Your persuasive speech differs from your informative speech in so far as your goal will be to change the attitudes of your audience to motivate a particular behavior. You will use and build on the information obtained from your reference sources, focusing on additional information as well, to develop and strengthen an argument related to your focused topic. You will need to research the opposing or competing viewpoint to your argument, too.
The reference sources I used for background information on Alzheimer's Disease presented some alarming information about the disease, including statistics showing the increasing numbers of people diagnosed with the disease, as well as grim and graphic details revealing exactly what happens to the brains of the victims of this disease. This information will be very valuable in attracting the attention of my audience as to the importance of this disease.
Use Opposing Viewpoints (video) to find more information, such as viewpoint essays, magazine and scholarly journal articles, reference sources, primary sources, statistical information, and websites that have been reviewed by the vendor.
