A. Attention getter: Do you desire to make a difference? Make a positive impact on your life and possibly others along the way? If the answer is yes‚ and I hope it is for all of you. I have a great opportunity for you. B. Introduce topic and motivate audience: Today I will be persuading you to volunteer‚ specifically for the Big Brothers Big Sisters organization. C. Establish credibility: I can talk to about this topic today because I have spent hours researching various aspects of the organization
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Essay Animal Abuse When I was younger‚ I was riding around on my four-wheeler with my friend and found a dead dog. I asked why it was tied to the center-block and what happened to it‚ my friend told me some people had took it down here and shot it because he wasn’t a good enough hunting dog. Was that any reason to shoot it? There are a lot of ways to abuse animals; neglect‚ abandoning‚ starving‚ chaining them up‚ shooting them‚ and making them fight each other. Neglect of an animal has many
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Informative Speech Becky Schaelchlin Topic: The Effects of Diet and Exercise on Human Health Informative Purpose: To instruct Type of Informative Topic: Issues Thesis Statement: Consistent diet and exercise has a positive effect on chronic diseases. INTRODUCTION I. According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention‚ as of 2012‚ about half of all adults—117 million people—have one or more chronic health conditions. While seven of the top ten causes of death in 2012 in the US were due to
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Who has a friend or knows of someone that has unprotected sex? Have any of you ever had unprotected sex? Well today I will be persuading you to always have safe sex‚ because you could get HIV/AID‚ Chlamydia or Pregnant. The biggest risk that a person takes when they choose to have unprotected sex is contracting the HIV/ AID virus. HIV is the human immunodeficiency virus that causes AIDS. A member of a group of viruses called retroviruses‚ HIV infects human cells and uses the energy and nutrients
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Humans have made pets of animals for thousands of years. From something as common as a cat to something as exotic as a lion‚ history has shown that humans have kept such animals as pets. However‚ there is one animal that stands out above the rest. Time after time‚ dogs have proven themselves to be loyal‚ protective and loving companions. This is why they make the best pet to adopt. The first reason why dogs make the best pets to adopt is because of their loyalty to their owner. They have
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Goal: To express my views on open campus lunch. Purpose: The purpose of this speech is to convince my class mates that open campus lunches should be allowed for high school students. Student lunch periods at a typical are crowded and rushed. Many students don’t have time to finish there meal and other students have a hard time finding food they either want to or can eat. And with certain meals‚ the food can run out before everyone has gotten through the line and receive their food. An easy alternative
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use a candle‚ a votive candle is safest. 4. To keep homes safe for visiting trick-or-treaters‚ parents should remove from the porch and front yard anything a child could trip over such as garden hoses‚ toys‚ bikes and lawn decorations. Restrain animals so they don’t inadvertently jump on or bite trick or treaters. 5. If your kids are planning on trick or treating‚ but you plan on staying in‚ make sure a trusted adult tags along. This can help prevent incidents. Make sure you know the adults tagging
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Speech 2 Outline – Lacy Thompson Topic: why you should exercise Audience Analysis: since most of my audiences are students with a job‚ I will focus on how exercise can boost your energy‚ and mental health to get more accomplished in school. General Purpose: To persuade Specific Purpose: To persuade my audience to exercise. Thesis: It’s hard being a student and working at the same time‚ and find energy for both. I will show you why starting an exercise program can boost your energy
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Topic Area: Gay Rights (Same-Sex Marriage) Position: Pro Specific purpose: To persuade my audience that we should legalize same-sex marriage in our country. __________________________________________________________________________________ Step 1: Attention: A. Story - Picture this... A man meets someone he loves. Someone he is sure will bring him happiness and someone he wants to grow old with. He wants to take the next important step in his life with a marriage proposal but oops...the person
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An Example of a 7-8 Minute Speech to Convince A minimum of five references and a visual aid required By Public Speaking Student Military Recruitment in Schools Topic Development Segment: Topic Statement: Military recruiters being allowed to approach students on school property is wrong and unjust. Specific Purpose Statement: I want to convince my audience that military recruitment on school grounds is done in an unfair way. Thesis Statement: Military recruiters are vicious and
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