CENTER FOR MODERN LANGUAGES & HUMAN SCIENCES

PUBLIC SPEAKING
SUBJECT CODE

UHL 4012
PUBLIC SPEAKING

TITLE

PERSUASIVE SPEECH OUTLINE

DATE OF SUBMIT

14TH DECEMBER 2011

NAME & ID NUMBER

NORDIANA BINTI YAZID

AA10195

LECTURER

MADAM ZAILIN SHAH BINTI YUSOFF

REMARKS

ENDORSEMENT

Topic: Gadget
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Title: The use of cell phone should be banned while driving.

General Purpose: To persuade
Specific Purpose: To convince my audience that the use of cell phone while driving is
dangerous.
Central Idea: The use of cell phone should be banned while driving because of the minds not
focus on the driving,the driving and the distraction by the phone.
Organization: Problem, solution, solution
Main Point:
Point
1) Mind cannot
focus on driving

Elaborate

Distraction from the cell phone

Effects: accident/injury
Effects: jeopardize people around
Example: The driver will not focus with the driving and
will endanger people around if there are mistakes while

2) Banning the
usage of cell
phone while
driving

driving. (statistic)
Hand phone should be banned
Harm people around
Solution: Goverment need to be aggresive on settling this

issue.
Solution: Government need to fine the driver with high

prices.
Example state of Massachusetts have given the penalty
to the driver that is found guilty will be fine for $100 for
first offense and the second offence will be $250 and the

3) Driving &
distraction

third offence will be $500.

To have slower braking time
Solution: Installing Rumble Strips along road to get
attention of the driver.

Topic
Title
General Purpose
Specific Purpose

Gadget
The use of cell phone should be banned while driving
To persuade
To convince my audience that the use of cell phone while
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Central Idea

driving is dangerous
The use of cell phone should be banned while driving because
minds cannot focus on the driving, the ways to overcome this
problem which are the government need to fine driver that
found guilty with high prices and the government need to
improve the roads condition such as installing the Rumble

Organization
INTRODUCTION
A. Open with impact/
Attention getter
i.

strips.
Problem, Solution, Solution
Cell phone is a gadget where people tend to use to make call,
give short message service (SMS).(suddenly the phone is

Tie to the

ringing and I picked it up while doing presentation).

Back to my slide, fact says that we cannot do two things at the

audience/ reason to

same time. Based on what I acted just now showing that while I

listen

gave my speech, and someone just call me at the same time, I

cannot do that both. It is related with while we are driving, and
someone just calls us, and then we tend to do or focus on just
one thing. Why I am saying that? That is because we use only

ii.

Credibility

half of our brain to process for what we do.

When I drove back to my hometown and yes, sometimes I am

statement/ material

talking on the phone while driving. So, after few times seeing
some accident and the impact when using hand phone while

iii.

Preview of main

driving, I get my knees shake.

For today, I will convincing you that cell phone need to be

points/ central idea

banned while driving because the minds will not focus on the
driving and how to overcome this problem which is the
government need to fine driver that found guilty with high
prices and the government should improve the roads condition

Transition to body of
speech:
BODY
A. Main point 1

such as put the rumble strips.

First of all, we need to know what the problem in this statement
is.
When we are driving in a car while talking on the phone, our
mind cannot focus on the road because one hand with the phone

i.

Supporting details

and one hand manoeuvre the car.

Certain studies show that driving while talking on the phone can

lead to injury or increasing the crash risk.

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ii.

Supporting details

Example like a study by Suzanne McEvoy and colleagues of

driver on 2005 in Western Australia have found that drivers that

are using cell phones were four times tend to be in injuryresulting crashes when talking on the cell phones.

iii.

Supporting details
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Niki Taylor which is a supermodel had got in an accident. The

accident was began when a friend of her or stockbroker, James
Chad Renegar had hit a utility pole while trying to retrieve a
ringing phone. From the report, there were also a passenger
aside Niki. The weather were stormy and the road were wet and
winding. Niki sat in front of passenger seat during the low

Transition to main point 2

impact crash. (picture of Niki Taylor)

As we all know, the government have banned the use of cell

B. Main point 2

phone while driving.

Phone can bring harm to people around if the driver is using it.
Government need to be aggressive in settling this issue. So, the

i.

Supporting details

government need to fine the driver with high prices summons.

Example like one of state in United States of America which is

Massachusetts had given the penalty to the driver that has been
found guilty. They will be fine for $100 for first offense and the

Supporting details

second offence will be $250 and the third offence will be $500.
By doing this, I am sure people will not played their cell phones

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Transition to main point 3
C. Main point 3

while driving because the price is to high!

Besides that, cell phone is a distracting thing while driving a car.
When we are driving, we are tending to be more careful or

ii.

cautious about people around. But, when something distracting

us we might lose focus on driving example when suddenly
something happened, we have or tend to have slower braking
i.

Supporting details

time.
To curb this from always happened, the government can also

make some changes to the road rather than we use the law to
reduce the number of driver that doing this crime. The
government need to install Rumble Strips along road to get

ii.

Supporting details

attention of the driver.

Rumble strips can also be called as sleeper lines which are to

alert the driver if they have drift from their lane on the road.
Besides it is an economical and effective to the driver. Picture
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shown that the rumble strips in Hennikar, New Hampshire, US.

Transition to conclusion

(picture is shown)
Be sure to keep this in mind that with using cell phone while
driving will cause you to be in more high risk state.

Conclusion
A. Summary of main
point

In conclusion, I am emphasise that using cell phone while

driving will cause you more impact because your mind cannot
focus on driving, and it will distracting you as a driver and we
need to follow the law from government or else we might get

B. Close with impact/

Call for action

into trouble.
From me, Remember you beloved one and drive safely for this
coming celebration

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