Sample Persuasive Speech Self-Defense on Campus Speech Commentary Rebecca Hanson You’re tired; you’re hungry. You’ve just spent a long day at College Library and you can’t wait to get back to your room. Glancing outside‚ you remember how quickly it becomes dark. You don’t think much of it‚ though‚ as you bundle up and head out into the gusty wind. Not until you spy the shadows on the sidewalk or hear the leaves rustling beside you do you wish you weren’t alone. You walk quickly‚ trying to
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Evan Bennett November 4‚ 2010 Persuasive Essay Gay discrimination is a major problem that affects individuals all across the country. The Defense of Marriage Act needs to be repealed. First‚ the Defense against Marriage Act will be explained and then why it needs to be repealed‚ then the effects the law has on society. The federal government needs to give same sex couples the same health benefits that heterosexual couples receive. Currently‚ the government offers employees benefits such as health
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Persuasive speech: animal testing At first‚ thank you for the people who are here to listen to my speech. I’m honor to be here so that I can express my strong argument in this place. Before beginning my speech‚ I want to ask you a question. It’s a short question‚ but not simple. Please think carefully. Is there the most superior living species? I think most of you would be quite perplexed. Yes. You should be. As I said‚ it is not a simple question. But also‚ simultaneously‚ there is a one‚ 100% perfect
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Persuasive Speech Intro: Today I’d like you to open your mind to the idea of buying organic food‚ by giving you information on what “organic” really means‚ how organic food is more nutritious for you and why it is a safer option‚ opposed to eating food that is contaminated with harsh chemical and pesticides . Main point 1: What does “Organic” mean? Organic agriculture is an ecological production management system that promotes and enhances biodiversity‚ biological cycles and soil biological
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Persuasive Speech Outline Native American Crafts Ian Federgreen |General Purpose: |To persuade | |Specific Purpose: |To persuade my audience to help stop the sale of counterfeit Native American crafts | |Central Idea: |Enforcement of an existing law can prevent the widespread sale of counterfeit crafts
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Persuasive Essay It seems like in this generation‚ that students in schools aren’t doing as well as the previous generations. Students seemed to be fiddling with more of technology‚ sports and other subjects that does not relate to academics. Where in the past generations‚ kids received better grades and had greater work because of the ‘easy’ educational system. Although now that more and more work is given to the students by the teachers‚ some of the results are not satisfactory enough. Though
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School uniforms should not be compulsory. Hi I’m Thalia and I"m here to speak on behalf of students who oppose to wearing school uniforms. I want you all to look at your uniform and think‚ why are you wearing that? What is the purpose? In this day and age‚ school uniforms are completely irrelevant to a students life. They should not be essential in our Australian schools. Uniforms are costly‚ do not help a students education in any way as well as take away a students right for freedom and expression
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Alessandro Stipo November 26‚ 2011 ENG1DC Mr. Byrne Persuasive Speech Imagine that you trained all your life for that special moment of playing in your first NHL game. At the beginning of your first shift in the game suddenly another player’s stick comes up and strikes you in the eye. This incident ends your career. This could have been prevented if you wore a visor. I think visors should be mandatory in the NHL in order to improve a player’s safety. Statistics have proven players who
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Tim Goloburda Mrs.Lindhorst/Thompson English 11 21‚ February 2013 Persuasive Essay Being healthy is an important factor in life. Many people try to be healthy‚ but not everyone is successful. The question we need to ask ourselves is what is the number one thing we consume daily and can’t live without it? Water! The water we drink hydrates us and gives us numerous kinds of antioxidants and minerals. Although not all water is good for your health. For instance‚ the water that we use daily for
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Persuasive essay How did Porfirio Diaz help the economy grow and modernized the country? Porfirio Diaz was known as a dictator for many years‚ but what most people don’t know is that he made great progress in the economy‚ politics‚ and modernized the country. He lasted more or less 30 years in power. He brought a lot of technology and industry development to Mexico. This helped Mexico’s economy. This was important because Mexico faced many problems in that time. Some problems were that there was
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