Informative Speech Purpose: To inform or educate the audience about a topic of your choice. Time: 4-6 minutes Topic: Choose a topic that interests you and would probably interest your audience (the class). Consider what your audience already knows about this topic and what their attitude about this topic will be. Do not inform us of something we already know tons about. You may not choose something that could be done as a demonstration speech. Requirements: - You must inform the audience
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when expressing thoughts visually. By not being able to write‚ I could not take a regular spelling test‚ write a quick note‚ or even write my name on the top of papers. (TRANSITION: I was determined to get around this barrier.) II. Luckily for me‚ growing up in the dawn of the 21st century‚ I had access to the latest technology which allowed me to transmit my ideas just like everyone else. A. I came to fall in love with technology; and for years‚ could not wait to go to college and finally apply my
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OUTLINE FORMAT FOR INITIAL SPEECH GENERAL PURPOSE: To Inform the class on depression SPECIFIC PURPOSE: To inform the class on how to cope and live with depression CENTRAL IDEA: Today I am here to talk to you about the symptoms‚ treatment and how to cope with depression in your daily life. INTRODUCTION I. I will take over your thoughts‚ control your needs and make you believe you are hopeless‚ worthless and helpless. I will drain the life right out of you‚ until you no longer want to get out
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causing the most distress to students. D. Preview of main points/ central idea *Today I’m going to explain what causes for the problem‚ what can be effect by stress and how to manage stress E. Transition to body of speech: I will start with the causes of the stress Main point 1 Causes of stress among students that may affect them such as interpersonal and academic. Supporting details 1 The main cause of stress among student is interpersonal causes. Interpersonal
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I am writing to you today to inform you about a matter I feel very strongly about – the importance of vaccinating children‚ teens‚ and adults in order to reduce their risk of contracting certain communicable diseases. We don’t often see it this way‚ but we are a very privileged country. The USA is fortunate enough to be a country that is rich in medical supplies. The other‚ not-so-developed countries‚ however‚ aren’t so fortunate. Diseases such as polio‚ hepatitis B‚ and measles devastate many populations
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Persuasive Speech Outline General Purpose: To persuade Specific Purpose: To persuade the audience to stop anybody they know from smoking to prevent damage to their health. Organizational Pattern: Monroe’s Motivated Sequence. I. Attention step: You may wonder what our future generation may look like because of the effects of smoking. According to a study of teen smokers‚ young men who smoke may be both compromising their fertility and increasing their risk of fathering a child with genetic abnormalities
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Nutrition Education Act. As you may know‚ obesity is one of the major contributing factors of chronic disease in our country and this issue is continuing to raise concern. According to the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey‚ childhood obesity rates are at 17% and expected to increase to 20% by 2020. Every year‚ billions of dollars are spent in healthcare costs for preventable diseases such as obesity. Centers for Disease Control estimated obesity-related healthcare cost to be $147 billion
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the primary site. Although some cancers may spread to more than one area of the body to form multiple secondaries or metastases. In order to spread‚ some cells from the primary cancer must break away‚ travel to another part of the body and start growing there. Cancer cells don’t stick together
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well. Lately state legislation across the nation have allowed marijuana for medical and even recreational use. However there are still many out there against marijuana‚ saying it’s harmful for you or makes you lazy and inattentive Transition: The growing of marijuana on American soil actually dates back to the 1600’s in the form of Hemp and wasn’t considered the “Killer Drug” until about 1910 Body: 1. Back then hemp was used to produce rope‚ sails‚ and clothing. a. All vital finished products
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Conspiracy Theories Name: Katherine Horinek Topic: Conspiracy theories General Purpose: To inform Specific Purpose: By the end of my speech the audience will know about different conspiracy theories. INTRODUCTION Attention Getter: Did you know the government is poisoning us? And did you know Beyoncé faked her first pregnancy? Purpose: to inform my audience about different conspiracy theories out there. Importance to Audience: Audience members will be informed of a few conspiracy theories including
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