Revising Your Persuasive Speech: Connecting Evidence to Your Thesis Statement

This lesson teaches how to revise a persuasive speech to ensure it supports the thesis statement. It reviews the writing process, highlights common mistakes, and outlines three steps for effective revision: rereading with purpose, checking for off-path content, and removing unrelated anecdotes. An example speech on safety school for pets is used to demonstrate these steps, emphasizing the importance of staying aligned with key ideas from the thesis.

What is the primary goal when revising a persuasive speech?

• To add more anecdotes

• To ensure the evidence supports the thesis

• To make the speech longer

• To use more complex vocabulary

Which step in the writing process involves checking for extra information that does not support the thesis?

• Writing drafts

• Generating ideas

• Publishing

• Revising and editing

What is a common mistake in a persuasive speech?

• Using too many statistics

• Using simple language

• Including information that doesn't support the thesis

• Having a strong thesis

What is the first step in revising a speech according to the lesson?

• Checking grammar

• Adding more examples

• Rereading with a purpose

• Rewriting the thesis statement

How can you determine if you are going off the path in your speech?

• By checking if the content aligns with the thesis

• By adding more anecdotes

• By using more technical terms

• By increasing the length of the speech

In the example about safety school for pets, what was identified as off the path?

• The mention of driver safety school

• The anecdote about a car accident

• The statistics about pet ownership

• The introduction of the speech

What should be done with content that does not fit the thesis in a persuasive speech?

• Expand on it

• Ignore it

• Remove it

• Reorder it