Speech Essays and Term Papers
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Persuasive Speech on Keeping Exotic Animals as House Pets
General Purpose: To Persuade Specific Purpose: I would like the audience to understand and discourage exotic animals as house pets. Central Idea: Exotic animals should not be kept as pets. Claim: More and more people every day would rather have an exotic pet than a domestic animal. Outline: Introduction: How many of you have ever said you wanted a pet monkey when you were at the zoo last time? Or imagined how neat it would
Rating:Essay Length: 839 Words / 4 PagesSubmitted: May 7, 2010 -
Persuasive Speech
Title: Persuasive Speech Introduction 1. Attention getter- Pictures of aborted babies 2. Topic audience relationship- You or someone you know may be pregnant and may be considering having an abortion. 3. Credibility- I have been told that I was pregnant once and I also know people that have had abortions. 4. Preview- I'm going to give you some general facts on abortion, tell you how I feel about abortions, and lastly explain the abortion procedures.
Rating:Essay Length: 549 Words / 3 PagesSubmitted: May 10, 2010 -
Heisman Trophy Acceptance Speech
First off, I'd like to say it's an honor for me to be around such great football players from the past and present. Knowing that I am now part of college football history is something that is hard to put into words. This has always been a dream of mine to join the Heisman fraternity, whose names include Roger Staubach, Archie Griffin, Earl Campbell, Marcus Allen, Barry Sanders...the list goes on and on. It truly
Rating:Essay Length: 537 Words / 3 PagesSubmitted: May 11, 2010 -
Persuasive Speech
Specific Purpose: To persuade the audience that aggressive driving should be avoided. Introduction I.Attention Getter: Speeding, tailgating, giving the finger and outright violence. Each day Americans grow more and more likely to take out their personal frustrations on other drivers. It is called aggressive driving and it is on the incline. II. Definition: Driving is a curious combination of public and private acts. A car isolates a driver from the world even as it carries
Rating:Essay Length: 990 Words / 4 PagesSubmitted: May 11, 2010 -
Persuasive Speech
I haven’t been here for a few weeks, the first week was because of a business trip, the second spring break and the third my son was in the hospital, but last week I missed class because I chose to re-write my speech. I felt that my topic being what it is I couldn’t talk about it without mentioning let alone centering my speech around the Virginia tech incident. This is an copy of an
Rating:Essay Length: 1,419 Words / 6 PagesSubmitted: May 14, 2010 -
Communications Technology on Dale Fatherlings Speech
In the speech Dale Featherling talks about communications technology. Some of the things that Dale Feartherling mentions are cell phones, pagers, faxes, ad ipods. All though these things help people in our modern life Dale featherling thinks that cell phones distract people. Phones can be very dangerous for the people who are drivig. Dale Featherling gave a good example on communications technolgy appropriateness when he talked about his friend. A friend of Dale Featherling's
Rating:Essay Length: 317 Words / 2 PagesSubmitted: May 17, 2010 -
Reasons for Limitations on Free Speech
The Constitution of the United States states in its First Amendment that "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances" (Funk & Wagnalls 162). This Amendment guarantees each person of free speech. Does this mean that a person
Rating:Essay Length: 871 Words / 4 PagesSubmitted: May 17, 2010 -
The Freedom of Speech
The founders of the United States government tried to protect our liberty by assuring a free press, to gather and publish information without being under control or power of another, in the First Amendment to the Constitution. We are not very protected by this guarantee, so we concern ourselves on account of special interest groups that are fighting to change the freedom of expression, the right to freely represent individual thoughts, feeling and views, in
