(Name: Farah Nadira binti Aznoor Hisham) OUTLINE TITLE: eBook vs. Textbook ORGANISATIONAL PATTERN: Monroe’s Motivated Sequence VISUAL AID: Power point slides GENERAL PURPOSE: to persuade my audience SPECIFIC PURPOSE: to persuade my audience that eBook bring more benefits to people than textbook CENTRAL IDEA: Making textbook caused many trees are being cut down which affect our ecosystem so we have to switch from using textbook to eBook in order to save our trees. INTRODUCTION I. Attention step Attention getter: Students and textbook cannot be separated. Some students are willing to go to library to borrow books because books are getting expensive. Do you know why textbook are getting expensive? Do you ever wondered why are textbooks required …show more content…
We will go over the reasons how textbook can be bad for our environment and how eBooks can solve these problems. (Transition: Here are the reasons why textbooks can be a hassle) BODY II. Need step A. Carrying textbooks can cause back pain 1. Common textbooks are big, bulky and even take a lot of space. Some textbooks can have around of thousand pages. Shouldering a hefty load can cause back pain, according to a study by researchers at the University of California in Riverside. 2. Carrying the books with hardcover and thousand pages to each class can be a hassle. Imagine that you have multiple classes in a day, you may have to lug around more than one textbook at a time. 3. Girls were significantly more likely to report back pain than boys. B. Textbook can bring negative effects to our environment 1. The world produces more than 300 million tons of paper per year. But remember, books are not the only source of paper consumption. 2. Textbook production by factories can release toxins into the air 3. Many trees are cut down to produce books every year which can lead to water pollution, increasing the temperature and soil