Persuasive Speech Tips and Topics How to write a persuasive speech © Naomi Rockler-Gladen Feb 1‚ 2007 1. Find an appropriate and interesting persuasive speech topic. For many students‚ this is one of the most difficult parts of writing a persuasive speech. 2. Know your audience well. To be persuasive‚ you absolutely must identify with your audience and make your audience identify with you. This is so important‚ and yet many speakers don’t try. Who are the members of your audience? What
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the greatest benefit for the person taking the action‚ but rather the greatest benefit for all involved. For Bentham: "An action is right from an ethical point of view if and only if the sum total of utilities produced by that act is greater than the sum total of utilities produced by any other act the agent could have performed in its place." Also‚ it is important to note that only one action can have the lowest net costs and greatest net benefits. To determine what the moral thing to
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Persuasive Speech Length 4-5 minutes PLEASE! Use Proper Safety Restraints in your Vehicle Adult restraints – Why are they important What happens if you don’t use them NO SEATBELT NO EXCUSE! • Let me start by saying that YES there are cases where you are better off NOT wearing a seatbelt but those cases are FAR FAR outweighed by the ones where you are better off wearing it. In the past few weeks there have been more than a few news stories about people being killed in car crashes
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BMCC SPEECH 100-1810 Kemi Olukanni Public Speaking Assignment #4 The Persuasive Speech Outline I. Topic: Non-profit organization or charity organization General Purpose: To persuade Specific Purpose: To persuade the class to give back to our nation’s wounded warriors. Claim of: One out of five veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars are diagnosed with PTSD‚ veteran’s account for 20 percent of U.S suicide. II. Attention Getter: PTSD or Post Traumatic Stress Disorder is a psychiatric disorder
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Persuasive speech outline purpose: To persuade my audience to donate blood through the American Red Cross. Introduction: 1. Did you know that blood donated to the American Red Cross saves XXX lives per year? 2. People should give blood because it is easy and though there might be a little pain involved it is worth it because it saves so many lives and you get great snacks. Body: I. Giving blood is easy a. It only takes about an hour b. You just lay back and let the nurses do the work c. It
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building‚ estates or any other structural or work of any kind whatsoever‚ whether rural‚ urban‚ residential‚ commercial or industrial and to acquire‚ purchase‚ take on lease or in exchange‚ hire or by any other means obtain ownership of and/or options over any freehold or other property of any tenure‚ state or interest or any rights‚ privileges or easements over or in respect of any property‚ land and building‚ to improve‚ alter‚ furnish‚ construct‚ promote‚ develop‚ finance or subsidize the
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John Doe COMM 120 January 1‚ 2013 A Persuasive Speech Outline (Monroe’s Motivated Sequence) I. II. Introduction – Getting Attention: Has anyone here been to a national forest? Well if you have then you’ve must seen a variety of the different wildlife and plants that live there. A. Problem Thesis Statement: I believe there is a problem with deforestation. B. Overview: Today I will discuss how many trees forests lose a year‚ the causes and effects of deforestation‚ and how it affects
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Persuasive Speech Ideas These penguins are persuading their friends to take a dip in the cool water... but you can persuade our class on any of the following ideas or come up with one of your own. Remember these are broad topics so make sure you narrow your area and choose your side so that you can properly defend your position. Also I NEVER censor speech topics HOWEVER keep in mind I want the ideas fresh‚ some topics are very OVER DONE - for example: "smoking is bad for you"
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A Persuasive speech on sexual discrimination Good evening‚ my name is Evan Morrison. I am here today to talk to you about sexual discrimination. Sexual discrimination means that a person gets treated in a less favorable manner because of their sex‚ and I imagine young people go through tough times at school just because they like the same gender or when a boy wants to be a girl. In this speech‚ I will try to change your views on discrimination and hopefully make a change and put a stop to all of
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Anna Rash November 9‚ 2009 Persuasive Speech Outline Comm Lab 150 Section 10 Mandatory Physical Education General Purpose: To persuade Speech Goal: I want to persuade my classmates that physical education should be mandatory in grades K-12‚ yet reforms should be made to make it mandatory. Introduction: I. How many times have you thought about wanting to work out to keep up a “fit and healthy” lifestyle‚ but did not know the criteria for a certain workout or even how much you should
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