Type of Speech - Informative Speech
Topic - The Taj Mahal
Specific purpose (why you are here) - I am here to give my audience some factual information on the Taj Mahal.
Central Idea - Some people know the Taj Mahal as a tourist attraction, but many do not know that it is actually a mausoleum created by Shah Jahan to show love for his queen.
Introduction - Throughout the dawn of humanity, several traits have allowed the human species to strive in the biosphere. One being love. Love has allowed humans to evolve and strive to become the supreme members of the animal kingdom. Love has also constructed the many greatest monuments of all time. A prime example, Taj Mahal, was constructed as a result of the death of Shah Jahan’s wife, Mumtaz Mahal. This magnificent mausoleum is a prime example of his love and wanting to give his queen a sumptuous resting place.
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The Taj Mahal of Agra is one of the Seven Wonders of the World, for reasons more than just looking magnificent. It's the history of Taj Mahal that adds a soul to its magnificence: a soul that is filled with love, loss, remorse, and love again. Because if it was not for love, the world would have been robbed of a fine example upon which people base their relationships. An example of how deeply a man loved his wife, that even after she remained but a memory, he made sure that this memory would never fade away. This man was the Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan, who was head-over-heels in love with Mumtaz Mahal, his dear wife. She was a Muslim Persian princess (her name Arjumand Banu Begum before marriage) and he was the son of the Mughal Emperor Jehangir and grandson of Akbar the Great. It was at the age of 14 that he met Mumtaz and fell in love with her. Five years later in the year 1612, they got married.
Mumtaz Mahal, an inseparable companion of Shah Jahan, died in 1631, while giving birth to their 14th child. It was in