Persuasive Speech Outline ALL 50 STATES SHOULD HAVE MANDATORY MOTORCYCLE HELMET LAWS TOPIC: Mandatory motorcycle helmet laws PURPOSE: To persuade the audience that all 50 states should enact and enforce a mandatory motorcycle helmet law. THESIS STATEMENT: Mandatory helmet laws save lives and dollars. INTRODUCTION Did you know that only 19 states and the District of Columbia have laws in place that require all motorcycle riders to wear a helmet? 19!? 28 states have laws covering
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Problem Solution Essay Drug abuse is widespread throughout the world. Every society‚ age‚ social class‚ and family has been affected by drug addiction. The government spends billions of dollars trying to regulate drug use‚ treat addicts‚ and battle drug-related crime. Drugs affect nearly everyone and need to be fought better. Drug abuse causes many struggles for families and communities. Addicts are often too sick‚ to function as normal‚ liable members of a family or of society ("Addiction
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Drug abuse is a critical issue in our society. I have chosen to talk about this problem because family members of mine have died from this mental illness. Throughout my paper‚ I am going to discuss how others should deal with drug abuse‚ and how my family members deaths have affected me. Lastly‚ I am going to examine how the structional functionalist perspective views this issue. The death of my family members has affected my life by allowing me to become more aware of the different drugs around
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Outline informative speech General Purpose: To inform Specific purpose: To inform the class about stress Thematic statement: To inform the class about causes‚ effects and stress management Introduction Attention: May I have your attention please? Hello‚ my name is Tuyen Mai Credibility statement: as a first year student‚ I have experienced many of stressful situations during my college life Thematic statement: Today I will have a little discussion about stress‚ what causes stress‚ what is its effects
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Andrew Powell Comm.110 Jack Byer MWF 8am-8:50am 9/10/10 Outline for Tribute Speech Specific Purpose: | To pay tribute to my favorite teacher. | Central Idea: | History teacher George Hanlon influenced many aspects of my life through examples of humor‚ compassion and courage. | | | Introduction I. High school is the four years that students either anticipate or loathe entirely. I myself dreaded the thought of high school because it would be a new experience and worried whether
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Drug abuse among professional basketball players is a problem as old as time. In some circumstances it may not be the athletes fault. For example when they are treating a minor cough or a cold‚ the medications used will sometimes contain small amounts of alcohol. On the other hand some athletes purposely abuse drugs for a variety of reasons. Some attempt to cover up the presence of other drug abuse but most abuse drugs because they will enhance their performance. The most common abused drugs in professional
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Sean‚ I have heard about your decisions outside of track. Not anything to do with your grades‚ but your choices to chew tobacco. This is terrible for your health in so many different ways. Tobacco can cause many different types of cancer‚ tooth decay or gum recession‚ and ultimately death. I’m not writing to tell you to quit. I’m writing to show you the side effects of chewing tobacco. If you continue to chew tobacco your chances of getting cancer are doubled. Cancers like Oral Cancer‚ Esophagus
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Introduction Drug abuse is a serious problem which has affected many individuals in American society for decades. When we take a look into American history‚ it is apparent the magnificent availabilities of science and technology available today have not always been around. With the lack of scientific knowledge and the once non-existence of drug abuse‚ it is fair to say our discoveries of drugs were once ingested in some form out of pure curiosity of the human mind. (Levinthal‚ C. F. 2010)
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Prescription drug abuse is any use of prescription medications in a way that is not intended by the prescribing medical professional. Prescription drug abuse and misuse involves taking shared medication‚ as well as over consumption of medications in order to experience elicited feelings. Inappropriate or excessive drug use may become compulsive and ongoing despite negative consequences (https://www.drugabuse.gov/publications/research-reports/prescription-drugs/what-prescription-drug-abuse). Canada
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encounter. C. Thesis and Preview: Today I’d like to talk to you about some of the challenges faced by college students who are considered first-generation students‚ non-traditional students‚ and students from rural communities. [Transition into body of speech]: I’ll begin by telling you about first-generation college students. II. BODY A. The U.S. Department of Education defines a first-generation student as an undergraduate whose parents have never enrolled in higher education. Several characteristics
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