Informative speech outline
Title: Suicide Among Teenagers
Specific purpose: To inform my audience on some of the causes on teen suicides. I. Introduction
A. Attention Material: It has been verified on April 19th, 2013 by the Center for Disease Control that for youths between the ages of 10-24, suicide is the third leading cause for death in the United States. (Center for Disease Control: Teen Suicide Statistics, Chart number 1)
B. Tie to the audience: Teenagers taking their own life has always been an idea hard to fathom from many people, but I’m sure you guys would like to see teenage suicide from a whole different perspective to better understand what takes the victims of teen suicide to such a point of desperation.
C. Credibility material: Death has always been one of my biggest fears, and being someone who is so afraid of dying and loosing people I could never see why someone would feel the need to take their own lives. This was a topic my brain just never really registered but I was highly aware that teen suicide was a growing epidemic. So I decided that I needed to understand why two things such as death and teenagers go hand in hand.
D. Preview: In order to share what I have learned about why about 4,600 youths between the ages of 10-24 commit suicide every year I will explain to you three of the main causes for teen suicide. They include Stress, Bullying, and also Depression. (Center for Disease Control: Teen Suicide Statistics, Chart number 2)
[Transition: Let’s start by discussing on of the most common problems with all high school and college students, stress.]
II. Body
A. Victims of teen suicide result to suicide as the only way to escape the stressful lives that they must deal with on a regular basis (Teens, stress, and suicide: A day in the life, pg.1).
1. A common day for many high school students would be to wake up at 7 am in the morning have breakfast, head out to school where they deal with the stress of turning in homework and projects and taking
Specific purpose: To inform my audience on some of the causes on teen suicides. I. Introduction
A. Attention Material: It has been verified on April 19th, 2013 by the Center for Disease Control that for youths between the ages of 10-24, suicide is the third leading cause for death in the United States. (Center for Disease Control: Teen Suicide Statistics, Chart number 1)
B. Tie to the audience: Teenagers taking their own life has always been an idea hard to fathom from many people, but I’m sure you guys would like to see teenage suicide from a whole different perspective to better understand what takes the victims of teen suicide to such a point of desperation.
C. Credibility material: Death has always been one of my biggest fears, and being someone who is so afraid of dying and loosing people I could never see why someone would feel the need to take their own lives. This was a topic my brain just never really registered but I was highly aware that teen suicide was a growing epidemic. So I decided that I needed to understand why two things such as death and teenagers go hand in hand.
D. Preview: In order to share what I have learned about why about 4,600 youths between the ages of 10-24 commit suicide every year I will explain to you three of the main causes for teen suicide. They include Stress, Bullying, and also Depression. (Center for Disease Control: Teen Suicide Statistics, Chart number 2)
[Transition: Let’s start by discussing on of the most common problems with all high school and college students, stress.]
II. Body
A. Victims of teen suicide result to suicide as the only way to escape the stressful lives that they must deal with on a regular basis (Teens, stress, and suicide: A day in the life, pg.1).
1. A common day for many high school students would be to wake up at 7 am in the morning have breakfast, head out to school where they deal with the stress of turning in homework and projects and taking
Cited: Teen Suicide Statistics http://www.statisticbrain.com/teen-suicide-statistics/ Teens, stress, and suicide: A day in the life http://www.mindful.org/mindful-voices/on-teen-life/teens-stress-and-suicide-a-day-in-the-life Bullying and Suicide http://www.bullyingstatistics.org/content/bullying-and-suicide.html Teen Depression http://www.teensuicide.us/articles6.html