Speech Topics 2010
http://speeches.com/
Birthday
End of Year
Farewell
Retirement
Wedding
Wedding Anniversary
Persuasive Speech
Become an Organ Donor
Don’t Let Credit Cards Rule Your Life
Human Cloning: Handle with Care
Recycling: It’s Worth the Trouble
Steroids Could Ruin Your Health
TV Violence Is Harming Our Children
Use Your Seat Belt and Save Everyone Some Grief
Working Ourselves to Death?
You Can Change the World- Become an Activist
http://valencia.cc.fl.us/lrcwest/kaysmith.html
Research Questions – Persuasion
TS=Taking Sides; CC=Current Controversies; CWI=Contemporary World Issues
Adoption
1. Should the orphanage system be reestablished? (Also Interracial America)
2. Should foreign adoptions be encouraged?
3. Should transracial adoption be encouraged? (Also TS: Race and Ethnicity)
4. Is an open adoption policy preferable to a closed adoption?
Health and Fitness
1. Is milk consumption harmful?
2. Are vitamin supplements beneficial?
3. Are weight-loss treatments harmful?
4. Are homeopathic remedies beneficial?
5. Are silicone breast implants dangerous for women? (Only in TS: Gender Studies)
6. Is compulsive gambling an uncontrollable disease? (Only in TS: Gambling)
http://www.motivational-depot.com/speeches/persuasive-speech-topics.htm
Persuasive Speech Topics
3-5 MINUTE PERSUASIVE SPEECHES
21 Use Your Sixth Sense
1 Legalize Prostitution
22 Pro-Life or Pro-Choice It doesn't Matte
2 Stop Being - Start Living
23 Friend or Acquaintance -Do You Know?
3 Figure out What you Want-Then Go Get It
24 Don't Worry Be Happy
4 Curb Obesity in Children
25 Are You a Dangerous Drinker?
5 Discover Your True Abilities
26 Stop Talking and Start Doing
6 Quit Making Excuses
27 Abortion or Not -Whatever Your Choice is
7 Control Your Emotions With Meditation
-Back It Up
8 Single Moms Don't be Pitiful be Powerful
28 Obesity in Children - Focus on the
Epidemic Not the Children
9 Spend Some Time With Yourself
29 Endings or Beginnings
10 Stop Being a People Pleaser
30 Fix The Organ Donation Fiasco
http://www.lawyerspeakers.com/
The Bill Gove Speech Workshop
http://www.eric.ed.gov/ERICDocs/data/ericdocs2sql/content_storage_01/0000019b/80/15/99/c4.p
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From Contests to Cocktail Parties – Strategies for Impromptu Speaking by Johanna E. Katchen
After narrowing down the topic and finding our thesis statement or main idea, we need to organize
the development. Some topics call for narration (e.g., An unusual experience I had), some for
description (e.g., The most beautiful place in Taiwan), some for argumentation (e.g., Disposable
chopsticks should be banned). For a narration we tell the story with as much detail as necessary
while remaining within the time limit. For description and argumentation, generally two or three
main points are sufficient with descriptive examples or some supporting evidence for each point.
The body is the most important part of the speech so we need to spend the most time on its
development. After organizing it, if we have not yet planned our introduction to lead from the
given topic to our idea, we should do so. Because conclusions are not usually so important in
impromptu speeches, we can usually just summarize our main points and restate the main idea.
In speech contest situations, the conclusion may be shortened or lengthened while speaking in
order to have the speech fit the time requirements.
My ideal boyfriend; An interesting dream I had).
Should street vendors be licensed? Will I be an organ donor?
For students' first experience it is possible to give each one a topic at the beginning of the period
and give the whole class twenty minutes to think and take notes. If at the end of this time no one is
willing to volunteer, I call on some of the better students to get the activity going.
For grading, I use a simpler version of my usual evaluation sheet: 50% for content and
organization, 30% for the linguistic abilities (pronunciation, grammar, word choice, fluency), 20%
for nonverbal abilities. As these speeches tend to be shorter than prepared speeches and are not
videotaped, I only have time to write a few brief comments. For me, a general one hundred point
scale is the most easy one to convert to a percentage of a final grade.
http://mambo.ucsc.edu/psl/speech.html
Speech Research