You will design a plan for a speech that you would give in a debate. In this fictitious scenario, you have been invited to participate in a debate about Genration Z that will be held at your University. The debate will be attended by university students and faculty; students' parents; and folks from the community outside the university. You should take this audience into account as you create your speech plan. Your opponent is a 65-year-old Baby Boomer. The other side of the debate-that is, the persuasive speech to be given by your opponent will involve the following argument: "Members of Generation Z, including those in college, are entitled and lazy. They should stop complaining and suck it up. They should work harder. If they are not 'making it, their own fault." You will be arguing against this position. You will write up all the ideas you have for how you could create the best possible persuasive speech to win this debate . You will not create a formal outline , but you will write out everything you think you might want to use and include in your outline, and all the steps you would take to prepare for creating your outline . Here are some questions you should use to guide coming up with your plan: (note: these do not have to be addressed in this order) What do you think your overall argument (thesis statement) will be? What are some potential or likely sub- arguments that you can make to support this overall argument ? What are some points of evidence that you are likely to use or look for, in order to support these sub -arguments? What types of evidence do you plan to marshal in order to best support your argument thoroughly ? ( Give examples for each one, where possible.) What are some arguments that your debate opponent is likely to use? How do you potentially plan to address these arguments ? That is, what are some of your counter arguments to the other side's points ? Along these lines, what fallacies might the other side use in making their arguments ? What fallacies might you want to make sure to avoid ? What are some types of contextualization you will likely want to include? (e.g. economic, political, historical) What points might you incorporate into each type of contextualization? What kinds of resources or materials might you try to gather? What type of research might you perform ? What are some stories that you could use to support your argument? ( Write them out .) What types of appeal will you likely employ in your speech? ( Types of appeal include logos, pathos, ethos , and mythos.) For each one, what are some likely techniques, points, and / o * r pieces of information you might use to strengthen that type of appeal ? What types) of design might you employ in your speech and why? What plans might you develop related to your delivery of your speech ( such as volume , tone, gestures , etc.) How will these aspects of delivery support your argument and overall persuasive effectiveness ?

While you are not being given a specific format that you have to follow, you should organize your plan with sections that have headings, and either create lists with bullet points and/or write out paragraphs for each section (a section might be "Types of Design" or "Likely Sub Arguments," for example). While there is no specified minimum number of pages or words for this assignment, you should address the topics and aspects of your plan for your speech as outlined above in a thorough manner. I imagine you will need more than a few pages to do that. I recommend you don't focus on length, and, instead, make sure you deeply engage with the suggestions and prompt questions, above, and you will be fine.