Indiscriminate Cutting of Trees

1. Topic: Excessive use of paper and indiscriminate cutting of trees You will explain how your topic meets certain criteria listed below 2. A thesis for the informative speech (it must be a claim of fact) You will explain how you know that your thesis meets the criteria for a claim of fact and how it will help create a foundation for your persuasive speech (without taking a stand in the informative speech) 3. A possible thesis for the persuasive speech. (It must be a claim of value or a claim of policy. This may be revised and get more specific as you conduct research). You will identify whether you think your persuasive speech thesis will be a claim of value or a claim of policy Number each part of your submission post clearly with 1, 2, and 3: 1. Your proposed topic Your topic should be clearly identified in the first sentence of part 1 of your post. That means you need to tell me what problem you think needs to be solved. Then explain in 5-6 sentences how you answered the questions posed in Step 1 above. Most importantly, make certain that you include: the problem to be solved (that’s your topic!), who disagrees about your topic, and what makes this problem urgent (something that needs to be solved right away)? What or who will be harmed if we do not solve this problem? 2. An informative speech thesis (a claim of fact) related to the topic you selected in step 1 Your informative thesis should be one, clear, declarative sentence. Your informative thesis should be the first sentence of part 2 in your submission post. Explain in 1-2 sentences how you think you will think this will provide background/context and set you up for your persuasive speech (though you will not be taking a stand on the controversial issue in your informative speech). Explain in 1-2 sentences how you know your claim is potentially empirically testable, i.e., a claim of fact and not a claim of value or policy 3. A persuasive speech thesis (a claim of value or a claim of the policy) that will build on your informative speech Your persuasive thesis should be one, declarative sentence. Your persuasive thesis should be the first sentence of part 3 in your submission post. It can be slightly more general and subject to revision than your informative thesis. But you need to have an idea of where you are headed since the two speeches are related. Identify whether this proposed thesis is intended to be a claim of value or a claim of policy