Communications: Persuasive Speech

Here are some tips to help you with your topics.

Points to Consider

• Choose something that appeals to you.
• Your topic should be neither too broad nor too narrow.

• Not everything is a persuasive topic or will have sources supporting different sides. Search your topic and see is the data supports your argument before locking yourself in to a topic.

Places to Go for Topic Ideas

• Talk with friends or family.
• See what's trending on social media.
• Check out Wikipedia articles -- don't use the article in your speech, but the article may help you by identifying people, events and organizations.
• Search Google -- you may find an organization's website that will help you broaden or narrow your topic.
• Watch the news, or read a newspaper or current magazine.

Sources to consider for Topic Ideas:

• 200 Prompts for Argumentative Writing
  • Access the above list in PDF format.
• List of Persuasive Speech Topics
• ProCon.org
• Intelligence Squared Debates
• www.myspeechclass.com 

• Education: More awareness needs to be made about how are girls educated in third world countries. College should be free in the US.
• Race: More training should be provided for teachers to understand a diverse student body. 
• Health: Foods and drinks high in sugar content should be taxed heavily. 
• Technology: The Internet has/or hasn't improved education. Using drones in private areas is an invasion of privacy.  Social media should be more tightly regulated.
• Globalization: The United States should be less into the global market and keep more business at home. The US shouldn't trade with countries that allow child labor.