Public Speaking Persuasive Speech July 28, 2005 Topic: Don’t Drink and Drive Specific Purpose: To persuade my audience that action is needed to deal with the problem caused by motorists’ who drink and drive. General Purpose: Solving the problems caused by drinking and driving will require action by friends, family, and law enforcement. Thesis Statement: Drinking and driving not only endanger your life, it endangers the lives of the innocent victims whose path you cross. Introduction: While watching TV one night, a special news report came on. There was a terrible accident in Marshal County involving a drunk driver. Six children were killed in the crash, a man driving a blue sedan had hit head-on with a mini van, carrying six children and their grandmother.
All the children were pronounced dead at the scene, the grandmother and the man driving the sedan were the only survivors. Body: A. Don’t drink and drive, period. 1. The cemeteries are full of people who thought they were “Ok to drive” along with the innocent victims whose paths they crossed. 2. Support law enforcement.
3. Don’t complain that an officer gave your kid an MIP, DUI, or DWI… thank them. Transitions: Now that we’ve seen how drinking and driving are serious problems for motorists’ and their communities, let’s look at some causes. B. “It causes the deaths of over 16,000 people in America every year, an average of 44 each day, one every 33 minutes.” Conclusion: “Drinking and driving and alcohol abuse are claiming the lives of thousands of young people each year. If you critically injure or kill someone after making the conscious decision to drink and drive, be prepared for the consequences.”
Binge Drink Drinking Students Problems
Binge Drinking Among College Students We all know what it is like to wake up in the morning, with our head aching, and our body feeling like it was just hit by a train. College students world wide know this feeling. These are the results of binge drinking. The question of why college students continue to submit themselves to alcohol is unknown. While many reasons are given, the cause generally ...
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