Rating:Essay Length: 664 Words / 3 PagesSubmitted: May 18, 2010 -
Personal Experience Speech
Personal experience Speech We had just gotten back from a very disappointing game. I don’t remember what the score was but we got buts kicked pretty good. So there are a number of us hanging around talking afterwards and we all decided that we needed to get some beer and go hangout somewhere and try and forget about the beating we had just gotten in the game earlier that night. We all chipped in and
Rating:Essay Length: 466 Words / 2 PagesSubmitted: May 20, 2010 -
Steve Jobs Speech
Even though Steve Jobs never graduated college, he is considered one of the most charismatic orators of our generation. As Chief Executive Officer of Apple Computer Inc., he has taken the company to new heights through his powerful and entertaining speeches. In one of his more serious speeches, addressed to the Stanford University, he delivered what I think is the most inspiring speech to this day. His main point was to “...have the courage to
Rating:Essay Length: 370 Words / 2 PagesSubmitted: May 22, 2010 -
Freedom of Speech
“ Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press” -First Amendment, U.S. Constitution. According to the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, one of the basic principles our country is based on is the freedom of speech. Because of this, as eras and ages have passed in this still young and growing country, this amendment has had
Rating:Essay Length: 1,210 Words / 5 PagesSubmitted: May 25, 2010 -
Meiji Restoration Speech
Meiji Restoration Toilet seat warmers for winter, graphic anime designs and a self-cooking kitchen are some of the contemporary innovations in modern-day Japan. Quite a contrast to the famous slogan, of the nineteenth century, “Eastern ethics and Western science”; “ancient patriotism and modern scientific application” which indicates the secret ingredients of feudal Japan’s rapid rise to power. In just forty years the hitherto, homogenous country radically modernised –a remarkable feat, breaking old, traditional habits to
Rating:Essay Length: 1,594 Words / 7 PagesSubmitted: May 28, 2010 -
Speech on Greece
"Athens, eye of Greece, mother of arts and eloquence. This is how famous poet John Milton describes this amazing city. Although I have personally never been to Athens but I researched it using Athen's City Guide, Athen's Survival Guide and a World Book article all accessed on January 28th, 2008. As college students we are able to travel all over the world using study abroad and if you're like me you'd like to go to
Rating:Essay Length: 516 Words / 3 PagesSubmitted: May 29, 2010 -
Freedom of Speech
Living in the United States we enjoy many wonderful freedoms and liberties. Even though most of these freedoms seem innate to our lives, most have been earned though sacrifice and hard work. Out of all of our rights, freedom of speech is perhaps our most cherished, and one of the most controversial. Hate speech is one of the prices we all endure to ensure our speech stays free. But with hate speeches becoming increasingly
Rating:Essay Length: 2,288 Words / 10 PagesSubmitted: May 30, 2010 -
Graduation Speech
There's an old Beatles song that begins: "There are places I remember all my life, Though some have changed Some forever, not for better Some have gone and some remain." It seems to me, when we look back at our years at Thomas Middle School, we will have many of the same feelings. Who can forget Rory getting stuck in a mudpit at Loredo Taft? Mr. G's inspired reading of "The Tell Tale Heart?" When
Rating:Essay Length: 1,097 Words / 5 PagesSubmitted: June 3, 2010 -
Superstition Informative Speech
Informative Speech Specific Goal: To inform my audience about the myths and mysteries surrounding Superstitions and how they have transitioned through time. Thesis Statement: In this essay I will uncover the history and origin of superstitions, common superstitions and what their meaning, and religion superstitions in today's society. Introduction A. "Happy Birthday to you. Happy birthday to You. Happy Birthday Happy Birthday Happy Birthday to you. Okay blow out your candle and make a wish!"
