they will discover the pros and cons of the death penalty. 3. Will they learn something new? We feel that each audience member will take something away from this speech. Each audience member can take different information‚ and it will resonate with each of them differently. Purpose Statement: By the end of our speech the audience will have a better understanding of the death penalty. The audience will be persuaded to either sign a petition to repeal or reject the petition and find the
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Running head: DRUGS AND ADICCTION 1 Drugs‚ Addiction‚ Their Influences and Lasting Effects Josué Guevara South Piedmont Community College DRUGS AND ADDICTION 2 Abstract This paper scratches the surface of the now well-known topic of psychoactive drugs. Psychoactive drugs are defined as a chemical that will change the way
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Drug Abuse Introduction The use and consequence abuses associated with drugs are not new phenomena. Primitive people used drugs to induce states of intoxication during religious ceremonies. As early as 2700 BC‚ the Chinese used marijuana under Emperor Shen Neng as prescription for gout‚ constipation‚ and absentmindedness. The Egyptians used opium in 1500 BC‚ as prescription for inducing sleep and curing mental disorder. Its widespread use‚ however‚ took place between 1805 and 1832‚ when morphine
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Introduction These days‚ drugs can be found everywhere‚ and it may seem like everyone’s doing them. Lots of people are tempted by the excitement or escape that drugs seem to offer. But learning the facts about drugs can help you see the risks of chasing this excitement or escape. And just as there are many kinds of drugs available‚ there are as many reasons for trying them or starting to use them regularly. People take drugs just for the pleasure they believe they can bring. Often it’s because
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without fully being aware of the side effects; I was combining my aspirin and herbal supplements‚ which caused me to have nosebleeds. C. Proposition: My goal is to make you aware that taking supplements is not beneficial and can be dangerous D. Speech Preview: It is unnecessary to take supplements it’s harmful‚ cannot be a food substitute has bad side effects and can cause death. Transition: Now‚ I will give you a few reasons why you should not take supplements. B. BODY A. First Argument
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for a smoker the choice is theirs and I shouldn’t have to suffer with them by just merely walking by. Secondhand smoke is clearly a threat to both non smoking adults and children‚ so I hope we can take more actions to protect them. I also hope this speech will make smokers more aware of their surroundings and who they will be
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foliage. Michael‚ my husband and I were full force on our self-destructive quest to addiction. I don’t even know how it all got out of hand. A friend of mine gave me a couple of loracets because I had fallen down a flight of stairs at work and my back was hurting. Growing up in a nurtureing‚ stable home I never had any encounters with the law‚ and had no intentions to. The way I seen it jail was for low life people with drug problems. When children are asked what they want to be when they grow-up‚ “convict”
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Drug addiction is on the rise and never stopping‚ with new drugs being discovered‚ the addictions will keep climbing. The amount of drug addicts there are in america is rising everyday‚ now it is about 23.4 million people across the our country alone. That is approximately one in ten Americans. In the novel The Other Wes Moore not only drug addiction is a problem but even becoming a drug dealer isn’t a far stretch. The novel follows two men with the same name not far apart‚ but two different fates
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Name: Maggie Wolljung General Purpose: to persuade Specific Purpose: to persuade my audience that bullying in schools is not okay and should be stopped Introduction I. Does anyone know what it means when a child becomes withdrawn‚ shows fear when its time to go to school and has declined in school performance? II. What if I told you it is symptoms of a child being bullied? Could you ever imagine such a thing being acceptable and prominent in this day and age? III. I think we can all admit to being
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“The Importance of Eating Breakfast” Specific Purpose: To persuade my audience to take a few minutes from their busy lives to breakfast in the mornings. Central Idea: As your age increases so does the percentage of skipping breakfast‚ which can lead to many problems ‚big or small‚ throughout your life. I encourage you to take a little bit of time each day to eat breakfast. Introduction Attention Getter: How many of you enjoy putting on a few pounds? I don’t mean gaining
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