Danielle Sinquefield
Persuasive Outline
Topic: Why Animal Rights Matter
General Purpose To Persuade
Specific Purpose: To persuade my audience to comprehend the direct and indirect abuse towards animals and to encourage them to identify and shun them.
Thesis: Animals are conscious beings who like us feel, think, and undergo pain and distress, it is vital to be cognizant of the industries that perpetuate suffering and to realize that we have a choice to abstain from supporting it.
Tips: The red words means show pictures// the italicized words are sources
I. Introduction
A. Attention Getter: Whether it be factory farming, animal research, or the fur and leather industry, a general consensus amongst many is that killing and experimentation …show more content…
David DeGrazia, professor of Neurology at the University of Cambridge states
i. “Many animals are capable of having a wide variety of aversive mental states, including pain, distress, discomfort, boredom, and fear.”
2. Now, do animals have an interest in remaining alive? Does death harm an animal?
a. Of course!! Whether it be baby chicks getting their beaks cut off, pig’s beings hammered in the head, or a cow’s throat being sliced, they squeal, they scream, they feel pain.
b. In factory farms, piglets are susceptible to stress behaviors such as tail-biting, so farmers chop off piglets' tails and use pliers to break off the ends of their teeth–without providing painkillers.
c. Cows grieve deaths and even shed tears, they will uncontrollably call and search for their babies even after they have been sold.
3. Many animals are perceived as lacking full-fledged thoughts
a. Jose Bermuedez, Professor of Neuroscience from Washington University reveals
i. “When animals represent contingencies between actions and outcomes, they are going beyond minimalist conception”.
b. So like all animals, they value their lives and don’t want to die, there are stories of cows, pigs, and goats who go to astonishing lengths to fight for their lives and hide their babies from
Persuasive Outline
Topic: Why Animal Rights Matter
General Purpose To Persuade
Specific Purpose: To persuade my audience to comprehend the direct and indirect abuse towards animals and to encourage them to identify and shun them.
Thesis: Animals are conscious beings who like us feel, think, and undergo pain and distress, it is vital to be cognizant of the industries that perpetuate suffering and to realize that we have a choice to abstain from supporting it.
Tips: The red words means show pictures// the italicized words are sources
I. Introduction
A. Attention Getter: Whether it be factory farming, animal research, or the fur and leather industry, a general consensus amongst many is that killing and experimentation …show more content…
David DeGrazia, professor of Neurology at the University of Cambridge states
i. “Many animals are capable of having a wide variety of aversive mental states, including pain, distress, discomfort, boredom, and fear.”
2. Now, do animals have an interest in remaining alive? Does death harm an animal?
a. Of course!! Whether it be baby chicks getting their beaks cut off, pig’s beings hammered in the head, or a cow’s throat being sliced, they squeal, they scream, they feel pain.
b. In factory farms, piglets are susceptible to stress behaviors such as tail-biting, so farmers chop off piglets' tails and use pliers to break off the ends of their teeth–without providing painkillers.
c. Cows grieve deaths and even shed tears, they will uncontrollably call and search for their babies even after they have been sold.
3. Many animals are perceived as lacking full-fledged thoughts
a. Jose Bermuedez, Professor of Neuroscience from Washington University reveals
i. “When animals represent contingencies between actions and outcomes, they are going beyond minimalist conception”.
b. So like all animals, they value their lives and don’t want to die, there are stories of cows, pigs, and goats who go to astonishing lengths to fight for their lives and hide their babies from