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13.6: Sample Outline- Persuasive Speech Using Topical Patterns

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    Specific Purpose:

    To persuade my classmates to eliminate their Facebook use.

    Introduction:

    There she was late into the night still wide awake starring at her phone’s screen. In fact, she had to be at work early in the morning, but scrolling through her Facebook account kept her awake. That girl was me before I deactivated my Facebook account. I honestly could not tell you how many hours I spent on Facebook. In the survey that I presented to you all, one person admitted to spending “too much” time on Facebook. That was me in the past, I spent too much time on Facebook. Time is precious and once it is gone it does not return. So why do you spend precious time on Facebook? Time that could be spent with family, resting, or just being more productive.

    Thesis/Preview:

    Facebook users should eliminate their usage because Facebook can negatively affect their relationships with others, their sleeping patterns and health, and their ability to focus on school work.

    I. Family relationships can be affected by your Facebook usage.

    A. In the survey conducted in class, 11 of 15 students confessed to have ignored someone while they were speaking.

    1. Found myself ignoring my children while they spoke.

    2. Noticed other people doing the same thing especially in parks and restaurants.

    B. According to Lynn Postell-Zimmerman on hg.org, Facebook has become a leading cause for divorce.

    C. In the United States, 1 in 5 couples mentioned Facebook as a reason for divorce in 2009.

    Transition:

    We have discussed how Facebook usage can lead to poor relationships with people, next we will discuss how Facebook can affect your sleep patterns and health.

    II. Facebook usage can negatively affect your sleep patterns and health.

    A. Checking Facebook before bed.

    1. In my survey 11 students said they checked their Facebook account before bed.

    2. Staying on Facebook for long hours before bed.

    B. Research has shown that Facebook can cause depression, anxiety, and addiction.

    1. According to researchers Steels, Wickham and Acitelli in an article in the Journal of Social & Clinical Psychology titled “Seeing everyone else’s highlight reels: How Facebook usage is linked to depressive symptoms,” because Facebook users only view the positive of their friend’s life they become unhappy with their life and it can lead to becoming depressed and unhappy.

    2. Marissa Maldonado on psychcentral.com, concluded from recent studies that, “Facebook increases people’s anxiety levels by making them feel inadequate and generating excess worry and stress.”

    3. Facebook addiction is a serious issue, according to the article “Too much Facebook leads to anger and depression” found on cnn.com and written by Cara Reedy.

    a. Checking Facebook everywhere we go is a sign of addiction

    b. Not being able to deactivate your Facebook account.

    Transitions:

    Many of you have probably never though as Facebook as a threat to your health, but we will now review how it can affect you as a college student.

    III. Facebook negatively affects students.

    A. I often found myself on Facebook instead of doing schoolwork.

    B. I was constantly checking Facebook which takes away from study time.

    C. I also found myself checking Facebook while in class, which can lead to poor grades and getting in trouble with the professor.

    D. A study of over 1,800 college students showed a negative relationship between amount of Facebook time and GPA, as reported by Junco in a 2012 article titled, “Too much face and not enough books” from the journal Computers and Human Behavior.

    Conclusion:

    In conclusion, next time you log on to Facebook try deactivating your account for a few day and see the difference. You will soon see how it can bring positive changes in your family relationships, will avoid future health problems, will help you sleep better, and will improve your school performance. Instead of communicating through Facebook try visiting or calling your close friends. Deactivating my account truly helped me, and I can assure you we all can survive without Facebook.

    References

    Junco, R. (2012). Too much face and not enough books: The relationship between multiple indices of Facebook use and academic performance. Computers in Human Behavior, 28(1), 187-198.

    Maldonado, M. (2014). The anxiety of Facebook. Psych Central. Retrieved from http://psychcentral.com/lib/the-anxiety-of-facebook/

    Postell-Zimmerman, L. (1995-2015). Facebook has become a leading cause in divorce cases. HG.org. Retrieved from http://www.hg.org/article.asp?id=27803

    Reedy, C. (2015, March 2). Too much Facebook leads to envy and depression. CNNMoney. Retrieved from http://money.cnn.com/2015/03/02/ technology/facebook-envy/

    Steers, M. L. N., Wickham, R. E., & Acitelli, L. K. (2014). Seeing everyone else’s highlight reels: How Facebook usage is linked to depressive symptoms. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 33(8), 701-731. DOI: 10.1521/jscp.2014.33.8.701

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