Creative Writing - Speech Assignment

Speech Unit!




In class you will conduct research on the internet and post your findings to your blog. Your first assignment as part of the speech writing unit will be to research famous speeches in history on topics that are truly of interest to you. You must find 4 examples. After you have chosen your examples, you must pick out 5 elements of each speech that make the speech effective or ineffective and discuss your findings in a well written entry on your blog.



After you have done this and found elements of effective speech writing, you will come up with a creative idea for your own persuasive speech. You must then decide on 10 points that support your argument and 5 points that go against your argument so that you can truly highlight your point and argue against it.



After you have finished your research and your outline for a persuasive speech, you will begin a preliminary draft of your own persuasive speech on the appropriate topic of your choice.