Persuasive Essay
Although the overarching goal of a persuasive presentation is to convince the audience to accept a perspective or take an action, not all audiences can be convinced by a single presentation and not all perspectives can persuade the audience. This presentation requires that the student integrate some concepts from the text such as audience analysis and design topics appropriate to the topic.
Stem-cell Research: pros and cons
Public display of affection: good or bad
Abortion: a way out or a necessary measure
Capital punishment: too harsh a punishment or an easy end
The ill effects of underage drinking
Teenage pregnancy and its glamorization
Smoking and its effects on everyone around
Vegetarianism vs Non-vegetarianism
Legalizing marijuana
Compulsory retirement
Are television and Internet – the new parents?
Animals in Zoos – Right or Wrong
Privacy Laws
Terrorism
Beauty pageants for kids: a childhood lost
Contraceptives for underage girls
Gender Discrimination
Gay marriages
Sex education in schools: overhyped or undermined?
Hunting and Poaching
How to Deal with Juvenile Crime
The necessity of HIV/AIDS awareness
Animal testing: how ethical is it?
Eating disorders being taken lightly
Marriage and divorce: fast becoming a mere legal document
Euthanasia
The problem of illegal immigration and how to tackle its
Blood Donation: How Safe Is It?
School Uniforms: Necessary or Not?
Religion and prayer
Media and Its Effects on Children
Junk food
The importance of regular physical exercise
Infidelity: is it pardonable?
Use of fur and animal skin in clothes
Security at public places: a necessary inconvenience
Why do we vote?
Prostitution
Trial by the media
Dating via Internet
Drug abuse: prescription and others
Peace: a dream
Is polygamy OK?
Racial discrimination
Nuclear disarmament Screen violence leads to behavioral disorders
The death penalty
Banning paparazzi
Is vegetarianism healthy?
Community service
Gun control
Use of steroids
Is the world really free of apartheid?
Fad diets do more bad than good
Gay marriages
Controversial death of Diana, Princess of Wales
Use of Internet should be censored for kids
The Da Vinci Code: fact or fiction
Greatest writer/ scientist of all time
Does meditation actually work?
Is Internet dating safe?
Do ghosts exist?
Exams should not be mandatory.
Is organ donation ethical?
Was life in the previous century better?
Will life in the next century be better?
Is lying justified?
Religious practices in public be banned.
Is living together a prerequisite of marriage?
Do extraterrestrials (ET) exist?
The current tax system is fair/ unfair.
Banning junk food at school