In the twenty-forth chapter of A Pocket Guide to Public Speaking, the authors O’Hair, D., Rubenstein, H. & Stewart, R. write about constructing a persuasive speech; more specifically, the nature of your claims, convincing evidence, warrants, and addressing the other sides. The authors write about other topics in this chapter but I will be covering the topics mentioned above.
“In a persuasive speech, you can construct arguments based on three different kinds of claims: of fact, of value, and of policy. Your speech may contain only one type of claim or, often, consist of several arguments addressing different kinds of claims.” (p. 175) Claims involving facts focus on if something is factual or not. They also deal with whether or not something