A little help please, I have to write a 5-7minute speech for my public speaking class, but I can't think of a

Question

interesting topic, please give your suggestions. I don't want to do the usual cancer, smoking, drinking things. give me something unique and interesting for 18-25 year olds.

Answer 1

Try this one: the victim as the forgotten person in the criminal justice system.

The perpetrator has rights that are protected at every stage of the process--s/he has the right to counsel, the right to confront the accuser, and is provided free room, board, and medical care while incarcerated.

The victim, on the other hand, often has bills to pay (such as insurance co-payments if hospitalized or a deductible to meet in cases where home owner's insurance covers a burglary) and is only the state's witness (criminal cases are always captioned The State (or People) of _____ vs. John (or Jane) Doe). Factor in that a victim must take time off from work to attend court hearings (and the trial, if it ever actually gets to that stage), may require counseling following the ordeal, and is often under pressure to just agree to a plea bargain, and you can see why, even with victims' advocates, it's a rocky road.

I used this topic and so engrossed the person listening that she forgot to look at her stopwatch, since I was only supposed to speak two minutes.

Answer 2

What are you passionate about? At what are you and expert or at least very knowledgeable about? That is what you should be speaking on.

I once passed a college CLEP exam in oral English with a presentation put together that morning from sales materials given to me by a prospective vendor. I presented the talk as though I were addressing the college programming board that would have to approve the sale. The examining professors wanted to know if it was my own idea to present that way (everyone else was trying to present these socially significant but boring topics). I passed with flying colors.

Speak to something you know because it will be the most powerful for you. Don't worry about impressing people with the topic.

Answer 3

One topic that I find interesting is emotion. It's something that everyone can relate to.

The topic of the speech should be whether negative emotions are stronger than positive ones. I'm not sure if you're supposed to take a stand on it or not but even if you don't, with good arguments in either direction, you can really get people thinking about it.

Answer 4

Think about the things you care about. It can be about any topic.
The most effective speeches are about topics the speaker really cares about. What is important to you? We can give you topics, but if they don't matter to you your speech won't be as good as it could be.
One thing that I wonder about is why a lot of popular music has very suggestive language in it. Or why don't people vote more in elections. Might not be interesting to you, but it is to me.

Answer 5

Does it have to a specific type of speech? If not, how about the origins of something...like Barbie...or why popcorn pops.

Answer 6

Can't pick your topic, it has to be important to you. The formula is , however, this is what I'm going to say; this is what I'm saying; and this is what I said.

Answer 7

you can write about:
persident bush
historical date
influences of telvision viewing
some kind of theroy
thats about all i have

Answer 8

my fellow classmates i am the class clown of the school and i would like to show you a picture of how its going to be in the future (then pull down your pants and moon them)!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!