Saturday, April 21, 2012
Week 13 Question 1
While I like the idea of the Monroe Motivated Sequence, for me personally I will be using the Problem/Solution organizational pattern. Monroe seems to be a bit more invasive to me. It requires that you capture your audience in a way that makes them want to change whatever it was you were speaking about. P/S is more my speed: to inform and persuade the audience to consider my opinion. It seems more like a show of opinion than an actual task. Because of those reason I feel like the Problem/Solution organizational pattern would be better for me. I like the simpleness of it. Problem solving is a main point in many conversations and I think that many people would better understand me if I used that pattern. "Clearly establishing that a problem exists provides the foundation for persuading the audience that the solution should be implemented." This is the plan...
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I felt the same way as you. At the first glance, I think the Monroe's pattern is the greatest method for a persuasive speech. Yet after trying to employ it in my final speech outline, I felt it did not fit my topic, Physician- Assisted Suicide. As a result, I have tried to use the problem- solution pattern, and it just worked fine. I think which organized pattern should we apply to a persuasive speech, would depend on the speech topics and the speaker's personality. I am so happy that I am not the only one who decides to use the problem-solution pattern.
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