Effects of Water Pollution

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WATER POLLUTION A SAMPLE PERSUASIVE SPEECH CONTENTS Topic, Thesis and Basic Outline Page 2 Actual Student Speech Page 5 Speech with Evaluation Page 8 Final Speech Page 13 1 Talkprof.com TOPIC, THESIS AND BASIC OUTLINE PERSUASIVE SPEECH WATER POLLUTION TOPICS: ___School Uniforms ___Human Cloning ___Breast Implants ___Water pollution ___Same Sex Marriage ___War in Iraq ___Ritalin – Good or Bad Make a list of topics that you are passionate about and that you can truly argue for or against. Stay away from topics that have been argued to death. For instance, topics like the death penalty, abortion, drunk driving have been written and talked about hundreds of times. Unless you have new information about these kind of topics, stay away from them and think about something that has not made it to the 5 o’clock news for weeks running. What are you passionate about? TOPICS 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. School Uniforms Human Cloning Water pollution NARROW TOPIC 1. Human Cloning 2. Water pollution 3. Breast Implants 4. War in Iraq Breast Implants Same Sex Marriage War in Iraq 7. Ritalin – Good or Bad FINAL TOPIC CHOICE 1. Water pollution LIST OF PROBLEMS: ___What is the history? ___Why is it a problem? ___Who does it affect? Can you think of more questions? When you have selected your topic, you should start a list of why your topic is a problem. Is there a history to this problem? Who does it affect? Why is it right/wrong? Why should your audience care? Think of more questions, your research is going to help you answer the questions. SOLUTIONS: Get ready to fill in your solutions with your research. ________________ ________________ ________________ ________________ 2 Talkprof.com THESIS STATEMENT AND PREVIEW OF MAIN POINTS BRAINSTORMING YOUR POINT OF VIEW (P.O.V.) – THESIS STATEMENT Brainstorming your thesis statement. I am going to share
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