Informative Speech
Further Understanding Teenage Suicide. An Informative Speech
Attention Grabber: According to Jay Schleifer in his book, Everything You Need to Know About Teen Suicide, “approximately 5000 teens take their lives each year, three times what it was in 1960” (Schleifer, 1988, p.12).
Thesis: The thought of suicide can enters someone’s head at any given age.
I. Introduction
a. Think about how bad someone can feel emotionally, physically, and mentally to go through the process of ending with their own life. We all have the choice to live and see if things get better, but instead some people choose not to wait.
b. A teen may get to a point in their lives where school or problems at home reach a point that is too much to handle. They may feel like no matter how much time goes by things will not get better. My name is Brenda Cepeda and today I will be talking to you guys about teen suicide.
c. I will discuss several signs, causes, and myths that revolve around teenage suicide.
Transition: How many of you know a teenager? (Take answers). Some of you still are teenagers and others are the parents, siblings or friends of one. It is impossible to know when someone begins to think of ending their life because he or she does not find a purpose in keep going with his/her lives. It is crucial to understand and realize when signs begin to appear because many of this cases could it be avoided.
II. Body
Major Point 1: When a teenager begins to act differently than how they usually do it is important to understand they may be going through a hard time in their lives. Families or people surrounding a teenager who committed suicide may notice some warning sings too late.
a. The main sign is when a teenager tries to commit suicide for the first time and he/she fails.
1. Just because someone tried committing suicide and failed does not mean he or she will not try once again.
b. Once someone contemplates suicide they will no longer care for their belongings.
2. For
Attention Grabber: According to Jay Schleifer in his book, Everything You Need to Know About Teen Suicide, “approximately 5000 teens take their lives each year, three times what it was in 1960” (Schleifer, 1988, p.12).
Thesis: The thought of suicide can enters someone’s head at any given age.
I. Introduction
a. Think about how bad someone can feel emotionally, physically, and mentally to go through the process of ending with their own life. We all have the choice to live and see if things get better, but instead some people choose not to wait.
b. A teen may get to a point in their lives where school or problems at home reach a point that is too much to handle. They may feel like no matter how much time goes by things will not get better. My name is Brenda Cepeda and today I will be talking to you guys about teen suicide.
c. I will discuss several signs, causes, and myths that revolve around teenage suicide.
Transition: How many of you know a teenager? (Take answers). Some of you still are teenagers and others are the parents, siblings or friends of one. It is impossible to know when someone begins to think of ending their life because he or she does not find a purpose in keep going with his/her lives. It is crucial to understand and realize when signs begin to appear because many of this cases could it be avoided.
II. Body
Major Point 1: When a teenager begins to act differently than how they usually do it is important to understand they may be going through a hard time in their lives. Families or people surrounding a teenager who committed suicide may notice some warning sings too late.
a. The main sign is when a teenager tries to commit suicide for the first time and he/she fails.
1. Just because someone tried committing suicide and failed does not mean he or she will not try once again.
b. Once someone contemplates suicide they will no longer care for their belongings.
2. For