Persuasive Speech: Wind Energy
Topic: Wind Energy
Specific purpose: To persuade my audience that coal affects our environment and that we should use wind energy instead in our future houses.
Central idea: Coal has many negatives effects in our environment and we can help to reduce these effects by implementing wind energy in our houses, which can produce the same results in our homes.
Pattern of organization: Problem - Solution
I. Attention: How many of you can survive for a month without electricity? Without phones, laptops, tv. Not many, because electricity has become part of our daily routines and we are addicted to it.
II. Reveal Topic: We use energy everyday, and its creation by burning coal, has negative effects to our environment. But these effects can be reduced …show more content…
As described by the U.S. Energy Information Administration, as the deposits of non renewable resources shrinks, the price is bound to increase. (Energy Information Administration, Non renewable coal)
2. But if happen to be a do-it-yourself kind of person, you can even make it yourself! a. Just type “How to build a wind turbine” in youtube.com and many instructions videos will come out.
b. After reading the reviews of many of these videos, the average price of building them is around 200$.
Conclusion
I. Signal the end of the speech: we all use energy, and implementing wind energy in our future houses, will not change our daily routine.
II. Reinforce the central idea: Burning coal has serious effects to our environment, it increases global warning. By using wind energy, we can help preventing these damages. We have seen that it pays off by itself, and even you can create your own wind turbine. And the feeling that we are helping out planet, is priceless.
III. Clear closing line: We need to look after our planet home, without our planet we cannot exist. Let’s take care of it.
References
Energy Star (2010). Federal tax credit for consumer energy efficiency. Retrieved from
Specific purpose: To persuade my audience that coal affects our environment and that we should use wind energy instead in our future houses.
Central idea: Coal has many negatives effects in our environment and we can help to reduce these effects by implementing wind energy in our houses, which can produce the same results in our homes.
Pattern of organization: Problem - Solution
I. Attention: How many of you can survive for a month without electricity? Without phones, laptops, tv. Not many, because electricity has become part of our daily routines and we are addicted to it.
II. Reveal Topic: We use energy everyday, and its creation by burning coal, has negative effects to our environment. But these effects can be reduced …show more content…
As described by the U.S. Energy Information Administration, as the deposits of non renewable resources shrinks, the price is bound to increase. (Energy Information Administration, Non renewable coal)
2. But if happen to be a do-it-yourself kind of person, you can even make it yourself! a. Just type “How to build a wind turbine” in youtube.com and many instructions videos will come out.
b. After reading the reviews of many of these videos, the average price of building them is around 200$.
Conclusion
I. Signal the end of the speech: we all use energy, and implementing wind energy in our future houses, will not change our daily routine.
II. Reinforce the central idea: Burning coal has serious effects to our environment, it increases global warning. By using wind energy, we can help preventing these damages. We have seen that it pays off by itself, and even you can create your own wind turbine. And the feeling that we are helping out planet, is priceless.
III. Clear closing line: We need to look after our planet home, without our planet we cannot exist. Let’s take care of it.
References
Energy Star (2010). Federal tax credit for consumer energy efficiency. Retrieved from