Audience & Purpose

​As you write your argumentative speech you will notice that it looks suspiciously like a 5-paragraph essay. EXCEPT for some benefits. (Slide 5)

Just remember that the bigger the audience, the more you have to adapt for other opinions.

Not just me as your teacher, but who is your intended audience? If you were going to give this speech to a crowd, which crowd would you be speaking to? It's going to be a large group to consider. Look at the examples below.

• Students in the south

• High school teachers

• Parents of young kids

• Friends

• Doctors

• Police Officers

• Government Officials
  
  

• Retail employees

• Adults under 35

• Adults over 35

• People in Alabama

• People in the United States

• People everywhere.
  
  

1. What's their education level? (Diction)

2. What do they know about the topic? (Syntax)

3. What's the best way to address the topic with them? (Ethos/Logos/Pathos)

Considering your audience:

Speech Benefits

Topic + Claim + 3 supporting details (summary)

1. The benefits of self-care for teens cannot be overstated as they help teenagers (supporting detail 1), (supporting detail 2), and (supporting detail 3).

2. Learning multiple languages can improve brain function by (supporting detail 1), (supporting detail 2), and (supporting detail 3).

3. Working full time as a student is harmful to students and employers because (supporting detail 1), (supporting detail 2), and (supporting detail 3).

Now that you have your audience and thesis, you have a road map to build your speech.

Now you're ready to build your outline and then to write your speech script!