Video Game Violence Speech
General Purpose: To persuade
Specific Purpose: To persuade my audience that video game violence is okay to have.
Central Idea: Video game violence is not the cause of overall violence in our country.
Introduction
I. Attention Getter: Do you play violent video games? If the answer is yes, then you must be a mass murderer.
II. Central Idea: According to the survey you all filled out, a few people are of the opinion that video games can cause violence in those who play them, which is why I'm here to try and dissuade those of that opinion.
III. Credibility: Because I am a gamer myself and have come into contact with these ideas about violence, I have done much research on the topic and feel I have the credibility to speak to you today.
IV. Reason to Listen: What I will be telling you today will help further your knowledge on the topic and give you a more in-depth view you can use when teaching your children in the future.
V. Preview: Overall, I will be going over the maturity and correlations involved in violent video games, and the ideas needed to have understanding.
Connective: (First, I will be discussing the level of maturity that is needed to play violent video games.) I. The responsibility of making sure violent video games goes into the hands of children who can handle it lies with the parents or guardians of that child.
A. The rating scale for video games should be more heavily regulated and should have more emphasis placed on it, as many young children are getting their hands on mature games without parental knowledge . Despite this, It's still the parent or guardian's responsibility to pay attention to what your child is watching or playing if the parent or guardian finds the regulation of that sort of material to be important. Alike to how movies are regulated, we need to do the same for video games.
Connective: (But games aren't always causing conflict when they have violent tendencies.)
II. Contrary to popular belief, video games can have
Specific Purpose: To persuade my audience that video game violence is okay to have.
Central Idea: Video game violence is not the cause of overall violence in our country.
Introduction
I. Attention Getter: Do you play violent video games? If the answer is yes, then you must be a mass murderer.
II. Central Idea: According to the survey you all filled out, a few people are of the opinion that video games can cause violence in those who play them, which is why I'm here to try and dissuade those of that opinion.
III. Credibility: Because I am a gamer myself and have come into contact with these ideas about violence, I have done much research on the topic and feel I have the credibility to speak to you today.
IV. Reason to Listen: What I will be telling you today will help further your knowledge on the topic and give you a more in-depth view you can use when teaching your children in the future.
V. Preview: Overall, I will be going over the maturity and correlations involved in violent video games, and the ideas needed to have understanding.
Connective: (First, I will be discussing the level of maturity that is needed to play violent video games.) I. The responsibility of making sure violent video games goes into the hands of children who can handle it lies with the parents or guardians of that child.
A. The rating scale for video games should be more heavily regulated and should have more emphasis placed on it, as many young children are getting their hands on mature games without parental knowledge . Despite this, It's still the parent or guardian's responsibility to pay attention to what your child is watching or playing if the parent or guardian finds the regulation of that sort of material to be important. Alike to how movies are regulated, we need to do the same for video games.
Connective: (But games aren't always causing conflict when they have violent tendencies.)
II. Contrary to popular belief, video games can have