Download Persuasive Speech Topics and more Slides Medicine in PDF only on Docsity! Persuasive Speech Topics FACTS Persuade that your fact is true. Prove that your claim is the best and defend yourself against oppositional ideas. Example: Persuade your audience that space exploration is beneficial. VALUES Persuade that something is right or wrong, moral or immoral, valuable or worthless. Appeal to the beliefs, morality and values of your listeners. Example: Persuade your speech class mates that cheating at school is absolutely unacceptable. POLICIES Persuade that there is a problem and get the audience to agree with your solution. Motivate them to act or change attitudes, policies or policy regulations. Appeal to human needs, reason and emotion. Example: Persuade your public to keep the thermostat in your home at 68 F in winter and 72 F in summer. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Abortion Abuse Of The Elderly Abused Womey Academic Dishonesty Academic Freedom Acid Rain Addiction Adoption Affirmative Action Afghanistan Africa Age Discrimination Aging Population Agricultural Policy AIDS/HIV Air Pollution Airline Safety Alcohol Abuse Aliens and UFO's Alternative imprisonment Alternative Medicine American Education Reform Amnesty Animal Experimentation Animal Rights Animal Welfare Anorexia Nervosa Anti-Semitism Arab-Israeli Conflict Armed Conflicts Arms Control Arms Trade Asylum Atomic Energy Ballot Initiatives Battered Women Beginning of Life Issues Bigamy Bird Flu Birth Control Body Piercings Breast Feeding in Public Bulimia Cameras in Courtrooms Campaign Finance Reform Capital Punishment Censor Hate Speech Censorship Chain Gangs Child Labor Church State Issues City CurfewsCivil Rights Climate Change Policy Condoms In Schools Creationism vs. Evolution Cuba