Dandelion Essay

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Dandelions: The Uncommon Weed (title is optional) Specific Purpose: To inform my audience about the medical and culinary uses of dandelions. Central Idea: Despite its reputation as an irritating weed, the dandelion’s medical and culinary properties make it a very useful plant. Method of Topical Organizing Your speech may be organized in any of the following patterns: Speech: topical, chronological, spatial, cause-effect (causal), problem-solution, problem-cause-solution, Monroe’s Motivated Sequence, comparative advantages Introduction: (outlining the introduction is optional—you may choose to write it out in paragraph format) I. Attention-getter What starts out yellow and ends up as a fluffy white ball? A. If I told you it was Taraxacum Officinale, would that ring a bell? B. What if I told you it was of the Compositae family? Reveals topic II. The subject I am speaking about is none other than the common, ordinary dandelion. relates to audience III. Homeowners regard the dandelion as the most troublesome of all weeds. IV. Establishes credibility & previews main points However, I have learned from botany class and from further research that the dandelion has wide medical and culinary uses. V. Today I will explain these uses to you. (Transition: We’ll start by looking at the dandelion’s medicinal value.) Body I. The dandelion has a number of medicinal uses. A. Its scientific name, Taraxacum Officinale, testifies to its value as a medicine. 1. Taraxacum refers to medical properties of a plant found in Persia. 2. Officinale indicates that a plant species is used by pharmacists. B. Throughout history, dandelions have been used to cure medical ailments. 3. Cures recorded by Arabian physicians in tenth century. 4. In
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