1) In a persuasive speech the most difficult thing to accomplish is to motivate your audience in a manner in which the speakers desires. Monroe's Motivated Sequence is an organizational pattern in which the speaker takes the audience through a five-step process in order to motivate and empower them responds. The five steps are as followed: Attention, Need, Satisfaction, Visualization, and Action. The motivated sequence can be very effective due to the fact that it allows the speaker to take an audience-centered approach. Thus, engaging the audience, which makes the audience feel as if they are being referred to specifically. The problem/solution pattern infers that a problem exists and certain things need to be done to correct it. In my opinion, using the pattern bares the risk of losing engagement form audience members from the beginning. Simply this can occur when an audience member does not agree that a problem exists. Thus causing disengagement. For the final speech I would prefer to use the motivational pattern.
The five step process is incredibly confusing to me. I could see it if it were being spoken to me but if I tried to arrange a speech around that, it would be incredibly hard for me. I liked the problem and solution organizational pattern much better. It seemed more natural to me and will give me a way to show both sides of my arguement while letting the audience decide for themselves what they want to do. I want to make sure that I don't come off as one sided. I need to be truthful in my speech and truthful to me means both sides of the story.
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