Task 3. Study each specific purpose below and think of an effective proposition.
1. to persuade the audience that legalization of gay-marriages consolidates and strengthens not only the institution of marriage but society as a whole.
2. to persuade the audience in the success of women's hockey in Ukraine.
3. to persuade my listeners to take action against human rights abuse.
4. to persuade my listeners that plastic ware harms human health.
5. to persuade the audience to restrict the influence of advertising.
6. to persuade my listeners that human cloning technology can provide a lot more good than harm.
7. to encourage volunteers for participation in civic education.
8. to persuade the audience that innocent Disney cartoons carry danger and influence children consciousness badly.
9. to persuade the audience that money is not of paramount importance in human life.
10. to persuade the audience that private transportation endangers Kyiv downtown.
11. to persuade my audience to get a job or internship with the help of The Job and Career Centre of NaUKMA.
12. to persuade the audience to be very careful while choosing a veterinarian clinic in Kiev.
Task 4. Brainstorm and phrase the specific purpose and a clear proposition for the given topics.
1. Knowing your ancestry is/is not important.
2. Zoos are/are not a good for the conservation of a species.
3. Marriage is/is not an outdated institution.
4. Boarding school is/is not beneficial to children.
5. Hollywood has a positive/negative impact on world-wide society.
6. Needle exchange programs should/should not be encouraged.
7. Exams give no real indication of ability.
8. Is physical force a justifiable method of punishing children?
9. Should HIV positive workers have to tell their employers of their status?
10. Is sport really good for us?
11. Advertising that targets children is/ is not harmful.
12. Sexual imagery in the media develops/ distorts aesthetic perception.
Task 5. Develop an effective Attention Step using the specific statements below.
1. to persuade my audience that bicycle riding is the ideal form of land transportation.
2. to persuade my audience to become volunteer social workers.
3. to persuade my audience to donate blood.
4. to persuade my audience that studying abroad provides better education.
5. to persuade my audience that any use of cell phone in cars should be banned
6. to persuade my audience that hybrid cars are a better alternative to traditional ones.
7. to persuade my audience that criminal tendencies are genetic.
8. to persuade my audience that vitamin pills are necessary.
9. to persuade my audience that assisted suicide should be legalized.
10. to persuade my audience that alcohol should be banned at all sporting events.
Task 6. Work out a detailed Need Step using the given propositions.
1. Amateurs should be banned from climbing Mt. Everest.
2. Family-friendly companies are more successful.
3. Small town communities are better places to live.
4. Fast food restaurants should be held legally responsible for their customers’ obesity.
5. Economic crisis of 2008 is a fake.
6. High schools should make volunteering a requirement for graduation.
7. Bilingual children have/do not have an educational advantage.
8. Cultural images of beauty are used against women.
9. In Ukraine, immigrants cause problems in economic and social spheres.
10. Most of the fairytales are dangerous for children and can’t be used as an example to follow.
Task 7. Focusing technique. Rearrange the following to draw the attention of the audience.
1. I’m going to talk about motivation.
- I’d like to move on to the question of cash flow.
- I’ve tried to put our recent difficulties into some kind of perspective.
- We have to consider what the start-up costs might be.
- I’d like to ask you a simple question.
- I’m going to be looking at the arguments against networking.
- We found out how pirate copies of the CD were getting into stores.