Speech Assignment due on Week 13. Students will work in order to apply the principles of communication to current issues and are expected to present a persuasive speech. Each of you will have 5-10 minutes to convince the audience about your specific topic. Make sure to use supporting evidence to convince your audience. Feel free to use your imagination with the topic selection the only requirement is that you are trying to persuade us of something. Avoid a topic in which anyone in the audience might find offensive or insulting. Because of our current method of remote learning and time limit on our meetings, for this speech you need to record yourself and submit the video to Blackboard. You will also need to create an outline, (you can use the template posted on blackboard). Some examples include:. Should guns be legal/illegal in the US? Is the fast-food industry legally accountable for obesity? Should assisted suicide be legal? Is it wrong for the media to promote a certain beauty standard? Performance enhancing Drugs Bilingual education Should recycling be mandatory? Should prayer be allowed in public schools Some questions that can help to develop your speech: Whom does this issue affect? What might the audience already know about the issue? What views or opinions might this audience already have? What misconceptions might they have? What details or words might appeal to this audience's emotions? Reasoning? How do you want your audience to feel about the issue afterwards? What action do you want the audience to take