where can i find controversial speech topics?
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Just check out Yahoo Answers.  :)\n\nLet's see.  Religion, abortion, politics, oil and gas, LGBT, racism, and so on.
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Use a topic that you believe in for your persuasive speech and back it up. Try a current event topic. How about, "Why black Americans should  stop using the n-word." Use the Michael Richardson or "Kramer" ranting as your basis. Good luck.
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http://www.idebate.org/debatabase/topic_details.php?topicID=114\n\nhttp://www.lexisone.com/news/ap/ap012904b.html\n\nhttp://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/debate96.html\n\nhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/talking_point/1468301.stm
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You can use topics such as Abortion, Smoking, Wearing Seatbelts, etc.
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Ask a controversial question.
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Option 1: take a controversial topic and defend one side. (like abortion, immigration, national security, homosexuality, etc.)\n\nOption 2: take a ridiculous topic and defend one side (like "the sky is purple" "people should eat elephants" "convicts should eat each other" "Canada should annex Zimbabwe" etc"\n\nOption 3: take a mediocre topic and talk about it (like "people are good" "I should have an A on this presentation" etc.)
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http://www.hica-world.com\n\nVisit the Bulletin Board and check out "The Speak Easy"
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well it depends on your candidates... just search for them in yahoo or google, and usually the first link you will see is there website... explore them and you will find a section on Issues.
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Well, a good topic for public speaking would be the problems facing the world at the moment with a possible bird flu (avian flu)pandemic and the shortage of fresh water. Either of those topics would be interesting. Good luck.
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As a public speaking teacher for 30 years, I advise you to stay away from topics like abortion or Iraq.  They are overdone, too broad, and won't keep the interest of your audience - or else they'll be just plain angry if they disagree with you.\n\nI like "fun" topics for persuasion, such as either/or topics (Boxers or Briefs?  Chocolate or Vanilla?).  I also like topics of local controversy.  What's the hot topic around campus that people really care about?\n\nAny topic will keep your audience's attention if you choose your supporting information carefully.  Use anecdotes, humor, and a combination of logical and emotional appeals.
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Primerica website talk alot of different topics, it shouldn't be that hard to find. http://www.primerica.com
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Persuasive Speech Topics\n \n\nAmericans are getting fatter. Does it really matter?\n\nIs animal experimentation justified?\n\nInternational ban on ivory should be lifted to secure elephants from extinction.\n\nIs there a necessity for Americans to become bilingual?\n\nShould condoms be available at schools? \n\nGiving blood and signing a donor card is good for you.\n\nEveryday one out of four Americans eats fast food.\n\n\nHeart disease is the leading killer of American women.\n \n\nTV watching should be reduced to the minimum.\n\nFemales in the military should have equal rights with males and be included in combat and other "hazardous" duties.\n\nTelevision violence has detrimental influence on adolescents.\n\nStop consuming genetically modified crops.\n \nInternet really means the death of newspapers?\n\nHas there ever been organic life on Mars?\n\nCost for obesity growing dramatically.\n\nThe world faces a global crisis of overpopulation.\n\nPlastic surgery is a dangerous beauty option.\n\nPrivate lives of public figures. Has the press gone too far?\n\nLet's make recycling mandatory and clean our planet together.\n\nIs I.Q. Test a true judge of intelligence? \n\nShould surrogate motherhood be allowed?\n\nWhat underlies the genius phenomenon? \n\nWhat to wear: a look into the future of fashion.\n\nThe Horatio Alger success story in the modern America: Myth or reality?\n\nHome schooling is necessary for mentally and physically handicapped children.\n\nWhy Mao's "Great Leap Forward" was a failure.\n\nBoxing should be banned because it promotes cruelty.\n\nTo reduce the number of car accidents driving age should be raised to 18. \n\nHunting should be outlawed to protect endangered species. \n\nHow mutation and natural selection affect accurate measurements of evolution. \n\nPornography is an obscenity in our society.\n\nThere are new concepts in stress management.\n\nThailand is one of the seven wonders and a great place to visit.\n\nHelp your back now and turn to wonder-working chiropractic therapy.\n\nWhat can you do to help homeless?\n\nAnorexia is a cause of weight loss. \n\nEuthanasia is a way to stop pain of mortally dead people.\n\nWhy society needs heroes?\n\nDivorce leaves terrible emotional scars on child's physics.\n\nLoch Ness monster really does exist.\n\nWhy is parental kidnapping increasing?\n\nHate speeches shouldn't be tolerated
