vnabors@ccc.edu ASSIGNMENT: Persuasive Speech: 5 to 8 minutes DUE DATE: See Syllabus GRADE POINTS: 140 converts to 15% of your overall grade EVALUATION: Grading Rubric distributed and posted on Blackboard ► Typed Full Sentence Outline Draft is due one class prior to your assigned presentation date. Partial handwritten outlines will not be accepted at all. ► Students MAY NOT present a speech without an approved outline. *If you are absent on the day your outline is due‚ you must submit it to
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Persuasive Essay Teens and Sex Word Count: 871 Revised Persuasive Essay Teens and Sex The sexual activity of adolescences in America today is a critical issue that seems to be growing rapidly. With the mass media promoting almost every aspect of sex‚ teen sexuality has become one of the most important issues in our society. As society has entered into the age of “sexual revolution” in the twentieth century‚ children have grown more susceptible to the idea of sex. Regardless
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the first time television has found itself grappling with true reality. In the Swedish version of Survivor‚ a member of the cast committed suicide after he was the first person voted off the island. Update‚ Sept. 6: Bruce Goldfarb‚ a spokesman for the state medical examiner’s office‚ confirmed on Friday morning that the manner of Josh Burdette’s death was suicide. Concert venues are about the live music experience‚ but then again‚ they’re not. We were reminded of this on Monday when 9:30 Club spokeswoman
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must build and the best way to gain trust in your teen is my showing trust. If you make alcohol "taboo" then teens will feel the urge to consume it behind your backs. Even more because of the restriction parents impose. It is wiser to allow them to drink under responsible adults rather than risk them sneaking out. In order to do so under bad influences not knowing their limits. I think parents should be open about alcohol in their homes so that teens are knowledgeable about it. I definitely don’t think
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difficult as every job position demands certain skills which are markedly lacking because of not having a proper education. (5) The only alternative left after a teenage pregnancy is to take public assistance‚ that is‚ go on welfare. Most of these teens are unmarried
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ShaKela LaSha Holloway Topic: Is a “One Child” policy violating basic human rights? Specific Purpose Statement: To persuade my audience that the “One Child” policy is violating basic human rights. Type of Persuasive Speech: Policy Organizational Pattern: Monroe’s Motivated Sequence Introduction: I. Attention: In China‚ this policy is very common. A common situation is where a woman is pregnant with her second child. An example of the harsh population control is the case of one woman pregnant
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Teens making decisions Week 3 assignment In most states‚ a minor who is over the age of 13 can make his or her own decisions regarding health care. I strongly disagree because minors do not make the right decisions about treatment‚ properly protecting themselves‚ and understanding what the doctor is saying about certain things. So they need their parents help understanding what’s going on. First‚ adolescents may think they’re immune from getting sick. As adolescents
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Argumentative Essay: Suicide is the act of deliberately killing yourself. The statement “life is precious‚ there are no circumstances where the taking of your own life is an acceptable option” is saying that suicide shouldn’t be allowed and there are no circumstances in life where it is acceptable. This essay will be talking about why people commit suicide and if it is the right thing to do or not. It will look at different viewpoints and talk about the increasing percentage of suicides in the world.
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Suicide is an act where one intentionally ends his/her own life. Suicide has existed for a long time and has increased substantially in the past 2-3 decades among adolescents. In order for a death to be considered suicide it must be one’s own doing‚ where the person intentionally used a physical action to kill himself; this is different from an accidental self-inflicted death. If a suicide does not result in death‚ it is labeled as an attempted suicide. Statistics show that suicide rates in New Orleans
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Besides‚ it is unethical for the law to punish people who have failed in their suicide attempt (Alex‚ 2012). One should consider the inability of the respective individual in making the correct decisions. During that particular state of time‚ does the society think they are in a sane state? Moreover‚ studies also further confirm that stressful situations only making someone to be more emotional‚ rather than rational thought. Consequently‚ how is punishment a valid act? Punishment is a failed
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