ELC590

SAMPLE PREPARATION OUTLINE

PERSUASIVE SPEECH

Student’s Name : MOHAMED FITTRI BIN MOHAMED ROSEDI

Matric Number : 2017485368
Faculty / Group : Chemical Engineering/ PEH2245C2
Lecturer’s Name : MADAM FARHANA BINTI HJ. SHUKOR

Speech title : Wearing helmet should be made compulsory when riding a

motorcycle.

Organizational Pattern : Monroe’s Motivated Sequence

Visual Aid : Power point slides
General Purpose : To persuade
Specific Purpose : To persuade my audience to wear helmets every time they
ride a motorcycle.
Central Idea : Wearing helmet may well save your head from serious head injury
or death.

Introduction

(Monroe’s Motivated Sequence  Attention)

I. Let me ask you some simple questions, is wearing helmet important? Why is there a need
to wear helmet? Do you know what can happen if you do not wear helmet? Some of you
might be aware of it but there are also some of you do not.
II. Malaysia has the highest road fatality risk (per 100,000 population) among the ASEAN
countries and more than 50% of the road accident fatalities involve motorcyclists.
A. A study from Kerman, Iran shows that the reasons for this is because the
weight of helmet is heavy, feeling of heat, pain in the neck, feeling of
suffocation and limitation of head and neck movements.
III. From the research, it is the “careless” attitude takes up the highest percentage which is
60%. This means that many are just being ignorant not thinking about safety while riding
the motorcycle.
IV. I have to believe that many of you would agree with me that we see gruesome photos and
videos of accidents that go viral on Internet. How the blood oozes out from the badly
injured head for those not wearing helmet and injuries are definitely lessened by wearing
helmet.
A. According to Bernama reports, a rise in fatal accidents have been recorded in
the first ten months of 2015. From January to October of 2015, 838 fatal accidents were
registered, out of that number, 612 involved motorcyclists. During the same period last
year, Director General of the Road Safety Department, Abd Ghafar Yusof said there were
a total of 588 fatal accidents involving motorcyclists on record.
B. The most cases, motorcyclists were not wearing helmets properly, while some
crash helmets did not meet SIRIM specifications. Looking at these data’s, you should put
on the helmet for life sake, please value your fragile life, accidents can in fact be
prevented.
 V. So today, here I am standing to persuade every one of you here to always wear helmet
every time you ride a motorcycle.

(Transition: Now, you may say to yourself “What is the problem?)

Body

(Monroe’s Motivated Sequence  Need)

I. Ladies and gentlemen let me tell you there is an attitude problem that is happening here,
a very serious one.
A. The first one is “careless” attitude.
1) Many of us do not care to wear helmet due to the assumption that we just
take short distances journey.
a. For instance, going to and from the college to class is not far.
B. The second one is “oh so confident, nothing is going to happen” attitude.
1) We would also always have the strong confidence that accidents hardly
happen so there is no need to worry about whether we should wear
helmet or not.
2) Are you aware that accidents can happen just about anywhere and at any
time?
a. For instance, there are construction work ongoing somewhere and
you can skid or run off the road.
C. The third one is related to the country’s weather, as we all know our country,
Malaysia is the tropical hot weather.
1) As we are all aware that our tropical hot weather is very humid and
uncomfortable at times, some of us just feel that helmet are such
nuisance, causing sticky hair and sweating.

(Transition: What are the solutions to the problems?”)

(Monroe’s Motivated Sequence  Satisfaction)

II. There are solutions to the problems.
A. Firstly, the solution for the first problem is we need to change our mind set to
having full awareness about safety. Even it is a short distance destination/place,
does need special care to prevent unwanted accidents.
B. Secondly, the solution for the second problem is we cannot foresee what is going
to happen soon, so we cannot be too confident that by not wearing helmet
nothing is going to happen because accidents do not pre-warn their victims.
C. Lastly, the solution for the third problem is since wearing a helmet is a must, to
reduce sweatiness, make sure your hair is kept clean and dry also always put on
your scarf or bandana to prevent from heavy sweating.

(Transition: So now, imagine that what will happen if you wear a helmet and what will happen if
you do not wear a helmet?)
 (Monroe’s Motivated Sequence  Visualization)
III. Well, let me tell you what will happen if you are not wearing it and if you are wearing it.
(Not wearing helmet)
A. Firstly, you can get accidents where you can get head injury then you will be
hospitalised for long period of treatment, and obviously you will miss classes, miss
taking your quizzes, sitting for your examinations that will surely affect your carry
marks and your grades, worst of all, your semester might/will be extended.
1) As what I said just now, head injury. The consequences of a head injury
can lead to Traumatic Brain Injuries (TBI).
a. This happens when motorcyclists strike their head in an accident
on a roadway or highway.
b. Those injuries can include minor brain injuries like concussions or
more severe or devastating injuries that can leave a person
dependent on long-term care.
(Wearing helmet)
A. You can prevent yourself from accidents and all the unwanted risks would not
happen.
B. You can save your life because helmet protects your head.
1) Helmets create an additional layer for the head and thus protect the wearer
from some of the more severe forms of traumatic brain injury. Helmet works
in two (2) ways:
a. It spreads the forces of the impact over a greater surface area so
that they are not concentrated on particular areas of the skull.
b. It prevents direct contact between the skull and the impacting object
by acting as a mechanical barrier between the head and the object.

Conclusion

(Monroe’s Motivated Sequence  Action)

I. As a conclusion, by wearing helmet we can prevent ourselves from any unwanted risks.
II. We can prevent from head injury and at the same time we can save costs from having to
pay hospital bills for treatment.
III. So, I urge to all of you to always wear helmet every time you ride a motorcycle.
IV. Last but not least, wear helmet, ride safely!
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fatalities involve motorcyclists. Paultan.org. Retrieved from https://paultan.org/2015/11/12/jkjr-
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Muhammad Marizwan Abdul Manan & András Várhelyi (2012). Motorcycle fatalities in Malaysia.
ScienceDirect. Retrieved from
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0386111212000076

HG.org (2015), Consequences of a Head Injury from a Motorcycle Accident. Retrieved from
https://www.hg.org/article.asp?id=33395

Javad Faryabi, Mahboobeh Rajabi & Shahin Alirezaee (2014). Evaluation of the Use and Reasons
for Not Using a Helmet by Motorcyclists Admitted to the Emergency Ward of Shahid Bahonar
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World Health Organization (2015), Why are helmets needed?. Retrieved from
http://www.who.int/roadsafety/projects/manuals/helmet_manual/1-Why.pdf

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