Sample Persuasive Speech Self-Defense on Campus Speech Commentary Rebecca Hanson You’re tired; you’re hungry. You’ve just spent a long day at College Library and you can’t wait to get back to your room. Glancing outside‚ you remember how quickly it becomes dark. You don’t think much of it‚ though‚ as you bundle up and head out into the gusty wind. Not until you spy the shadows on the sidewalk or hear the leaves rustling beside you do you wish you weren’t alone. You walk quickly‚ trying to
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INFORMATIVE SPEECH OUTLINE Topic: Baby Dumping General Purpose: To inform Specific Purpose: To inform the audience about baby dumping Central idea: The speech is about the definition of baby dumping‚ cause and effects and who to be Blame Thesis Statement: Baby dumping cases has become a major issues of social crisis and Become a chronic increase in Malaysia Organizational pattern: Topical * Introduction Attention getter * Are you proud to be a Malaysian
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Speech Title: Physical Exercise- A Key Element in Your Health and Happiness General Purpose: To inform Specific Purpose: I want to educate my audience on three of the amazing benefits they can experience from regular physical exercise including: Losing excess body fat‚ increased emotional well-being‚ and increased strength and endurance. Introduction: I. Attention Getter: (question) Can anyone tell me what percentage of adults in the US are overweight? How about how many Americans regularly
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Persuasive Speech Parts Explained PERSUASIVE OUTLINE Begin with an Attention Step that is an Opening statement of interest: (use one or more of the following) * A rhetorical question * A startling statement * A quotation * An illustration or story * A reference to the subject * A reference to the occasion Motivate audience interest in your subject by alluding to: (use one or more of the following) * The practical value of the information for your audience * A reason
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and first enemy at the same time in terms of the attention given by our parents for the fact that you were younger than me. Also sis‚ you were with me at times of tears and joy. Although we were unlucky in terms of having a perfect family‚ I never felt the loneliness in me because of your existence. You were also my awesome best friend whom I could share my secrets with and to whom I could always count on. You were a good listener that pays attention when nobody does. You were also this friend that’s
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Persuasive Speech Social Networking I. Introduction : Social Networking Controls most of today’s society. Websites such as MySpace Face book‚ And Twitter have taken the attention of the world today. They are taking over the lives of teens and although it makes it easier to keep in contact it also has its downfalls. II. Predators on Social Networking A. When most people log onto a social networking site they feel its harmless and find it entertaining for a while‚ not realizing all the dangers
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Cherry’s notion of selective attention explains how people follow what they want to hear in spite of several distractions. He refers to this phenomenon as the cocktail party effect. He studied this in a laboratory controlled experiment using the shadowing technique. An auditory message was presented to one ear of the participants over headphones whilst a simultaneous distractor message was presented to the other ear. The participants had to ’shadow’‚ i.e‚ ignore the distractor message while repeating
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Informative Speech Outline Title: How to Get Your Scuba License Speaker: Katie Lopinski Specific Purpose: To inform the basic fundamentals on how to get your scuba license Introduction: 1. Attention Getter: Have you ever wanted to visit outer space? Well the closest thing I’ve ever experienced as an equivalent to outer space was scuba diving in the ocean. Every creature and specimen you encounter feels as though you were the first human to lay eyes on it. The flash of colors from fish dashing
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Speech Topic: The Importance of Sleep Rhetorical Purpose: To inform my audience about how a bad sleep can influence our body physically and mentally‚ and steps to improve the quality of sleep. Audience Analysis: (Refer to chapter on Audience Analysis)(RU Core Goal: a) Summarize Audience demographics‚ prior exposure/knowledge‚ common ground/interest‚ disposition/attitude‚ and situational characteristics. Recognizing that most of my audiences are busy with study and after-class activities‚
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English Speech – Othello ATTENTION! ATTENTION! Everyone gather around! I’ve just finished writing the script based on a Shakespearean play for our next BIG production. There are no happy ever after endings. Uh? Hey Garbutt don’t give me that face! Let’s get more realistic. Movies end in happy endings but does life end happily? Yeah! That’s what I thought! So how many of yous are up for it? One.. Two.. Three.. Four.. Hmm only four? Allow me to tell you more and I’m sure by the end of this you’ll
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