Congratulations: You are an ape. A "great ape‚" technically. Alongside us in this brainy family of animals are four other living species: chimpanzees‚ gorillas‚ orangutans‚ and bonobos (formerly called "pygmy chimpanzees"). The biological gap between us and our great ape cousins is small. At last count‚ only 1.23 percent of our genes differ from those of chimpanzees. But mentally‚ the gap between us and them is a Grand Canyon. On an average day in the life of the human species‚ we file thousands
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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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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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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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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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GMO Speech Thesis - GMOs are ethically immoral and cause a threat to human growth in a variety of different ways. Genetic modification (GM) is the process by which DNA make up is perfected and altered. This procedure is completed by combining genes from other organisms. It may even involve the combining of plant genes with animal genes. The results of this process are also known as GMOs‚ genetically modified organisms. In recent discovery‚ geneticists have learned to genetically modify many
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At the end of the speech‚ I hope to persuade you to avoid using photo shop and find other methods to avoid using Photoshop on a picture of yourself or with someone else to make yourself look perfect. Introduction: How many of you take selfies then edit the picture and upload it to social media? Well I’m guessing the majority of you guys edit pictures. Most of you worry about getting likes especially‚ on instagram and if you do not get enough likes‚ your self-esteem lowers because it makes you feel
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