does anyone have any ideas for a persuasive essay topic on controversial TV advertisement?
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Have you seen the newer Volkswagen commercials?  They aren't super controversial, but I have read some commentary in the news on them recently.  The tv commercials show people just talking in a car and then the are in a pretty serious accident, the commercials really catch your attention, but the concern is does showing people in a car crash leave a bad impression of the car on the consumer.  Car crashed haven't been shown in commercials before.  See the attached articles.  I guess Volkswagen's sales have been lifted partially due to the ads.  Another campaign that has been in the press, is the American Apparel campaign.  The campaign show younger, nearly naked people on the back covers of "trendy" magazines.  The complaint is that the ads look like child pornography, because most of the photos are of teens and they are shot in a grainy way.  Just some ideas.
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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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Wow where do you want to start.\nFor or against cloning, space exploration, space colonies,\nstem cell research, implanting people with computer chips,\nusing more people for lab studies, \nAny one of those could explode into 4or 5 diffent possible persuasive speeches.
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how about an autobiography but of an inanimate object... \nlike, say , a pen, a frying pan, a mannequin in the store window\n\nyou can look at one , describe it in detail and add narrations to the essay.
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A subliminal one will work marvels and near-miracles - but this type of advertisements are banned in most of the civilised countries !\nOtherwise, saying 'the truth, whole truth, and nothing but the truth' works BEST in almost any kind of advertising.
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There a lots of great ways to start this paper.  If I were writing it, I would probably start out with some interesting statistics and maybe even tell the story of Governor George Ryan (IL) commuting all the death sentences in Illinois before he left office a few years ago.  Or you could open with a couple of stories on both sides of the argument.  Good luck writing this.
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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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Other than those in the links below, this should give you a good start:\n\nFallacies of Relevance \n1. Argumentum ad Bacculum (appeal to force) \n\n"Pay back the loan and 10 % daily interest by Thursday, or be sure that you have you hospital insurance paid up."\n\n2. Argumentum ad Hominem (abusive) \n\n"Don't believe anything John says; he's a nerd."\n\n3. Argumentum ad Hominem (circumstantial)\n\n"Of course he thinks fraternities are great. He's a Phi Delta."\n\n4. Argumentum ad Ignorantiam (argument from ignorance)\n\nThere is no proof that witches exist; therefore, they do not.\n\n5. Argumentum ad Misericordiam (appeal to pity) \n\n"Your honor, how can the prosecution dare try to send this poor, defenseless child to jail for the murder of his father and mother. Have a heart; the boy is now an orphan."\n\n6. Argumentum ad Populum \n\n"Don't be left out! Buy your Chevette today!"\n\n7. Argumentum ad Vericundiam (appeal to authority) \n\nJoe Namath selling pantyhose; Joe DiMaggio selling Mr. Coffee.\n\n8. Accident \n\n"What you bought yesterday, you eat today; you bought raw meat yesterday; therefore, you eat raw meat today."\n\n9. Converse Accident (hasty generalization) \n\n"That man is an alcoholic. Liquor should be banned."\n\n10. False cause (Post hoc ergo propter hoc) (Many of our superstitions stem from use of this fallacy.) \n\n"A black cat crossed Joe's path yesterday, and he died last night. The black cat caused Joe's death." \n\n11. Petitio Principii (begging the question) \n\n"It's time to come in the house now, Billy."\n"Why?"\n"Because I said so!"\n"Why?"\n"Because it's time, and I said so."\n\n12. Complex Question \n\n"Have you given up cheating on exams?"\n\n13. Ignoratio Elenchi (irrelevant conclusion) \n\nIn a law court, in attempt to prove that the accused is guilty of theft, the prosecution may argue that theft is a horrible crime for anyone to commit.\n\n\n\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nFallacies of Ambiguity \n1. Equivocation \n\nSome dogs have fuzzy ears. My dog has fuzzy ears. My dog is some dog!\n\n2. Amphibole (grammatical construction) \n\n"Woman without her man would be lost." or "Save Soap and Waste Paper."\n\n3. Accent \n\n"We should not speak ill of our friends."\n\n4. Composition\n\n"Each part of this stereo weighs under one pound. This is a very light stereo."\n\n5. Division\n\n"Purdue is a great engineering school. Mike went there; he must be a great engineer."
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any topic of debate is going to be controversial, i would try gay marriage, capital punishment, abortion, legalization of marijuana (i had an english class that someone won for it once), school uniforms, prayer in schools, evolution, just to name a few. a great series is taking sides (i think) it has the viewpoints and different ideas for that sort of debate.
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Firstly here is a website to help you with construction of a \ninformative essay.\n\nhttp://www.epcc.edu/Student/Tutorial/Writingcenter/Handouts/essaytypes/Handouts/Informative.pdf#search='informative%20essay'\n\nSo far as a topic goes.\n\n'Are there any other life forms on other planets'\n\nor \n\n'Conspiracy Theories'\n\nor\n\n'Mysteries surrounding the Bermuda Triangle'
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Not a question, but I'll write it for you.\n\n"Dear whoever. I am proposing a search of sponsors for an event. -Thanks, dudes!"\n\nIt's good. Use it. Just be short and vague.
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You could talk about immigration or the war in Iraq or raising minimum wage...those are the boring ones.\n\nIf you want to do something off the wall, I always recommend that people talk about blowing up the moon.  I wrote a 10 minute speech on supporting the destruction of the moon.  There's a lot of evidence to support it, and it's entertaining to research and read.
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Euthanasia - it would make a great persuasive essay.
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I think you have your thesis: The subject has two sides. Maybe try something like: Gastric bypass surgery is a controversial technique with both benefits and risks.
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Have a look at some of the articles on advertising at http://www.hammocksurvivalguide.com/\nYou might find some really useful info.
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Any controversial political issue is a good topic for a persuasive speech.  Some good topics are gun control, illegal immigration, gay marriage, universal health care, drug policy and affirmative action.  Choose a topic and decide what position you want to take.  A good website where you can research numerous political issues is http://www.politics1.com  They've got most of the major issues there and links to pro and con websites.
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try this site, http://www.geocities.com/soHo/Atrium/1437/index.html\nand \nhttp://projects.edtech.sandi.net/staffdev/tpss99/processguides/persuasive.html\n The following is a good site It is ver clear. try this first.\nhttp://www.orangeusd.k12.ca.us/yorba/persuasive_writing1.htm\n\nYes you will want an outline ,a thesis statement or focus statement. You will need to include opposing view points.