It was just a day like any other. Students go to school‚ adults go to work‚ but that was not the case for Michael.He was found dead at 11.39 a.m at the hostel of the University of Georgia with a blade in hand and a note that said‚ “I couldn’t take it. They were so mean to me online. All those comments‚ hate messages… Is it my fault that I happen to find members of the same sex attractive? I don’t belong to this world anymore. I’m sorry.” Michael Connolly was the top student of his cohort. He was
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Speech Proposal Speech Purpose: To persuade. Audience Analysis: My male-to-female ratio is 50/50 with an age range from 18 to 24. There are four seniors‚ four juniors‚ seven sophomores‚ and two freshmen. Many are from the Southeast‚ however‚ we do have a couple from the Northeast‚ leaving one accounted for the Midwest‚ West‚ and a foreign country. There are seven African Americans and eight whites. Their interests include sports‚ travel‚ movies‚ fashion‚ cooking/eating‚ family‚ and the beach
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Speech Goal: To inform the audience about physical child abuse. Introduction: I. I want everyone to take a moment to think back to your own childhood. Think about the things you wanted and the things you had. For some of us‚ our childhood was the best‚ but for others it probably could’ve gone better. II. Unfortunately for many children a day in life is something unwanted. III. Every child deserves to have a happy and experience a perfect childhood. Most children wish for a
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without fully being aware of the side effects; I was combining my aspirin and herbal supplements‚ which caused me to have nosebleeds. C. Proposition: My goal is to make you aware that taking supplements is not beneficial and can be dangerous D. Speech Preview: It is unnecessary to take supplements it’s harmful‚ cannot be a food substitute has bad side effects and can cause death. Transition: Now‚ I will give you a few reasons why you should not take supplements. B. BODY A. First Argument
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Jenna Meneses COM115-750 December 2. 2014 Fall 2014 Fast Food? Topic: Don’t eat fast food. Specific Purpose: To persuade my audience not to eat fast food‚ and to start eating healthier Thesis Statement: Eating fast food regularly can affect your health drastically‚ and can be disastrous. It’s up to you as an individual to start making healthy habits‚ and stop consuming all those unhealthy foods. Intro Attention Material/ Credibility Material: When we’re hungry‚ and don’t have time to cook we all
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Instagram and Snapchat are the leading forms of social media right now. I know all of us are guilty of it. I have problems with it just writing the outline. Social Networking can be very beneficial to us‚ but it is very harmful. By the end of my speech‚ I want the audience to know that there are many negatives to social networking. I am speaking on this topic‚ because social networking has many negative aspects. With it being so popular‚ people need to be aware of these dangers. Main Values: First
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ALCOHOL THE EVIL BEAST How many of you know some people that drink alcohol. Well for me most of the people I know get drunk every day of the week. It doesn’t matter if they were hungry and they were down to their last three dollars‚ they would still choose to get a beer. Drinking alcohol looks like it almost took over the world but we still have a chance to stop it. All we have to do is make it illegal to use and purchase the liquid drug called alcohol. The reasons why I say this is because
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Pro-Life/Pro-Choice: The Middle Ground Black and white‚ up and down‚ right and wrong; there is always some sort of inbetween factor between all of these. But how could there be one for people who support and oppose abortion? These two topics seem like they could never be similar or intersect at all. In order for a middle ground to be found between Pro-Life and Pro-Choice on Abortion‚ it is necessary to examine the history of these two groups‚ their ideals‚ and the reason for middle ground. The history
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“The Importance of Eating Breakfast” Specific Purpose: To persuade my audience to take a few minutes from their busy lives to breakfast in the mornings. Central Idea: As your age increases so does the percentage of skipping breakfast‚ which can lead to many problems ‚big or small‚ throughout your life. I encourage you to take a little bit of time each day to eat breakfast. Introduction Attention Getter: How many of you enjoy putting on a few pounds? I don’t mean gaining
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For this speech‚ I used different technique to make it more persuasive than informative. For the informative speech‚ I just talked about something like explaining. In the persuasive speech I had to not just explain‚ but also view the two different perspectives. I also used the information to show why I think child spanking should not happen. I am not sure what organizational strategy I specifically used. I wanted to talk about first why I am against‚ then the counter arguments‚ and lastly the
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