Need help with a persuasive speech for class.

[Guest LSU]

Hey guys I am looking for ideas to make my persuasive speech in my communications class. I have already done one about 2nd ammendment rights-gun control, so I need something else that I can do it on. Any ideas would be helpful

[Timestepper]

Were it me, just to be different I'd consider speaking to how & why I chose my particular major (assuming you have chosen one) and what it is about my particular chosen field that gets me fired up & passionate to the point of choosing it to the exclusion of all others.

Or you could do it about crusty old farts who respond to forum threads in the early hours of the morning with long and rambling sentences because they, A. Have no life or B. Have a life, but it's raining and they're bored spitless and so decided to have a little fun by ignoring the rules of English composition and writing long and rambling sentences in response to forum threads. (Of these two, the first is obviously the better choice.)

All asininity aside, your best bet is simply to find something you are very passionate about. Check your facts, engage your passion and let it fly. We can't really help choose your topic for you because we don't know your interests (other than guns and you've already done that one). On that note, one of the best speeches I ever wrote was simply about the difficulty of choosing a subject matter to write a speech about.

Good luck!

...TS...

[Oh Shoot]

Hey guys I am looking for ideas to make my persuasive speech in my communications class. ...Any ideas would be helpful

At LSU?

Talk slowly and don't use big words.

- OS

[Ebow1]

Campus carry. Every single time I've had the opportunity to choose the topic for an assignment I did it about campus carry. I know you said you already did guns and the second amendment but this would be a more specific aspect of it. I'm pretty sure I did 3 of my 4 speeches at NSCC about gun stuff.

[china coaster]

The story behind creatng the Opry and what it did for radio and marketers.

[bigwakes]

I would do it about all the wonderful things Obama has done for our country with a VERY sarcastic slant on the topic.

[TN-popo]

Marijuana legalization, for or against.

It would be interesting considering your audience and you're not redoing the gun thing.

Edited November 21, 2011 by TN-popo

[Guest pfries]

The effects of the struggle for powers between the federal and state governments on the individuals’ rights

[R_Bert]

OWS ?

[Guest pfries]

OWS ?

That would be a BIG responsibility;

you could not afford to leave anyone un-swayed.

Unless you were arguing for them then blow it!

Hey do this and when you challenge your grade, you can tell the teacher "you don't believe their views are correct? No, well then I effectively persuaded you to the appropriate conclusion therefore it was very persuasive! Reverse psychology can be a very powerful tool May I have my A+ now?â€

[Guest Krasis]

I hope you get more topic ideas, because im trolling this thread since mine is due in 3 weeks as well.

[Garufa]

I have already done one about 2nd ammendment rights-gun control...

How did that turn out?

Here's an idea: Personal responsibility for one's own actions.

[Guest pfries]

persuasive speech topics

[HOLEPUNCHER]

What about the gov't bailouts? Threats of Sheria(not sure of spelling) Law. Benefits of college degree. Do something you know nothing about and challenge yourself.

[Guest pfries]

What about the gov't bailouts? Threats of Sheria(not sure of spelling) Law. Benefits of college degree. Do something you know nothing about and challenge yourself.

Yup,

You might start out thinking one way and end up on the other side, just make sure it is something that interests you so it does not become a chore.

[jtmaze]

.308 vs .223 or big and slow vs. small and fast. Tons of information out there.

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[Guest lostpass]

The thing that most people don't realize when they are writing something persuasive is that they can't. People don't want to hear persuasive, people want to hear their current beliefs reinforced. It's a little like the TV deal, you watch TV and you think this is so much crap but TV is busy pandering to the desires of the largest amount of people. And they desire, apparently, full on crap.

So, since you're in college, I'd talk about piracy and the internet. Let me layout your speech in an easy format:

Count Fulk the Black

So you start the speech with Count Fulk. He was a horrible person but, later in life, he decided to get right with the church. They sentenced him to three pilgrimages to Rome in chains. When he finally got back he was whipped while being rolled through the streets.

That's an interesting story right there but you need to connect to something your fellow students empathize with. So Count Fulk is a lot like renting a DVD. you want to do the right thing instead of torrenting the movie but doing the right thing is basically a punishment.

When you pirate a movie you get just the movie. When you rent a movie you have to see the promos, you have to see the warning against pirating, you get treated like a thief even though you are trying to do the right thing.

So at this point you are basically telling your classmates

a)You're not bad for sharing songs

you get treated like crap when you try do the right thing.

I bet that will go over.