Persuasion & Infomercial

PERSUASION

Topic ideas

Fallacies of Logic 

1. Learn the blue terms on this list of fallacies
2. Kellog’s web site, persuasion and audience 
3. Most widely used fallacies of logic
4. Cartoons showing fallacies of logic
5. Game using fallacies of logic
6. List of Fallacies of logic.
7. Recognizing Fallacies of Logic #1, #2, #3,
8. Logically Speaking: Truth and Fallacies: Non Sequitur, TedEd talk
9. Videos explaining developing logic: #1, #2: broken logic, #3: straw man, #4, getting personal, #5: the gamblers fallacy, #6: precautionary tale
10. DEFINITIONS OF PROPAGANDA TECHNIQUES
11. Other links to fallacies of logic
12. Spotting logical fallacies, spotting fallacies trivia game #2
13. Video to teach avoiding fallacies of logic.
14. Exercise to practice identifying fallacies of logic.

Methods for Persuasion

• How would you convince someone?
• Persuasive Methods
• Sales Talk
• Audience analysis activity using persuasion
• Persuasion methods overview Ppt.
• 17 ways to be more persuasive link

The Infomercial

1. How to Invent a Product: 1,
2. Examples of innovative products: by young people, 1, 2
3. Preparing for Your Infomercial
4. Plan Document for Your Infomercial
5. Rubric For Your  Infomercial
6. Checklist to help you prepare
7. Background Info. to help you prepare for your Infomercial

Ideas for your infomercial:

• Ideas for new products from NPR
• Japanese unique products, chindogu
• Brainstorm document

Using electronic visuals in a presentation:

• Presentation Zen elements and how to use them.
• Ppt. showing presentation Zen fundamentals

Making an Argument:

• Terms  related to speech and persuasion
• Persuasive vocabulary terms
• Presentation with an overview or terms
• One liner examples your issue
• Example Dialogues
• Making Concession

Three Ways to Persuade: Pathos, Ethos, Logos–from Changing Minds. org
Video link for Pathos, Ethos, Logos

Reading on Pathos, Ethos, Logos

Persuasive Speeches

A. Possible topics.

B. Skills to develop persuasion:

1. Types of Persuasive Evidence small group activity
2. Fact vs. opinion
3. Understanding Reasoning, a journaling activity
4. I Believe It group persuasive activity
5. Practice supporting a position.
6. Evaluating Sources
7. Arguing Both Sides practice

C. Organizing and preparing your persuasive speech:

1. Persuasion Map graphic organizer
2. Persuasive Introductory Paragraph Practice
3. Persuasion Overview and Terms
4. Persuasion Outline for writing your speech
5. Preparation Document for research
6. Summary Sheet for notes

D. Checklists and Rubrics for persuasive speech

1. Checklist for persuasion speech
2. Reflection and practice steps as you prepare to present
3. Personal Interest Persuasive Speech practice
4. Peer Feedback Rubric
5. RUBRIC, PERSUASION

E. Reminders, examples, and other useful info.:

1. Tool for identifying types of evidence
2. Example persuasive speeches: Summer , Persuasive Essay Examples
3. Example persuasive speeches video: girl who made the world go silent
4. Death penalty example formal speech video

F. Other Persuasive Skills:

• Methods of Organization
• Persuasive Leads Practice
• Fact vs. Opinion practice
• Speaker Etiquette