Odysseus was one of the legendary heroes in Greek folklore. He was the king of the island of Ithara and the central character of Homer’s heroic poem‚ The Odyssey. Son of Laertes and Anticlea‚ known for his persuasive speech and for his wisdom and comprehension. Odysseus saved the people of Greece in the Trojan War and helped them to emerge victorious. In this mythology‚ the war between the Trojans and the Greeks took place when Paris‚ who was the Trojan prince‚ kidnapped Helen. Helen was the wife
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PERSUASIVE SPEECH OUTLINE TOPIC: WHY YOU SHOULD GIVE UP SMOKING PROPOSITION: Give up smoking and you will save yourself and the others around you and live in a healthy environment. SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES/PURPOSES: I want to persuade my audience on how harmful smoking does to the body and giving up the habit is the right way to do because it will literally save their lives and the people around them and the environment as well. SPEECH PLAN ATTENTION STEP: Opening statement: Smoking…
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Persuasive Speech: Life in this community is already filled with so many rules that I cannot stand. I‚ personally do not approve the fact that people must apologize for everything they’ve done‚ are required to share their dreams and feelings‚ and filling out an application in order to adopt a baby. When saying a scripted apology‚ people don’t actually mean it. They are just saying that because they are forced too so there’s really no point. Sharing your feelings and dreams‚ most people don’t care
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HSC ENGLISH CREATIVE WRITING: PERSUASIVE SPEECH EUTHANASIA Imagine a world where anyone‚ even the curably ill or depressed‚ is easily assisted in suicide. Where someone else decides when you’re life is no longer worth living. Where it is a societal expectation to die rather than receive long-term care. Ladies and Gentlemen‚ this is the world that awaits us if we legalise euthanasia. Euthanasia‚ or assisted suicide‚ is defined as the practice or act of ending the life of a terminally ill person
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SPEECOM PERSUASIVE SPEECH COMPREHENSIVE OUTLINE Topic: To Work Abroad or Not Specific Purpose: To persuade the audience that within our respective distant future‚ we should stay within our country‚ work here‚ and not elsewhere Thesis Statement: As the future hope of our country‚ we should not aspire to work abroad. I. Introduction A. Attention Material/Credibility Material: Let us play with our imaginations & aspirations a little bit and assume that we’re 10 years older‚ already
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Sara E. Goergen Persuasive Speech Outline Public Speaking 101 Attention Getter: Are slavery and bondage still existant in the world today? This is difficult to imagine but sadly‚ true. Thesis: Sex trafficking is a major problem across the globe and as citizens we can help combat this large industry by having more awareness. Relevancy: Sex trafficking is the slave trade of the 21st century. It is one of the most profitable industries worldwide bringing in an estimated 9 billion dollars
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Persuasive Speech/Health Research Paper Presentation ADHD I. Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). A. Having a hyperactive‚ and easily distracted child could be frustrated for a parent trying to teach their kids how to behave in public or teaching them how to follow directions‚ I have experienced this frustration with my youngest child. As a parents we were seeing some differences between my kid and others‚ my child since he was about six month old‚ seemed to be uncomfortable and always
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suIbrahim Sakiri G-4 Persuasive Speech Introduction In every industry or career path‚ there will always be people that are either overpaid or underpaid. Today I will be talking to you about why athletes are overpaid. I will first talk about if athletes really are overpaid‚ then I will talk about the top five most paid professional athletes‚ lastly I will explain if athletes really do deserve being paid that much for what they do. Transition: Now for my first main point‚ are athletes really
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10/31/12 Persuasive Speech Outline I. ADG- It is not a myth why people call fast food disgusting. On a Friday night during my graveyard shift at McDonald’s a drunken customer passed by the Drive-Thru around 2:30a.m.While my coworker was taking his order the customer decided to cuss and call her really offensive names because she couldn’t get his order right. She got mad and decided to spit in the customers Sweet Tea‚ she was immediately fired when another coworker told the manager. Since I started
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committed through Social networking Anmol Garg‚ School of Computing and Communication‚ Lancaster University‚ Lancaster‚ LA1 4YW‚ UK anmolgargunique@gmail.com Abstract. With the development of the internet‚ it had been easier to share the information globally and today with the technological advancements‚ it has become possible to dynamically interact with the web‚ which is also termed as the web 2.0.With the rise of web 2.0‚ there has been a noted rise in the social networking sites which have
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