Organisational Pattern: Pattern : Monroe’s Motivated Seuence Visual Aid
: Po!er point slides
General Purpose
: "o persuade pers uade
Specific Purpose
: "o persuade persuade my audience audience to use their cell phones in a !ay that !ill protect their health
Central Idea
: #ell phones phones pose serious health health ris$s and there%ore& there%ore& !e must chan'e the !ay !e use them or %ace the medical repercussions(
Introduction )(
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0hat 0hat i% it is ha,a ha,ard rdou ous s to to you yourr hea healt lth. h. +( 1vidence is pilin' up that lon'2term use o% cell phones can lead to tissue dama'e& tumors and even brain cancer(
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-( Given that there are 9 billion people !orld!ide usin' cell phones& !e’re loo$in' at a problem o% potentially sta''erin' ma'nitude( 1.
+ccordin' to evra avis& epidemiolo'ist and author o% the 4565 boo$ Disconnect: The Truth about Cell Phone Radiation & !e may be !atchin' ;an epidemic in slo! motion<(
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) never thou'ht much about the possible perils o% cell phones until ) sa! a #-S ne!s report earlier this year(
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+%ter doin' e=tensive research %or this speech& it made me reali,e that cell phones do in %act pose a dan'er to our health(
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"oday& ) hope to persuade each o% you to use your cell phone in a manner that !ill protect your health(
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-ecause cell phones pose a health ris$& !e must chan'e the !ay !e use them or %ace the medical repercussions(
3"ransition: Let’s loo$ more closely at the health ris$s posed by cell phones(7
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+lthou'h cell phones are sa%e in the short run& they pose serious lon'2term health ris$s( +( >sin' a cell phone e=poses you to radiation that builds up over time( 6( "he amount is miniscule in comparison to that 'iven o%% by ?2ray machines( a( 8o!ever& @onald 8erberman o% the >niversity o% Pittsbur' #ancer )nstitute e=plains that the problem !ith cell phone radiation is not ho! much is emitted at a sin'le time& but ho! much !e are e=posed to !ith repeated use(
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-( More and more scientists are !arnin' about the lon'2term dan'ers o% cell phone use( 6( )n one study the 0orld 8ealth Or'ani,ation trac$ed 65&555 cell phone users over the course o% 65 years( a( "he data in this study indicated that subAects !ho used a cell phone %or 65 or more years doubled the ris$ o% developin' brain tumors( 4( +nother study %rom the Journal of Occupational and Environent !edicine surveyed all the previous research on cell phone use( a( )t %ound a ;consistent pattern o% increased ris$< %or developin' brain tumors amon' people !ho used cell phones %or more than 65 years( i( One e=ample is +lan Mar$s& a BC2year2old real estate developer and %ather o% three !ho tal$ed on his phone an hour a day %or 4D years( "!o years a'o& doctors %ound a 'ol%2ball2si,ed tumor in his brain( #( 1ven cell phone manu%acturers !arn a'ainst $eepin' phones too close to the body( 6( +pple& %or e=ample recommends $eepin' the iPhone %ive2ei'hths o% an inch a!ay %rom your body( 4( Ma$ers o% the -lac$-erry recommend that you $eep their phone a %ull inch a!ay(
3"ransition: So !hat’s the solution.7
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*ou can 'uard a'ainst these ris$s by ma$in' simple chan'es in the !ay you use your cell phone(
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+( o not press your cell phone a'ainst your head !hile tal$in'( 6( *ou should hold the phone one2hal% an inch to one %ull inch a!ay %rom your ear( -( Get in the habit o% usin' ear phones or your phone’s internal spea$er(
3"ransition: *our health can be protected i% you ma$e these adAustments to the !ay you use your cell phones(7
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"here !ill be serious medical repercussions i% you do not chan'e the !ay you use your cell phones( +( 8oldin' the phone close to your head !ill increase the chances o% you developin' brain tumors( 6( #han'in' the !ay you tal$ on your cell phone may be sli'htly inconvenient at %irst but !ill soon become second nature( 4( *ou !ill avoid the %ate o% people !ho have developed cancer and other conditions %rom prolon'ed cell phone use( i( )% +lan Mar$s had $no!n the dan'ers o% prolon'ed cell phone use& he !ould have done thin's a lot di%%erently(
Conclusion )( #ell phones pose health ris$s and !e must chan'e the !ay !e use them or %ace the medical repercussions( ))( So 'et in the habit o% $eepin' your cell phone a!ay %rom your head !hen tal$in'& and encoura'e your %riends and %amily to do the same( )))( Start today !ith your ne=t phone call( )( 0e can avoid the slo!2motion epidemic that doctors and scientists are !arnin' us about i% !e Aust remember to $eep cell phones a!ay %rom our heads( 4
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!eference" avis& ( 345657( Disconnect: The truth about cell phone radiation" #hat the industr$ has done to hide %t" and ho# to protect $our fail$& -oston: utton 8ardell& L(& #arlber'& M(& Sordevist& M(& Mild& E( (& Mor'an& L( L( 3455H7( Lon'2term use o% cellular phones and brain tumors: )ncreased ris$ associated !ith use %or ⩾65 years( Occupational and Environental !edicine( @etrieved& uly 4I& 456I& %rom http://oem(bmA(com/content/I9/J/I4I 8erbermen& @( -( 3455C& September 4B7( Turors and cell phone use : 'hat the Science sa$s& Presented at Oversi'ht and Government @e%orm #ommittee& >S 8ouse o% @epresentatives( @etrieved anuary D6& 456I& %rom http://cellphones(procon(or'/source%iles/8erberman_"estimony(pd% Par,oni$& +( 345657& #ancer #allin'.: 1ast -ay couple on a mission to !arn o% cell phone ris$s( J'eekl$&co( @etrieved February 65& 456I& %rom http://!!!(A!ee$ly(com/article/%ull/BCCD6/cancer2callin'2east2bay2couple2on2a2mission2to2 !arn2o%2cell2phone2ris$s/ 0orld 8ealth Or'ani,ation 345697( Electroagnetic fields and public health: !obile phones& @etrieved November 4& 456I& %rom http://!!!(!ho(int/mediacentre/%actsheets/%s6JD/en/
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