Persuasive Speech Topic in Dire Need!?

Question

I looked everywhere on the internet and i even tried asking friends but they werent much of a help so i thought i'd try here can anybody help me i need a persuasive speech topic. Preferably sutible for highschoolers. I dont want anything hot topic for i find those boring but it should be something interesting, funny but serious, and be something that could grab peoples attention. I tried doing a persuasive last year and i got average and i want to try better this year. I need it by 7am PST because if i dont have a topic by the time i get to school my teacher is going to force me to do a topic of his choice (he'd pick something too logical). It has to be able to be long enough to fit in aprox. 5 minutes.

Answer 1

The point is, you have to be able to persuade someone to DO something...


You could persuade people to...

Go to the dentist
Get Cable Internet (get rid of dial-up)
Buy cubic zirconia instead of real diamonds
Go with Dish instead of Cable TV
Go to college
Use biodiesel (Willie Nelson does it! :) )
Don't eat fastfood
*Vote (good one for highschoolers and points from your teacher for being a good citizen... you can talk about chaning the world and making you voice count and blah, blah).



etc
etc

Hope this helps you with ideas.

Answer 2

A persuasive speech topic is the best to have, because you get to choose your own hot button topic. Abortion, yes/no, why/why not, war on terror, same approach. How about voting age, is 18 year old voting a waist of a vote? Yes/no, supporting arguments. Choose a topic that gets YOUR attention. When delivering a speech of this type, project your voice to reach the back row, this will show confidence, remember, most of all and most importantly, you are giving information that everyone wants and you are the expert at that moment. Know your speech and topic, just use note cards to jog memory and don't ever read a speech. Reading a speech guarantees raw nerves will show.

Answer 3

I have found a speech topic that fits your criteria. It’s not a hot topic, but rather a topic that goes unspoken.
You could use your speech to advocate or condemn teenage masturbation do to its mental health effects.
You may find it interesting; you will definitely capture your audiences attention, and it is a funny topic (remember “American Pie,”). It is also a serious topic because of the mental health angle.
As far as being a suitable topic for high-school, well, the topic addresses teenagers.

Answer 4

Check out http://www.ClassTopic.com They have some great topics that I've used in the past. Each topic has three good sources to get you started on the research, too.

Answer 5

Teenage Alcoholism
Teen Suicide
Dress Code Policy
Sexual Harassment Policy
The Mistake of Feminism
The Origins of "Separation of Church & State"
The Lie of Safe Sex

Answer 6

What do you care about that you'd like other people to know about? There's a list of good issues here with links to sites that have lots of informtion on both sides: http://www.politics1.com/issues.htm

Issues that I think are interesting are:
gun rights and the second amendment
private property rights versus environmentalism
universal health care
taxes and government waste

Answer 7

Animal research is a great topic, I personally am a scientist and am pro research (if only necessary). Many cures have been discovered and lives saved from animal research.

Also, capital punishment (death sentencing), affirmative action, gay marriage, bankruptcy laws

Answer 8

Prayer in Schools
Affirmative Action
Racial Profiling
Abstinence/Sex Ed

Answer 9

Sex on Televisionor go to this site

http://72.14.253.104/search?q=cache:tg_mnROBpdoJ:www.nwmissouri.edu/library/courses/english2/termindex.htm+a+hot+persuasive+speech+topic&hl=en&gl=us&ct=clnk&cd=2