Informative Speech Purpose: By the end of my informative speech the audience will understand the mystery behind hiccups. Most individuals do not know why people hiccup even though it is such a common uncontrollable body function. Before deciding on this topic I did a little bit of audience research and asked a group of six classmates whether they knew why we hiccup; nobody was able to give a clear correct reason‚ only guesses. Thus‚ this topic is relevant to my audience for the informative speech.
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BMCC SPEECH 100-1810 Kemi Olukanni Public Speaking Assignment #4 The Persuasive Speech Outline I. Topic: Non-profit organization or charity organization General Purpose: To persuade Specific Purpose: To persuade the class to give back to our nation’s wounded warriors. Claim of: One out of five veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars are diagnosed with PTSD‚ veteran’s account for 20 percent of U.S suicide. II. Attention Getter: PTSD or Post Traumatic Stress Disorder is a psychiatric disorder
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Persuasive speech: animal testing At first‚ thank you for the people who are here to listen to my speech. I’m honor to be here so that I can express my strong argument in this place. Before beginning my speech‚ I want to ask you a question. It’s a short question‚ but not simple. Please think carefully. Is there the most superior living species? I think most of you would be quite perplexed. Yes. You should be. As I said‚ it is not a simple question. But also‚ simultaneously‚ there is a one‚ 100% perfect
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PERSUASIVE SPEECH OUTLINE Topic: Organ Donation Specific Purpose: To persuade my audience to donate their organs and tissues when they die and to act upon their decision to donate. INTODUCTION Attention: How do you feel when you have to wait for something you really‚ really want? What if it was something you couldn’t live without? Ladies and gentlemen I’m here today to share with you my views on organ donation‚ in the hope that you will take them on board and give someone the ultimate
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than 5 million of these deaths are a result of direct tobacco use and 600‚000 are the result of second hand smoke. * I have been smoking for 9-10 years now and I know just because you hear these figures does not mean you are going to quit smoking. * Some of the dangers of smoking are nicotine is very addictive‚ smoking causes health problems and smoking is harmful to nonsmokers. Body * Nicotine is the most addictive drug. It is more addictive than heroin because is large doses nicotine
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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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Abortion I. Introduction: A. Attention Grabber: rhetorical question‚ story‚ quote‚ shock‚ scare‚ stats‚ allusion‚ etc.: Did you know that teenage girls are more than 24 times more likely to die from childbirth than from first trimester legal abortion? B. Why audience should care: Every girl is at risk of getting pregnant‚ and if parental consent is the reason for childbirth the effects hurt mother and father. C. Background Info.
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Hello everyone. I’m going to talk to you about smoking‚ and smokers‚ and why it should be stopped. Smoking kills. It accounts for about 100‚000 deaths every year‚ in the UK. 10 million people in the UK smoke. Not only does smoking kill smokers‚ it kills people around them too! Around 11‚000 second hand smokers die every year. Everyday 800 children visit the doctor‚ suffering from the effects of inhaling someone else’s smoke. Only really inconsiderate or ignorant people would do that‚ smoke
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Abortion Persuasive Speech It is not a mother’s right to choose but a child’s right to life. At three months the child inside of you is alive and living with a heartbeat. Why should it be okay to kill that innocent child? Should it be okay of us to kill others? Pope John Paul the II once stated that a nation that kills its own young is a nation without hope. Abortion is wrong. It is an inhumane use of birth control and it should be illegal in all states. An abortion is a very dangerous
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Outline for a speech Sperm Whales October 8th‚ 2014 I. Introduction A. The Picture on slide 2: Artists rendition of the story Moby Dick. Give a quick synopsis of Moby Dick (Albino Sperm Whale). B. Moby was seen as evil. Most sperm whales were seen as evil for decades because of their huge size and teeth. It has been recently learned that sperm whales are not dangerous to humans‚ so today I will be enlightening you about the sperm whale. C. In this speech I will describe the anatomy of a sperm whale
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