Persuasive Speech Outline (Template) COM380 Public Speaking

Planning for the Persuasive Speech with Analysis

Speech Topic:

Rhetorical Purpose:

To persuade my audience why having an iPad Pro with Apple Pencil and Keyboard is important.

Audience Analysis:

(Refer to chapters on Audience Analysis & Persuasive Speaking)

The majority of my audience belong in the 18-30 age bracket. Additionally, this speech is relevant to individuals who have taken an interest in graphics design as well as tech enthusiasts who are intrigued by new developments in the tech world. Every new development in the tech world attracts a fair share of attention as people, especially young people, seek to find out how they can take advantage of these developments. So, in this speech, I plan to focus on how the iPad Pro stands out from its predecessors as well as its competition. I plan to include details of the Apple Pencil as well as how the Keyboard gives the iPad Pro a chance at replacing laptops. As always, I plan to make the speech interesting to this audience in the hope that many will buy into the idea of owning an iPad Pro with Apple Pencil and Keyboard.

Persuasive claims:

(refer to chapter on Persuasive Speaking)

In addition to advancing value claims, I plan to primarily focus on advancing fact claims as I seek to enhance showcase how the iPad Pro with Apple Pencil and Keyboard is special.

Organizational Pattern:

(refer to chapters on Organizing Your Speech & Persuasive Speaking)

Because I am organizing fact claims in my speech, I intend to use categorical organizational pattern. Each of the points I will give in my body will seek to reflect a reason why my claim is true. The points stand out on their own.

Message/
Methods of Persuasion:

(refer to chapter on Methods of Persuasion)

Throughout the speech, I will incorporate credible sources to help enhance the speech. There will also be instances where I will use examples in the speech to help support my claim. With regard to logical fallacies, the use of reliable sources within the speech will help ensure credibility and integrity.

Types of Supporting Materials:

(refer to chapter on Supporting Materials)

I intend to use examples, testimonies, and analogies to help persuade the audience why having an iPad Pro with Apple Pencil and Keyboard is important.

Types of Research Sources:

(review “Background Information” for the Speech Research Activity)

I will use a number of primary sources including the Apple website which offers several reasons why having the iPad Pro is crucial. I also intend to use several secondary sources that are mainly focused on dispensing tech news to tech enthusiasts.

Introduction

Write in complete sentences. Refer to chapter on Outlining Your Speech.

I.

Attention Getter:

Everything that humanity has ever felt is impossible has in one way or another been made to look normal. No one thought that we would live to see laptops when the largest size of RAM was l28MB. Then the laptops came. Slowly, however, they also appear to be too heavy and the world was introduced to iPads. Now, what Apple has done with the iPad Pro is more than what the world had asked and expected. The iPad Pro is not only big, but also boasts of a number of accessories that will help you accomplish a lot of tasks than ever before. This device gifts its users a new way of stretching the limits of iOS.

II.

Thesis Statement:

The iPad Pro is a must have for everybody because it is not only powerful as most computers, but also more intuitive. This device stretches the way computers can work and come heavy with apps designed specifically for an iPad.

III.

Connection with Audience:

Ever felt limited by the old iPads especially when you want to use multiple apps at the same time? Well, here is your chance to have that experience with proper split-screen support.

IV.

Speaker’s Credibility:

Having taken interest in design, I have discovered that I need a device that will gift me the freedom I need to work from anywhere in the world. Whenever ideas come, I need something that will help me do what I want and not take away anything from the experience.

V.

Preview of Main Points:

The iPad Pro does stand out in several ways compared to its predecessors as well as its competition. Three things help to distinguish the iPad Pro from the rest. These include:

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  Gifts users the same power as most computers.
  



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  It is more intuitive.
  



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  Stretches the way computers work with its many iPad specific apps.
  

Body

Write in complete sentences. Important: Include evidence and reasoning and other persuasive appeals in sub-points (refer to source in each sub-point by paraphrasing, quoting, or summarizing with a citation following APA format – 6^th edition), and insert transitions between main points. Refer to chapters on Researching Your Speech, Outlining Your Speech, and Persuasive Speaking, & Methods of Persuasion.

I.

Main Point One:

The iPad Pro gifts users with the same amount of power as computers.

Sub-point A: (w/source citation, if applicable)

The iPad Pro features an A12X Bionic chip which is similar to the processor installed in iPhone XS and XR but more powerful (Camp, 2018).

Sub-point B: (w/source citation, if applicable)

The iPad Pro is powerful enough to help users use heavy apps like Adobe Photoshop.

Sub-point C: Updated on January 26, 2024