Kelsey Hook COMM 1313 Baldwin 14 October 2011 Informational Speech 2 Topic: Adderall General Purpose: To inform Specific Purpose: To inform my audience about the benefits of Adderall as well as the risks from abusing the prescription drug. Thesis Statement: While Adderall is used to benefit people with ADD‚ there are also many risks that come along for those who choose to abuse the prescription drug. Introduction 1. Attention-getter: Would you ever consider taking a pill that makes
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Have you ever heard of the term “dumb jocks”? There may be a reason behind the term and they are not beginning as “dumb jocks” (Almond 120). For this very reason‚ contact sports should narrow in on older players and be banned from children who are still growing. Until the age of 26‚ a person’s frontal lobe‚ which helps make decisions‚ is still developing. If a person were to damage their frontal lobe‚ they could have major issues in the future. “ A concussion is a type of traumatic brain injury—or
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revenue‚ and alumni. Without college sports‚ many students wouldn’t have an understanding about what the college world is. The largest thriving sports network within college athletics is college football and college basketball. These sports generate not only hometown fans‚ they can influence out of state fans as well while also creating super fans who will devote their academic career to a school based off of their favorite sports team. Many true college sports fans don’t usually just like a school
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how cheerleading isn’t a sport or shouldn’t be considered one. Cheerleading is the fastest growing girls sport‚ yet more than half of Americans do not believe it is a sport. In addition‚ they fail to distinguish between sideline cheerleaders and competitive ones. A real cheerleader doesn’t stand on the side; they are performing‚ working hard to be the best of the best. You have to be physically and mentally prepared to take on competitive cheer. Cheerleading should be a sport because it requires physical
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General Purpose: I am giving this speech because this topic is very important to me and I want you to know about it as well. Specific Purpose: I am going to be informing my audience about Rachel’s Challenge in hopes of sharing Rachel’s story. I. Introduction 1. In the year 1999‚ a tragedy at Columbine High school occurred. This is what help start Rachel’s Challenge. 2.Bullying never leads to good out comes. Rachel’s story is proof of that. 3. Today I am here to inform you about Rachel’s
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together; Every single injury/sports injury that you sustained throughout the year; The exact type of injury/sports injury sustained; The exact number of each type of sports injury sustained‚ to check frequency; Whether you had an existing injury/sports injury while training; If so‚ the type of injury/sports injury you had while training; Whether you had an existing injury/sports injury while doing official road races; If so‚ the type of injury/sports injury you had while doing a specific
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Golf is a very bizarre sport. A lot of people have a dissension about golf because they think it’s boring. 90% of people who have played golf say that it’s really cool. There are some downsides to it‚ but it is worth it. Golf can make time elapse really quickly. You can also swelter in the heat as you are walking the course. I think golf needs to be brought back to being a popular sport. It is a very fun sport‚ and a lot of people will like it if they play it. There are a lot of rewards being a
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exhausting sports ever‚ and still is. I remember my first Walmart eighteen- inch bike. I also remember my first actual BMX bike from a BMX store. BMX isn’t just a sport‚ it’s a hobby and enjoyed by millions. It takes time. You’re going to hurt yourself. You’re going to fall a lot. However‚ that’s all just apart of learning new things. BMX isn’t just like any sport. It takes a lot of guts and repetition to learn and get what you want so badly. I want people to understand that BMX isn’t just a sport that
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Sports are essential part of our daily lives. Some of us play sports‚ we constantly hear news about some incident happening in the sporting world‚ or we are constantly checking the ESPN tab on our computer. Although sports present a danger in our worlds both physically and mentally. Physically we can get a concussion‚ tear our ACL‚ or hurt ourselves in another way. Emotionally we can have anxiety over winning or losing or some other emotional instability. Last OP I talked about concussions and the
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Persuasive Speech Outline Edit 0 26 … Persuasive Speech Outline Topic: We must get enough sleep. General purpose: To persuade. Specific purpose: I would like to persuade the audience about why we must get enough sleep. Central idea: Getting enough sleep help us to increase alertness and memory function. Sleep also help us to lower our daily stress and to avoid cardiovascular disease. I. INTRODUCTION A. Attention getter - I will show the short video clip about people who are sleepy
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