Rating:Essay Length: 1,569 Words / 7 PagesSubmitted: June 5, 2010 -
Editorial Speech
Editorial Speech February 1, 2006 Greetings! This week, I have read a variety of newspapers, but there was one letter to the Editor that impacted me most. It was from a woman in N.J. who stated: (read article..) This woman was obviously stating that abortions shouldn’t be made illegal. Not only would women die from these unhygienic abortions they would turn to if abortions were banned; the women who are not ready to be mothers
Rating:Essay Length: 335 Words / 2 PagesSubmitted: June 6, 2010 -
Infamy Speech
On December 7, 1941 at 7:53 a.m., Japanese fighter planes attacked U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor. The attacks were not expected, and were a complete shock to Americans. The first attack that hit aimed at airfields and battle ships and the second targeted shipyard facilities. Three U.S. battleships that were prime targets of the attacks were not present in the shipyard. The attack killed 2,335 servicemen, 68 civilians, and over 1,000 people wounded. On December
Rating:Essay Length: 263 Words / 2 PagesSubmitted: June 9, 2010 -
Speech Codes on College Campuses
A Quick Fix: Speech Codes on College Campuses Beginning in the 1980’s and going strong into the early 90’s, speech codes on college campuses restricted the radical words that initiated protests by students, faculty, and staff members. Limitations defined by college administrators controlled the context and content of what its affiliates could say freely in the jurisdiction of the campus. In spite of this, outraged students demanded that their First Amendment rights be protected and
Rating:Essay Length: 1,282 Words / 6 PagesSubmitted: June 10, 2010 -
Racism Speech
Hello every one , as most of youse already know my name is Anill goman and I'm here today to talk to you about an extremely serious issue that faces society today, racism. Racism is the discrimination of a person because of the race that they have inherited. There are many different types of racism, for example racism because of skin colour, birth place, religion e.c.t but they all got a couple of things in
Rating:Essay Length: 350 Words / 2 PagesSubmitted: May 2, 2011 -
Corporate Tax Speech
Corporate Tax Speech The corporate tax is the most poorly understood of all the major methods by which the government collects money. Economists concluded long ago that it is the least efficient and least defensible of taxes. High corporate tax can cause significant distortions in economic behavior. Along with high corporate taxes come the multiple loopholes associated with it, including companies writing off most of their income to avoid tax rates of up to forty-percent.
Rating:Essay Length: 1,168 Words / 5 PagesSubmitted: December 3, 2014 -
Persuasive Speech About Breakfast
Introduction (attention-getting opener) Everyone is familiar with the saying, “Breakfast is the most important meal of the day,” but how seriously do you actually consider it when planning your morning routine? Most teenagers and adults find a variety of excuses for skipping breakfast every morning. “I’m not hungry in the morning.” “I don’t like breakfast foods.” “I’m trying to lose weight.” “I don’t have time,” or “I’d rather sleep those extra few minutes each
Rating:Essay Length: 326 Words / 2 PagesSubmitted: December 7, 2014 -
Radio Speech
Andy Wallace 21/10/14 Speech For the Radio Today I was having coffee with my friends and some funny stories were being told about our mothers. We all have a funny story to tell, don't we?. I was laughing when one friend recalled the time when his mum embarrassed him while getting petrol in a busy garage when suddenly she loudly exclaimed with joy that they stocked his favourite sweets while pointing at the condoms on
Rating:Essay Length: 739 Words / 3 PagesSubmitted: December 9, 2014 -
Representations of Speech Sounds.
The phonological processing deficit hypothesis maintains that children with reading difficulties have weak representations of speech sounds. Review evidence in support of this hypothesis and evaluate its sufficiency as an explanation of reading impairment. Learning Outcome Critically discuss issues in the development of key skills in young children, including language and reading abilities 1500 words Introduction – 10% ish no more than 150 words Conclusion – no less than 150 words ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1200 main body
Rating:Essay Length: 278 Words / 2 PagesSubmitted: February 10, 2015 -
Demonstrative Speech Outline
DEMONSTRATIVE SPEECH OUTLINE Name : Nuraqilah Hanis binti Abd Ghani Subject Code : USEL23 Subject Name : Fundamentals of Speech Communication SID : 14111790502 Class : Eden Lecturer’s Name : Miss Kaussalya Verasingam Submission Date : 10th February 2015 Clothespin Frame General Purpose: To demonstrate. Specific Purpose: To demonstrate a creative way to make a frame. Central Idea: There are few things that we need to do in order to make a creative clothespin frame.
Rating:Essay Length: 821 Words / 4 PagesSubmitted: March 6, 2015