Draft a “speaking,” or keyword outline, mapping out your Persuasive Proposition speech. Consider the
following: what current, relevant and controversial community or local government, or school issue will
you focus on, and what will you propose your audience do? Maybe you’re planning to propose to keep
and reinforce an existing policy or locally held belief. Perhaps you’re going to advocate for a new school
tradition or policy. Have you identi�ed a commonly held belief in your community; one that you think
your audience might bene�t from if they take a different approach or see things in a new way?
You’ll want to select a local government, community or school-based issue, and persuade your audience
to adopt a new way of seeing things and/or a new behavior. Possibly, you may advocate that a change
is not needed and why. Ultimately, your goal is to identify and explore an existing policy and advocacy
for something—maybe a change, a modi�cation, a reinforcement–– something that you think will be
better for your intended audience. Of course, you’ll have to do your research, and �nd at least 2 sources
to build not only your knowledge but your case. The outline you create for this assignment, will help you
craft a powerful persuasive speech.
