Persuasive Speech Title: Minority Organ Donation. General Purpose: To Persuade. Specific Purpose: To persuade minorities and my audience to become organ donors Central Idea: The need for organ donors among minorities are constantly on the rise and the process as a donor is relatively simple. Introduction I. How do you feel when you have to wait for something you really want? What if it was something you couldn’t live without? What if that something was a liver‚ or even a heart? Every
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Kourtney Watkins 07/31/2013 Persuasive Speech I. Attention Step A. Right now in the United States of America murderers‚ rapist‚ and child molesters are being set free. Prisoners are watching T.V.‚ eating a meal‚ and using exercise equipment while law abiding citizens are starving and living in gutters. Prisoners even have their own periodical. Dangerous criminals are walking the streets and crime is a way of life to many Americans. In America‚ crime does pay because our nations prison system
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Persuasive Speech Outline I. Introduction A. Topic: Texting and driving is dangerous‚ weather it has affected you or not. B. Hook: Did you know that texting while driving is now one of the most popular distractions that take a driver’s eyes off the road? C. Link to audience: Imagine that someone in your family‚ your mom‚ dad‚ or sibling were to be killed by a driver who was sending a text message. Was that text worth losing someone you love? D. Thesis statement: Today I will persuade you into
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Free Speech vs. Harmful Hate Speech Freedom of speech is instilled at the beginning of the Bill of Rights and it allows citizens of the United States to express their opinions without being afraid of what might happen to them‚ much like in other countries. Many times people are directly or indirectly harmed by others’ actions that are considered a right under the freedom of speech clause. Though‚ some people worry that if we do not allow for complete freedom of speech‚ it is hard to figure out
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a form of head trauma that often involves loss of consciousness‚ which may be momentary or may last for several hours. "Concussion - WebMD: Causes‚ Symptoms‚ Diagnosis‚ Treatment‚ and Prevention." WebMD - Better Information. Better Health. 23 July 2010. Web. 03 Oct. 2011. <http://www.webmd.com/brain/tc/traumatic-brain-injury-concussion-overview>. How Concussions Occur? Your brain weighs about 2 – 3 pounds and‚ of course‚ is inside the hard protective bones of your skull. The brain itself is
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checkpoints. B. Background/Need On September 11‚ 2001‚ terrorists attacked the United States. In response to that‚ the government founded the Transport security Administration also known as the TSA. C. Specific Purpose/Central Idea In this speech‚ I plan to talk about the TSA and how it doesn’t do the job it’s supposed to do. I’ll cover two points today. First we’ll cover the cost of the TSA and second‚ the safety issue of getting rid of the TSA. II. Body A. First‚ the Cost of the
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Persuasive Speech Outline Attention Step I. 10.8 billion dollars‚ most of us could not even comprehend the amount of money this is. In 2010 the National Collegiate Athletic Association‚ or NCAA‚ made a 14 year deal with CBS and Turner Sports for the rights to view the Men’s Division I Basketball March Madness Tournament from 2016 to 2030 for 10.8 billion dollars. A. The only problem is that the NCAA student athletes will receive none of this‚ even though they are the ones playing in these games
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Carolyn I. Prevost Informative Speech 09/29/2014 Informative Outline Topic: Turning food waste and poo into Money General Purpose: To Inform Specific Purpose: To inform my audience about a new Technology which could possible save the environment and money. Thesis: Americans waste more than 251 million tons of municipal solid waste per year according to the United States Environmental. Protection agency http://www.epa.gov/epawaste/nonhaz/municipal/index.htm Last updated on 2/28/2014. It is time
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Persuasive Speech #2 I. Introduction “The surest way to corrupt a youth is to instruct him to hold in higher esteem those who think alike than those who think differently.” This quote by Friedrich Nietzsche speaks volumes toward the importance of individuality and self-expression. It shows how conformity can lead to complacency and “corrupt” our most valuable resource‚ our youth. School uniforms do just that. The requirement of school uniforms can cause more problems than they solve ranging
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