General Purpose: To persuade the audience to believe our viewpoint.

Specific Purpose: To persuade the audience to email the Office of Academic Affairs.
Introduction:
A. Attention Getter: “Nothing is more expensive than a missed opportunity.” This quote by H.
Jackson Brown Jr. published by Brainy Quote in 2018 clearly shows the situation of students
at Winona State University as they are missing the opportunities to take the classes required
for their graduation and it is costing them extra time and money by requiring them to return for
another semester prior to graduation.
B. Topic Credibility: The topic of class availability is important to discuss because most of us in
the room today will be affected by the unavailability of a class.
C. Speaker Credibility: We are credible to discuss this because we are students that can be and
have been affected by classes not being offered every semester, as well as, we have done
extensive research on this topic.
D. Thesis: The research led us to the conclusion that the Winona State University Office of
Academic Affairs should make a policy requiring classes to be offered both semesters of every
year.
E. Preview of Main Points: In this speech, we will tell you about the problem of class
unavailability, how our solution would fix the problem, the reason why people do not want
classes every semester, and the benefits of this solution.
Body:
I. The first main point is the problems of this topic.
A. (Swenson Citation) There are over 20 classes at WSU that are only offered one semester every
year and for some students it can be the deciding factor for whether or not the graduate when
they expected.
B. (Kolodner Citation) Due to some classes only being offered one semester per year if someone
did not get into a class the first time they tried to register for it they would have to wait one full
year to be able to attempt to register for the course, and if this was a prerequisite for any of
their classes it could mess with their whole schedule as well as graduation.
[Now that we have discussed the problems associated with classes being offered during alternating
semesters or years we can discuss the solution to this issue.]
II. The second main point is the solution to the problems of this topic.
A. (Farkas Citation) Many classes are being offered online by two and four-year public
institutions in order to increase the number of students that are able to take that class.
B. (Seaman Citation) Smaller class sizes are preferred by teachers in order to give more attention
to individual students.
[Now that we have discussed the solution that we believe would work the best we can discuss the reason
why people do not think that offering classes every semester would be beneficial.]
III. The third main point is the refutation of an opposing view of this topic.
A. (Peratt Citation) Classes being offered every semester causes less people to enroll in each
section of this course and it is more cost effective to have 30 kids in a class and offer it one
semester than to offer the course twice a year and only have 15 kids in each class.
 B. Currently, there are many entry level classes being taught numerous times per semester every
semester(English Citation)
[Now that we have discussed the opposing views of this topic we can discuss the benefits to our solution.]
IV. The fourth, and final, main point is the benefits of the solution to this problem.
A. Students are able to graduate on time, take online classes if they prefer them, and can get more
individual attention from teachers which hopefully results in better grades.
B. This solution allows for extra flexibility during scheduling, as well as provides little to no
extra cost for the university.
[Now that we have discussed the benefits of this solution we can discuss what you as an audience member
can do to help this policy get passed.]
Conclusion:
A. Restated Thesis: Our goal for class availability is that the WSU Office of Academic Affairs
will require classes to be offered every semester through the implementation of a new policy.
B. Summary of Main Points: This has been shown through describing the problem, showing the
solution, refuting an opposing side to this idea, and explaining the benefits of this solution.
C. Closing Remarks: Our goal is that you as an audience member will message the Office of
Academic Affairs through their email, academicaffairs@winona.edu explaining how
graduating on time is important and offering classes every semester of ever year is the
solution.
D. Final Plea: In the publication by BrainyQuote in 2018 H. Jackson Brown Jr. said “Nothing is
more expensive than a missed opportunity”, so please do not miss the opportunity to bring
change to your college campus.
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Farkas, Karen. “Online Education Growing as Colleges Offer More Classes to Meet Student Demand.”
Cleveland.com, 8 May 2011,
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Kolodner, Meredith. “6 Reasons You May Not Graduate on Time (and What to Do About It).” The New
York Times, 6 Apr. 2017, www.nytimes.com/2017/04/06/education/edlife/6-reasons-you-may-not-
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Peratt, Barry. 28 Nov. 2018.
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Swenson, Madelyn. “The Winonan.” The Winonan, 7 Nov. 2018, pp. 1–11.