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Online Speech Bank\nIndex to and growing database of 5000+ full text, audio and video (streaming) versions of public speeches, sermons, legal proceedings, lectures, debates, interviews, other recorded media events, and a declaration or two.\n\nhttp://www.americanrhetoric.com/\n\nhttp://www.americanrhetoric.com/speechbank.htm\n\nhttp://www.speech-topics-help.com/good-persuasive-speech-topics.html\n\nhttp://www.historyplace.com/speeches/previous.htm\n\nhttp://library.albany.edu/usered/dr/speech.html\n\nhttp://www.history.com/media.do\n\nhttp://yahooligans.yahoo.com/school_bell/social_studies/history/speeches/\n\n\nSpeechTips\n\nLooking for Good Persuasive Speech Topics?\n\nhttp://www.top101persuasivespeechtopics.com/\n\nhttp://www.speech-topics-help.com/index.html\n\nhttp://www.goodpersuasivespeechtopics.com/persuasive.htm\n\nhttp://www.leeogle.org/byron/bhs/library/persuasion.htm\n\nThis is a very good site with very easy to follow step by step instructions.\n\nSpeechTips.com Your free guide to speech writing and public speaking for eulogies, graduations, best man, father of the bride and any other public speaking engagement.\n\nhttp://www.speechtips.com/index.html\n\nhttp://www.speechtips.com/preparation.html\n\nFREE Articles on Public Speaking\n\nThis site has so many tips that I was unable to pick any, you will need to see for yourself and see which, if any are useful to you.\n\nhttp://www.public-speaking.org/public-speaking-articles.htm\n\nThis site seems OK but once again see what is useful.\n\nhttp://members.shaw.ca/toasted/services.htm\n\nI liked this one.\n\nThe fear of speaking to a group of people is one of the most common forms of social phobia. Here are several suggestions for working with this fear.\n\nhttp://www.rpeurifoy.com/anxiety/pubspeak.htm\n\nPublic speaking do's and don't's\n\nhttp://www.lifehacker.com/software/feature/public-speaking-dos-and-donts-161531.php\n\nGood luck.\n\nKevin, Liverpool, UK.
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Here's one place:\n\nhttp://www.newgrounds.com/audio/view.php?id=1209132&sub=34078
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1. Check everything in the list of interesting persuasive speech topics below that interests you. Make a rough list of everything you know something about, would like to know more about, or that fascinates you. \n\n- What amuses you, makes you move, happy or sad? \n- What do you think is inspiring? \n\n2. After you have made a first check of my list of interesting speech topics:\n\n-  Look at it from opposite sides. Refine your interesting persuasive speech topic by choosing a creative and reliable angle of approach. Ask yourself what yóu want to change. \n\n- Compare that angle of view to the views of your class mates. Are there things in your community, college, state, country or in the world in relation to the speech topic of your choice that make you angry, bother or concern you and them? Common grounds? \n\n3. Now answer these detail questions to construct your main points: \n\n- What is wrong and why?\n- What should be done, why and when? \n- What goes wrong if we don't act? \n- What is your "call to action"?\n\nMy list of interesting persuasive speech topics you can see and judge from various points of view:\nBoating, Bodyart, Caribbean, Celebrities, Climbing, Cycling, European Union, Fashion, Home Improvement, Internet Broadcasts, Jewelry, Martial Arts, Mental Health, Middle East, Mining, Motorsports, Music, Parliamentary Procedures, Relationships, Rural Living, South America, Stem Cell Research, Strength Sports, Telecommunications, The Hippocratic Oath, Transportation, Typography, Urban Legends, Virtual Reality, Visual Arts, Water Sports, Weight Loss, Winter Sports, and so on. \n\nIf you can't find what you are looking for use this list of 60 interesting persuasive speech topics at http://www.speech-topics-help.com/interesting-persuasive-speech-topics.html
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you can go to:\nwww.learnhowtoaskquestionsinenglish.com
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this will give you the truth about what you are referring to.\n\nhttp://www.talkorigins.org/\n\nhttp://www.icr.org/