
      Use any of the following devices:
                 rhetorical question
                 startling statement
                 quotation illustration or story
                 reference to the subject
                 reference to the occasion   (or choose one that better suits you!)
   2. Reason to Listen
      Motivate your audience’s interest in your subject – why they should care.
           Tell them about the practical value of your information in their lives.
   3. Speaker Credibility
      Discuss your experience(s) with your topic and your research.
   4. Preview Main Points
      Briefly describe what you will cover, and the order in which it will be covered.
           Define any technical terms you will be using.
2. Need Step
   1. Illustration
      Paint a picture in the mind of the audience – give us a face, a place, an emotion, etc.
   2. Ramifications
      Detail as many facts/data, examples, and quotations as are required to convince your audience

of the breadth and severity of the problem / need.

1. Pointing
   Show the importance of the need, specifically to the members of your audience.

TRANSITION: link steps II. and III. (e.g., now that I’ve told you about a problem, let me share a solution…)

• Solution Step
  1. Statement of Solution
     Briefly state the belief, attitude, value, or behavior change you wish your audience to adopt.
  2. Explanation of Solution
     Explain the details of your solution in step by step order. Who to call, where to go, etc.
          Make sure that your proposal is understood.

1. Theoretical Demonstration
   Show how your solution logically solves the problem as presented in the Need Step.
2. Practical Experience
   Provide actual examples of where this solution has been tried and is working to solve the                               need, or where this belief has been proven to be correct. Yours or others
        If the solution has never been tried before, use an analogy to compare your solution with a                            similar solution that was effective.
3. Meeting Objections
   Address the claims of the opposition, and present your arguments against them.

TRANSITION: link steps III. and IV.

1. Visualization Step
   1. Negative Visualization
      As realistically as possible, describe the conditions if your solution is not carried out.
           Picture the audience feeling the bad effects or unpleasantness that the failure to effect your solution will produce.
   2. Positive Visualization
      As realistically as possible, describe the conditions if your solution is carried out.
           Picture the listeners in that situation actually enjoying the safety, pleasure, or pride that your   proposal will produce if accepted.
2. Action Step 
   1. Summary/Restatement of Main Points
      Briefly review the main points you covered in your speech.
   2. Statement of Action or Attitude Change
      Specifically tell your audience what it is you want them to do.
   3. Personal Intent
      Tell your audience what you plan to do to further your solution.
   4. Reason to Remember/Tie Back to Introduction (tieback is optional)
      Provide your audience with a reason to remember your speech.

References

Following APA format you will cite at least four (4) sources in your outline and then all four in your reference section, which follows your outline but does not have to be on a separate page for our class assignment.

***********Reminder: This is about the homelessness/poverty in San Diego. I joined the group and I will help the homeless by giving them tents, food, and blankets. Side note: I didn’t join any organizations like you mentioned in the speech you wrote last time. 

The instructions for the final speech that this outline is talking about: Persuasive Speech – 50 points– 9-11 minutes -This is the final speech of your project and for the semester. It is a culmination of all of your project work. You will present your research and project and persuade us to somehow become involved with your issue. Include:

1-         all of Monroe’s sequence, exactly

2-         at least 4 cited sources of research

3-         your involvement, including relevant and public communication

4-         a photo or video of your work/efforts

5-         persuasive arguments and possibly entertaining or other creative elements

6-         a specific request for action*************