Persuasive Speech, Study notes of Grammar and Composition

Download Persuasive Speech and more Study notes Grammar and Composition in PDF only on Docsity! 75 Don’t just sit there. Do something! Sentence Outline Persuasive Speech Speech Title: The Truth About False Teeth. Topic: Good Oral Hygiene General Purpose: To Persuade Specific Purpose: I want my audience to get a dental examination on a regular basis and to know the importance of preventative dental treatment. Thesis: Early detection of dental problems significantly increases your chances of keeping all your teeth your entire life, and in the long run costs you less economically and emotionally. Action Step: I want everyone to go to the dentist for a checkup on a regular basis I. Introduction A. (I will have in fake gross teeth in my mouth and I will smile really big) I want everyone to smile at the person sitting next to you. It probably feels good to know your smile does not look like the one I am wearing now (I will take my fake teeth out). (attention getter) B. On the Tooth Fairy’s official web site, she states, “if you are not true to your teeth they will be false to you.” Considering that almost half of my mother’s seven brothers and sisters had false teeth before they were forty years old, the consequences of poor oral hygiene is something that I have witnessed personally. (credibility) C. These painful consequences are something that all of our smiles may suffer from. (common ground) D. It is important for everyone to receive a dental checkup every 6 months because early detection of dental problems significantly increases your chances of keeping all your teeth your entire life, and in the long run costs you less economically and emotionally. (thesis) 76 E. I want each and every single one of you to visit a dentist for a regular checkup as soon as possible. (action step) F. I will cover three truthful points: the truthful story of my mom’s false teeth, the truthful importance of prevention in dental care, and the truthful affordability of dental care. (preview) Transition: I would like to begin by talking about what might happen if you do not have good dental hygiene. II. Body A. The truthful story of why my mother got her false teeth, and the problems she still suffers from as a consequence of them. 1. When my mother was only 24 years old she got a complete set of false teeth. 2. As a child, her family could not afford to go to the dentist or doctor. a. As an adult she only visited the dentist for emergency treatment. b. Her current dentist recently told her that if she went to the dentist regularly as a child, the maintenance and preventative care she could have received would have prevented her from getting false teeth in the first place. 3. Her original false teeth bottoms did not fit properly and gave her horrible blisters, and instead of going back to the dentist chose not to wear her bottom teeth regularly for over 10 years. a. She could only eat soft foods. b. She talked different. c. She was in constant pain. d. She never smiled. 4. Eventually the pain became unbearable and she went back to the dentist, and he fit her for new teeth. a. She looked and felt a lot better. b. She would never again deprive herself from eating hard foods like peanuts. c. She smiled a lot more. 5. Most recently, from a regular check-up it was detected that the bone in my mother’s lower jaw is very worn down and weak from years of not constantly wearing her lower teeth. a. Her dentist designed some new bottom teeth that are lighter and put less pressure on her bone. b. I have yet to see them but my brother says she looks 10 years younger because they lift her face up.