This lesson focuses on three basic types of persuasive speeches: fact, value, and policy and information about each. It also provides questions you should ask yourself when analyzing a speech.

This article focuses on writing a one-minute persuasive speech force students to be clear and concise and to hone debate skills. From there it suggests the use of improvisation speeches.

Learn how to write a persuasive speech in three parts: Preparing to Write, Writing you Speech, and Delivering your Speech. A video [1 min, 43 secs] and writing tips are also provided.

This lesson focuses on using credible appeals in persuasive speeches including defining subjective and objective credibility, the types and elements of credibility, and the ethical use of credibility appeals. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.W.8

This lesson focuses on the use of evidentiary appeals in persuasive speeches including definition, evaluating your evidence, and strategies for using evidence effectively. Click on next at the bottom right to continue.

This activity focuses on using logical appeals in persuasive speeches including inductive and deductive reasoning, inductive reasoning and associative reasoning, forming a rational appeal, and errors in reasoning-formal and informal.

This lesson plan focuses on persuasive speaking including identifying the qualities, components, goals, and ethics of persuasive speaking.

[Free Registration/Login Required] This series of lessons will engage young scholars in analyzing the pros and cons of hunting. Students will also develop their own persuasive speeches about corporal punishment.

This lesson focuses on appeals to Ethos, When you evaluate an appeal to ethos, how successfully a speaker or writer establishes authority or credibility with his or her intended audience. You ask yourself what elements of the essay or...

This lesson focuses on motivational appeals and what motivates people including a list of 16 basic motivators, Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs, and Monroe's motivated sequence.