Question

annie has written the following thesis statement for her persuasive speech: \all nations must unite to address the 4 main causes of global warming: natural causes, pollution, increase in population, and deforestation.\ which of the following illustrates the most appropriate way to organize her speech?
a. annie lists 15 reasons for deforestation, and then explains her topic and presents her theme.
b. after introducing her topic, annie makes numerous powerpoint slides of the areas hardest hit by deforestation, and thinking her audience will be bored, she doesnt cover natural causes, pollution, increase in population. she just makes a slide listing them as \other\ problems.
c. after stating her topic is global warming, annie lists nations which are currently doing the most to stop pollution, but she doesnt ask the audience to do anything about it.
d. after introducing her topic and making her thesis clear, annie uses several supporting details and specific examples to encourage her audience to reduce global warming in each of the 4 areas mentioned in her thesis, then concludes by summarizing.

Explanation:

A persuasive speech should open with an introduction of the topic and clear thesis, then thoroughly address all key points from the thesis with supporting details, and end with a conclusion. Option a reverses the structure, option b ignores most thesis points, option c focuses only on one point and lacks a call to action, while option d follows the logical, complete structure aligned with Annie's thesis.

Answer:

d. After introducing her topic and making her thesis clear, Annie uses several supporting details and specific examples to encourage her audience to reduce global warming in each of the 4 areas mentioned in her thesis, then concludes by summarizing.