List the ?ve steps on Monroe's Motivated Sequence. List the function of each step. Next, choose a persuasive

Question

speech topic and use Monroe's Motivated Sequence to organize your persuasive speech.

What will be an ideal response?

Answer 1

Example Speech: The Right to a Digni?ed Death
Arousing Attention: We attempt to capture the audience's attention with our opening remarks. Example: "Curled in
a fetal position and shrunk to half her normal weight, 16 year old Karen Ann Quinlan lay helpless in a 'chronic
vegetative state' for years until natural death released her and her parents from this indignity."
Showing a Need: We determine the need our problem our topic suggests. Example: "Such unnecessary suffering is
an evil that should be corrected in modern America."
Satisfying the Need: We argue how our proposal will meet the need or resolve the problem described earlier.
Example: "The right to die and to do so with dignity should be recognized and respected."
Visualizing the Results: We create a visual image that projects what will happen if our proposal is accepted or
rejected. Example: "Imagine a close friend or relative supported by arti?cial means with no hope of recovery.
Contrast with this scene the natural and peaceful death of a loved one supported by family and friends."
Calling for Action: We urge the audience to demonstrate its support. Example: "Write letters to congressional
representatives and create your own living wills."