Persuasive Speech #2 I. Introduction “The surest way to corrupt a youth is to instruct him to hold in higher esteem those who think alike than those who think differently.” This quote by Friedrich Nietzsche speaks volumes toward the importance of individuality and self-expression. It shows how conformity can lead to complacency and “corrupt” our most valuable resource‚ our youth. School uniforms do just that. The requirement of school uniforms can cause more problems than they solve ranging
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Persuasive Speech Title: Minority Organ Donation. General Purpose: To Persuade. Specific Purpose: To persuade minorities and my audience to become organ donors Central Idea: The need for organ donors among minorities are constantly on the rise and the process as a donor is relatively simple. Introduction I. How do you feel when you have to wait for something you really want? What if it was something you couldn’t live without? What if that something was a liver‚ or even a heart? Every
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Ashley Buckner Persuasive Speech COMM210D 4/20/12 Why should you smile? I. Imagine: you wake up in the morning. You get ready and grab a cup of coffee. Then‚ you walk out the door‚ seeing many faces as you make your way to work‚ and walk up to your building. When you walk inside expecting to be greeted by many more positive faces‚ you see none‚ and so you walk over and sit down at your desk. While thinking back on your morning to work you were realizing that there was not a moment of
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Persuasive Speech Outline General Purpose: To persuade Specific Purpose: To persuade my audience that the "ozone hole" is not caused by man and therefore requires no policy against CFC’s. Central idea: The ozone layer/"hole" is caused by fluct. in the environment and CFC’s are little if any of the cause of ozone depletion. CFC’s are very heavy‚ they stay close to the ground and do not affect the stratosphere. Volcano’s put out approx 10X more times chlorine than man produces. Ozone Center of WA
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Why Texting While Driving is Bad Purpose: The main purpose of this speech is to persuade people that texting while driving is bad and how dangerous it can be. I. Introduction: Visual This: You’re on your way home from school or work. Then receive a text message from your friend. You decide to text them back right away. Composing and sending a text message can take a couple of seconds. In those few seconds‚ you could have run over a person‚ hit the car in front of you or gotten of your lane
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Persuasive Speech Introduction a. Attention Getter : When people ask me why I joined the military I think of all the reason that I did it for‚ but I think Toby Keith sums it up the best : “ ’cause freedom don’t come free.” b. Topic : Freedoms come with a great cost but yet we still do not care for our veterans well enough c. Preview: Today I will tell you how veterans suffer from Post traumatic stress disorder or PTSD and cant get help‚ how veterans are homeless and why they are
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John Doe COMM 120 January 1‚ 2013 A Persuasive Speech Outline (Monroe’s Motivated Sequence) I. II. Introduction – Getting Attention: Has anyone here been to a national forest? Well if you have then you’ve must seen a variety of the different wildlife and plants that live there. A. Problem Thesis Statement: I believe there is a problem with deforestation. B. Overview: Today I will discuss how many trees forests lose a year‚ the causes and effects of deforestation‚ and how it affects
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Persuasive Speech “Donating Blood” Specific Purpose: To persuade the audience to donate blood regularly if their blood is safe to be transferred to another human being. Central Idea: Donating blood helps save lives through a relatively simple and painless process that also provides numerous benefits to the donor. Introduction Attention Step: I. (Attention) One day while Jim was enjoying one of his favorite hobbies‚ flying small airplanes‚ the airplane crashed and Jim suffered broken bones and
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“Introducing sex education in middle school is very important as many cases of teenage pregnancy have been reported in the past few years” Final Persuasive Speech April 21‚ 2013 I am writing to persuade you of how it is important to talk to our young children in middle school about sex and teen pregnancy. Sex education is one of the most controversial issues in education. This has been hovering over educational institutions since ages. It is probably the most debated topic that will always
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Persuasive Speech Attention Getter: I would like to start my presentation off by telling you all to ask yourselves a series of fairly straight forward questions. I want you to take a look at you’re‚ any hand and ask your selves “Who’s hand is this?” Do the same with your other hand‚ and now both legs and your arms if you would like. If I am not mistaking the answer to all your questions are mine right. They are your hands‚ legs‚ and arms. What I am trying to get through to you all today is that
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