Speech 04: Persuasive Speech

Josselyn Ramos
Sarah Billington
COMM 1020-1120
Speech 4: Persuasive Speech
24 November 2015
Persuasive Speech: Audience Assessment
Specific Goal:
My audience will be persuaded enough to want to become a blood donor with all the
great information I give them.
Type of Claim: This is a claim of Fact and Value.
Ethos: Primary Ethos:
a) Competence I myself am a blood donor and have many friends who are as well.
b) Fairness: I will provide both sides of the argument good and bad.
Secondary Ethos: I will be citing three sources in this speech.
Audience Assessment: Most of my audience members will probably have an attitude toward my proposition
that is undecided.
Adaptation to Audience Attitude:
a. Common ground: Most of us have heard of donating blood but I do not think most of us actually have
been provided with the information of how much difference it makes.
b. Latitude of acceptance: I am providing a lot of accurate research with lots of support and connection
that audience could relate to or will in the future.
Baby Steps: I have made it less complex for the audience to understand and really get the meaning behind
donating blood.
Pattern of Organization: motivational sequence.
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Why you should donate blood.
Introduction
Hook: Imagine if you were walking out or driving on a beautiful day and then Bam, you wake up on a table,
your bleeding, youve been in a car accident. You think are they going to have enough blood to save my
life today? This is just a story but it can become reality.
Would it surprise you if I told you each and every year one of you could save eighteen lives in one year?
Well according to American Cross at redbllodcross.org this statement is very true.
Proposition (or Hint at Proposition): Giving blood is easy. I will provide you with the steps.
Preview:
1. History
2. Satisfaction
3. Visualization

Transition: Millions of people need blood and a lot of lives can be saved by donating.
Body
I.

Background information and history. According to bloodcenters.org

A.
1818 first human
i. 1947 official
b. It has saved millions of lives.
(i) Races
(ii) 18 lives 6 times
Transition: It is not hard to do its actually simple
B.

First you need to find a place to donate which I did for you Arup Blood Service. According to
redbloodcross.org there is 5 simple steps to donate blood.
i. Fill out paper work
ii. Health history
iii. T,BP, sample
iv. Donation
v. Refreshments
vi. Good health
vii. 17 or older
viii. Weight 110 pounds

Transition: It will make a change if we all do it and it helps people that are going through all kinds of
problems.
Cancer, Systole patients, car victims 100 pints of blood, and child birth.
C.

Visualizing how donating blood helps and who it helps

i. Cancer patients chemo
ii. Sickle disease
iii. Car accident 100 pint
iv. RC, Platelets, Plasma, WC
v. Religion
vi. Machines sick.
Different types of blood. A, AB,, B,O O is universal and I am type A.
Transition If you needed blood would you not want someone to donate it. Do not make excuses go donate
blood.
Conclusion
With all this information are you going to do? Are you going to forget about it or maybe think well it has not
affected me so who cares? Or are you going to get up off your butt and do something about it? If you were in
need of blood would you not want someone to donate to help save your life?
Works Cited:
"ARUP Blood Services." UtahBlood.org. Donate for Life, n.d. Web. 24 Nov. 2015.
"Blood History." Blood History. Blood Centers of the Pacific, 02 Apr. 2015. Web. 01 Dec. 2015.
"Donation FAQs." American Red Cross. Blood Donations, 12 Oct. 2014. Web. 24 Nov. 2015
.Martin, Kevin. "Blood Donations." Yes Utah Blood. American Red Cross, n.d. Web. 24 Nov. 2015.