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Opinion Speech Topics
Choosing
the perfect opinion speech topics to meet your needs can be a little
overwhelming, but once you have convinced audience members to accept
your point of view, the search for the right topic will seem well
worth the hassle.
Opinion
speeches, also called persuasive speeches in many arenas, can be
difficult speeches to deliver.
Unlike
informative speeches where your only goal is to teach audience members
about a concept or an event, opinion speeches have the lofty goal
of getting audience members to accept your beliefs about a particular
issue as the correct beliefs.
Your
underlying goal in an opinion speech is to show audience members
your side of the argument, and get them to agree with the points
you make about your side of that issue. As a result, choosing the
right topics for the right occasions can be a bit tough.
Any
opinion speech is based on a single premise - one side of the issue
is right.
When
you begin to brainstorm you should think about the issues on your
list. If an issue does not have some sort of value claim attached
(something about the issue is not right or wrong, moral, fair, or
important), it should not be on your list of opinion speech topics.
However,
there are several other things that should not be on your list of
opinion speech topics either.
Choosing
issues that people have obviously placed an extensive amount of
time thinking about are not good issues to put on your list. Ideas
like the death penalty and religion are terrible opinion speech
topics because you won't accomplish your goal with any of your audience
members.
The
more controversy your topic generates, the more work you have to
do in getting the audience to come to your side of the issue.
One
of the first things you should do in your attempt to generate the
right topic for you is to make a list of possible topics. Think
about the issues that you are interested in.
Do
any of those issues have controversies attached to them? For example,
are you interested in any small scale community issues? Maybe you
have noticed a lack of sidewalks in your town. That's a perfect
topic for an opinion speech. Concerns about emergency preparedness
also make good opinion speech topics.
If
you need to think on a larger scale, think about your educational
facility. Are there some problems you might be able to address with
an opinion speech? Does the food service in your building leave
something to be desired? If you need a more national topic, consider
ones that do not receive media attention on a regular basis. For
example, speed limits on roads are an accepted part of life for
most, but they make a perfect opinion speech topic.
Coming
up with the right opinion speech topics may seem a bit tough, but
a little brainstorming will help to reveal the issues you care about
most.
Check
out the topics
for persuasive speeches to help brainstorm for your opinion
speech.
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