Persuasive Policy Speech Purpose: This assignment will help you to find material you can use to support your next speech. It will also give you practice in selecting and retrieving information from a variety of sources in online databases. Instructions: Download the Speech Research Form from Doc Sharing. You need to collect information from at least five different database collections using the Park Online Library Databases (http://www.park.edu/library/databases.html). In addition, you need at least three different types of supporting materials as identified in Chapter 8 of the textbook: brief examples, extended examples, dictionary definition, expert definition, etymological definition, functional definition, expert testimony, lay testimony, statistics, narratives, literal analogies, or figurative analogies. The information you collect must: be relevant to your topic; be specific (only something you would quote, paraphrase, or summarize in your speech, not an entire article for example); be purposeful as a specific type of supporting material. Speech Research Form Use this form to begin your preliminary research into the topic of your speech. You need to collect information from at least five different database collections using the Park Online Library Databases (http://www.park.edu/library/database.aspx). In addition, you need at least three different types of supporting materials as identified in Chapter 8 of the textbook: brief examples, extended examples, dictionary definition, expert definition, etymological definition, functional definition, expert testimony, lay testimony, statistics, narratives, literal analogies, or figurative analogies. The information you collect must: ? be relevant to your topic; ? be specific (only something you would quote, paraphrase, or summarize in your speech, not an entire article for example); ? be purposeful as a specific type of supporting material. SPEECH TOPIC: Don’t forget this! Source 1: Ebsco Article title: Author: Name of periodical: Volume: Pages: Date: Database used: Date information retrieved: Type of supporting material: Information obtained (copy and paste): Source 2: Gale Virtual Reference Library Article title: Author: Name of periodical: Volume: Pages: Date: Database used: Date information retrieved: Type of supporting material: Information obtained (copy and paste): Source 3: Newspaper database Article title: Author: Name of periodical: Volume: Pages: Date: Database used: Date information retrieved: Type of supporting material: Information obtained (copy and paste): Source 4: Any specialized database Article title: Author: Name of periodical: Volume: Pages: Database used: Date information retrieved: Date: Type of supporting material: Information obtained (copy and paste): Source 5: Any other database Article title: Author: Name of periodical: Volume: Pages: Date: Database used: Date information retrieved: Type of supporting material: Information obtained (copy and paste): Purchase answer to see full attachment Tags: death penalty The New York Times Capital punishment death penalty charge retention of death User generated content is uploaded by users for the purposes of learning and should be used following our company’shonor code & terms of service.
