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Persuasive Euthanasia Speeches
The only times I have ever given speeches in my life have been in high school. Junior year I had to take a speech class and I only remember one speech in particular. I did a persuasive speech on euthanasia where I was basically arguing for the right to die. This speech is the most memorable because we spent a lot of time researching our topics, and I loved this topic. Although it was a hard topic to think about I really enjoyed reading about it and getting to share the information with my class. I especially enjoyed learning about the history behind euthanasia, so focused my speech around it. Since it was a persuasive speech I used many examples of how euthanasia was used before and how it helped a lot of people through history.

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