Monroe’s Motivated Sequence

1. Monroe’s Motivated Sequence A Project for SPCH 1300 Students

2. FIRST!!!! • Make sure you have read the section in your textbook about the Motivated Sequence AND worked through the chapter 15 powerpoint before attempting this project.

3. The Sequence… • Attention Grabber • Establish Need • Provide Satisfaction • Visualization • Call to ACTION!!

4. The Assignment… • Check your Syllabus for instruction on what to do for this project. The instructions are on the weekly assignment section of the Syllabus. Basically… • Take the topics I give. • Find 1 resource (web resources are fine) for each (CITE!!!). • Work each topic through the 5 steps of the sequence. • 1 sentence per step is required. You can write more if you choose.

5. Example Topic: Need to Donate Blood • A. G.- Imagine being able to save 18 lives simply by giving a precious fluid and half an hour of time. • E. N.- hundreds of people die each year due to the lack of available blood (I would cite this with a source). • P.S.- Blood donations are the answer! • V.- Imagine a world where blood banks were always full and providing life. • C. to A.- You can go out now to (Name a location) and donate your blood. • C to a: research and see exactly what the stem cell enhancement act is and what you can do to help.

6. First Topic! Stem Cell Research a.t: does the study of science interest you? e.n: the presidents bush and obama have different opinions on the stem sell research enhancement act. p.s: we should try to keep this act going to help keep the enhancement act alive. v: will it make life better if we didn’t have this. No one knows.

7. Second Topic Legal Drinking Age a.g:Is it fair that you have to be a certain age to drink. e.n: it causes to many accidents and ends too many lives. p.s:I think the law should be that alcohol is illegal all the time. No one should be able to drink. V: imagine how it would be if everyone died because people were drinking and driving or how you would feel if your child or loved one died because of a drunk driver. C to a: do not drink and drive. There are consequences.

8. Third Topic Value of Education a.g: do you attend school? If yes, do you like it? e.n: every person should attend school sometime or another. p.s: if you want to get a good job, sometimes school can help you get there. V: if you never went to school, imagine how much less you would know. C to a: go to school and get a higher education.

9. Final Topic YOUR topic that you are planning on using for your Persuasive presentation. a.g: do you text and drive? e.n: it can cause wrecks because you were not paying attention to the road. p.s: I think that phones should not be allowed in a vehicle unless it is used through a wireless phone so you don’t have to look at it while driving. V:think about if you were the victim, and someone hit you head on because they were texting and not paying attention. C to a: do not text and drive

10. Final Instructions… • You can either write a word document and put it in the forum for this assignment… • OR simply fill in the blanks on this powerpoint (adding slides as you need them) and submit this powerpoint in the forum. • Happy Motivated Sequencing!