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.

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