Persuasive Speech Organizational Patterns

Persuasive Speech Organizational Patterns

• Persuasive speech organization patterns are methods of organizing a speech to convince the audience to take action as proposed by the speaker.

Types of Persuasive Speeches

• Problem-Solution: identifies a problem, its effects, and proposes a solution, often used by politicians.
• Problem-Cause-Solution: identifies a problem, its causes, and proposes a solution based on each cause.
• Monroe's Motivated Sequence: a five-step method established by Alan H. Monroe in the 1930s, including attention, need, satisfaction, visualization, and action.
• Comparative: used when comparing similarities and differences between two things.
• Chronological: used when discussing events linked by time, often used for historical events or demonstrating a task.
• Spatial: organizes points based on geographical relationships, often used for describing a specific scene.
• Topical: used when discussing different points that contribute to the main topic, often used for discussing factors contributing to a nation's economic performance.
• Causal: used when discussing the relationship between two things, often used to address a problem and propose a solution.

Key Characteristics of Persuasive Speeches

• A basic persuasive organizational pattern has three major parts: introduction, body, and conclusion.
• The introduction provides a brief overview of the speech.
• The body provides main points supported by evidence, statistics, or relatable information.
• The conclusion summarizes the ideas and persuades the audience to act or think in a certain way.