Persuasive Speech About Self-Esteem

Now, once you've spent time reviewing the Persuasive Values Speech Assignment, you'll then choose your "value" (topic) from the extensive list below, and post your responses to the prompts listed here. You definitely don't want to rush this part of the planning stage, as you'll need to "live" with this decision for the rest of the class session.

When you're ready then, develop the following into a paragraph format and post in the discussion board:

Your choice of topic/value from the provided list (see below)

A specific persuasive purpose statement (review Chapter 6 of the e-text)

An explanation of your connection to the topic. You want to describe your personal relationship with the value you chose. In other words, why do you believe you have the credibility (Ethos) to speak with us about this value? In other words, how do you envision showing character, competence, caring, and charisma?

Comment on why you believe your audience will be open to a speech on this particular value. In other words, contemplate and comment on your classmates' (your audience's) psychographics (Section 5.1 of your text).

Finally, plan to respond to at least 3 of your peers about their specific purpose statements and stay open to suggestions they make about yours.

INDIVIDUAL AND PERSONAL GROWTH- Each person has a set of inside values. If you want to present a speech based on personal growth and individual development, choose one of the following values. In other words, if you pick one of these words, your goal will be to persuade your audience to see the significance of the value and to encourage them to develop the value for personal growth.

A will to succeed

Accomplishment

Accountability

Achievement

Affection

Assertiveness

Autonomy

Beauty

Being Truthful

Caring

Change

Collaboration

Compassion

Concern for Others

Creativity

Curiosity

Diligence

Effort

Empathy

Empowerment

Endurance

Enthusiasm

Excellence

Faith

Forgiveness

Friendship

Generosity

Goodness

Gratitude

Hope

Humor

Idealism

Independence

Individuality

Innocence

Integrity

Instinct

Kindness

Love

Meaning of Life

Mercy

Morality

Open-mindedness

Optimism

Patience

Peace

Personal Development

Physical Challenge

Piety

Pleasure

Privacy

Purity

Reputation

Romance

Sacrifice

Safety

Satisfaction

Self-Awareness

Self-discipline

Self-Esteem

Self-Reliance

Self-Respect

Self-Worth

Sensitivity

Serenity

Seriousness

Sincerity

Sophistication

Spirituality

Stability

Success

Sympathy

Tact

Temperance

Truthfulness

Understanding

Unpretentiousness

Unselfishness

CLASSIC OR TRADITIONAL VALUE SPEECH TOPICS- Moral codes of conduct in society or groups are the basis of the following values. They’re developed over time. If you choose one of these vales, your goal will be to persuade your audience to change societal conventions or moral standards.

All for One And One for All

Altruism

Appreciation

Authority

Charity

Chastity

Civic Obligation

Civic Pride

Civil Rights

Compassion

Concern for Others

Confidence

Conformity

Consciousness

Consensus

Consumer Rights

Cooperation

Courtesy

Democracy

Dependability

Diplomacy

Diversity

Ecological Awareness

Environmental Safety

Equality

Etiquette

Equity

Fidelity

Flexibility

Fraternity

Free Will

Freedom

Freedom of Initiative

Helping Society

Heroism

Honesty

Honor

Hope

Hospitality

Human Rights

Humanism

Humility

Improvement

Justice

Majority Rule

Mercy

Minority Rights

Moderation

Modesty

Never Give Up

Non-Violence

Obedience

Openness

Participation

Patriotism

Positive Perspectives

Public Service

Pursuit of Happiness

Reasoning

Respect for Regulation

Respect for Different People

Sacrifice

Service to Society

Sharing

Simplicity

Stability

Strength

Taking Accountability

Tolerance

Tradition

Unity

Unselfishness

Well-Being

Well-Mannered

Wisdom

Women’s Rights

World Unity