imformative speech
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Introduction
Hasn’t everyone at some point in their life been peered pressured. Teenagers all across America face it every day. It ranges from cheating on a test to robbing a convenient store. Peer pressure is a serious life situation that everyone encounters at a certain point in their life. And let’s face it, just say no is not always that easy.
Attention Gainer
YouTube video, peer pressure.
Reason to Listen/Credibility
Peer pressure exists for all ages. Three-year-old Robert insists that his mother take him to the store right away and buy him the latest fad toy because his friends have it. When she doesn 't, he has a temper tantrum. Nine-year-old Sarah wears a new shirt to school once, then refuses to wear it again because her friends made fun if it. Jeff, at sixteen, works out three hours a day to have a "perfect" body. When one of his friends at the gym offers him some anabolic steroids, he accepts, sacrificing his health for his image. Meanwhile, Jeff’s forty-year-old father just took out a loan he couldn 't afford to buy a new BMW because most of his neighbors drive luxury cars, and he didn 't want them to think he couldn 't afford one too. No one is immune from peer pressure.
Source: www.faqs.org 3 Preview Statement
The word “peer” according to dictionary.cambridge.org is one belonging to the same social group especially based on age, grade or status. The word “pressure” is described as the burden of physical mental distress. Peer pressure is basically encouraging people similar to you to make certain choices, take certain actions or perform in some specific way. I will talk about three different kinds of peer pressure substance abuse, emotional, and positive forms of peer pressure.
II. Body
First Main Point
The number one form of peer pressure is substance abuse. Tobacco, alcohol and illegal drugs are all substances that teenagers are pressured into using and abusing. Most
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Introduction
Hasn’t everyone at some point in their life been peered pressured. Teenagers all across America face it every day. It ranges from cheating on a test to robbing a convenient store. Peer pressure is a serious life situation that everyone encounters at a certain point in their life. And let’s face it, just say no is not always that easy.
Attention Gainer
YouTube video, peer pressure.
Reason to Listen/Credibility
Peer pressure exists for all ages. Three-year-old Robert insists that his mother take him to the store right away and buy him the latest fad toy because his friends have it. When she doesn 't, he has a temper tantrum. Nine-year-old Sarah wears a new shirt to school once, then refuses to wear it again because her friends made fun if it. Jeff, at sixteen, works out three hours a day to have a "perfect" body. When one of his friends at the gym offers him some anabolic steroids, he accepts, sacrificing his health for his image. Meanwhile, Jeff’s forty-year-old father just took out a loan he couldn 't afford to buy a new BMW because most of his neighbors drive luxury cars, and he didn 't want them to think he couldn 't afford one too. No one is immune from peer pressure.
Source: www.faqs.org 3 Preview Statement
The word “peer” according to dictionary.cambridge.org is one belonging to the same social group especially based on age, grade or status. The word “pressure” is described as the burden of physical mental distress. Peer pressure is basically encouraging people similar to you to make certain choices, take certain actions or perform in some specific way. I will talk about three different kinds of peer pressure substance abuse, emotional, and positive forms of peer pressure.
II. Body
First Main Point
The number one form of peer pressure is substance abuse. Tobacco, alcohol and illegal drugs are all substances that teenagers are pressured into using and abusing. Most
Bibliography: www.faqs.org www.Buzzle.com www.Thecoolspot.gov www.aacap.org/peerpressure ianrpubs.unl.edu