Prepare a Research Persuasive Speech 6-7 minutes This speech will be a persuasive one in which you argue in favor of a proposal or you take a position on a debatable topic.

Assignment Question

Prepare a Research Persuasive Speech 6-7 minutes This speech will be a persuasive one in which you argue in favor of a proposal or you take a position on a debatable topic. You should choose a topic that holds some personal interest for you, and you may not use the following topics: abortion, euthanasia, the death penalty, marijuana for medical purposes, stem cell research, or cloning. (They are too broad and complex to be handled effectively in this speech). You will have a clearly defined topic that can be dealt with in the relatively short space of this speech. Some topics that have been used in the past include the NJ bear hunt; the need for the driving age to be raised/lowered; whether it should be illegal to own a pit bull; whether larger passengers should be required to pay for two seats on planes; whether video games cause or encourage real-life violence; the usefulness or art and music classes in high school, etc. This speech must be researched, and you must submit an MLA-formatted works cited list along with the speech outline to the Connect site along with your speech video. You must use a minimum of three sources for this speech, and you must include verbal citations in the body of the speech so your audience knows from which source information and/or direct quotations are being taken. You should use the best sources possible for the topic (peer-reviewed if possible). Unreviewed and/or unreliable sources such as Wikipedia, About.com, etc. will weaken your argument and hinder your credibility as a speaker. They should be avoided.