What is the purpose of an introduction to a persuasive speech? To give the audience an idea of the speaker's character To give a lighthearted introduction to the topic To ease the audience into the more serious issues of the speech To let the audience know exactly what will be said in the rest of the speech

The first half of your assignment is to turn your argumentative research essay from lesson 2 into a speech. the second half of the assignment is to provide a works- cited page that lists all your sources. you will also need to go back over theparenthetical citations in your essay so that sources match up with the entries on your works-cited page.