Persuasive Speech Topics:
- Academic dishonesty.
- Ads should be tested for sexist messages before being aired.
- Advertising standards.
- All farmers should/should not go organic
- Animals should/should not be used in medical research.
- Artificial hormones in food.
- Assisted suicide should/should not be legalized
- Athletes should stay loyal to teams.
- Atlantis did exist: the ultimate proof.
- Bachelor/bachelorette parties.
- Be true to yourself.
- Becoming foster parents.
- Benefits of breast reduction surgery.
- Best movie ever.
- Birth controls should be free and easily available.
- Breast feeding.
- Buy security alarms.
- Buying products that are made in the U.S.
- Cable TV monopolies.
- Capital punishment be abolished.
- Cartoon violence should not be censored.
- Censorship on the radio.
- Cherish your friends.
- Children and violent toys.
- Cigar smoking in public.
- Cockroaches should be eliminated.
- Community service should be required for teens.
- Competitive sports can teach us about life.
- Different political systems.
- Do magazines marketed for teenagers send the wrong message?
- Do you believe fast food should come with a warning label?
- Do you believe larger passengers should be obliged to purchase two plane tickets, or two movie tickets?
- Do you believe that cities should provide free wireless Internet?
- Do you believe underaged people should be allowed to consume alcohol at home, with their parents’ permission?
- Do you think college athletes should receive a salary for playing?
- Do you think it would be better for students to be on the honor roll in order to play in games?
- Don’t take education for granted.
- Donating money to charity.
- Downloading/copying copyrighted materials.
- Drink more orange juice.
- Fame is bad for children.
- Fashion models must not be role models for girls.
- Fishing regulations.
- Foreign Language should not be mandatory..
- France boycott.
- Global warming.
- GMO products are not as hazardous as they are considered.
- Going extreme: most hilarious kinds of sports ever.
- Government funding of Amtrak.
- Greatest misconceptions in the world and what they led to.
- "Harry Potter" should be on the list of school literature.
- Healthcare crisis.
- Home schooling.
- How does Puppy Mills affect us?
- Impact of oil spills in oceans.
- Importance of sports.
- Improving time management.
- Influences of rock music on children.
- Intelligence depends on environmental factors, not genetic factors.
- Internet standards.
- Is Astrology real?
- Is it right for teachers and students to befriend on social networks such as Facebook?
- Is mandatory drug testing of all athletes on a secondary, collegiate, and professional level necessary?
- Is NASCAR a sport?
- It's important to grow things in a garden.
- Journal writing is therapeutic.
- Juvenile offenders should/should not go to boot camps.
- Juveniles getting adult jail sentences.
- Keep public bathrooms clean.
- Lap top versus tablet: one is better.
- Legalization of prostitution has more positive effects than negative.
- Live life to it’s fullest.
- Living off campus vs living on campus.
- Lyrics in a song can impact our lives.
- Making handguns illegal.
- Martin Luther King Day.
- Media agenda-setting.
- Medical research funding.
- Men should wear pink.
- Military recruiting.
- Minimum wage for teenagers should be changed.
- Minority scholarships.
- Mothers should ideally stay at home.
- Music & Arts education should be provided in all public schools.
- Music should not be split into "Lower" and "Refined" genres.
- Musical censorship.
- National Endowment for the Arts.
- Once bad in math, a person will always be bad at math..
- Parents should cook tastier option instead of making children eat the healthy foods they don't want.
- Pledge of Allegiance.
- Police corruption.
- Political correctness.
- Prison alternatives.
- Public television/radio.
- Racial profiling: Is it necessary?
- Reality shows are exploiting people.
- Reincarnation is a fact.
- Religion and science can go hand in hand.
- Respect, love, and appreciate your parents.
- School uniforms take away people's identity.
- Schools should shift from a nine month school year to year-round schooling..
- Sharing the road with bikes.
- Shop at small stores.
- Should children have to use booster seats in cars?
- Should every day begin with a silent prayer at school?
- Should it be legal for teachers to bring their cell phones to class?
- Should pro athletes make less?
- Should students attend state college without having to pay tuition fees?
- State colleges are better than private colleges.
- Stay at home moms.
- Stereotype images of teachers and students: there must be a grain of truth in them.
- Stomach stapling.
- Take a year off from school.
- "The Simpsons" should be viewed as a political and social satire.
- Teachers, too, should keep their mobiles in silent during class.
- Ten reasons why people should play pc games.
- Tenure for professors.
- Textbook prices.
- That males around the ages of 16 to 25 should self-examine regularly for testicular cancer.
- The "insanity defense".
- The difficulties and problems of being a millionaire: poor fortunate souls.
- The importance of higher education.
- The McLawsuit: Is the Fast-Food Industry Legally Accountable for Obesity?
- The most efficient ways to escape from reality: reading, role-playing, chatting online.
- The power of the human brain: telepathy, levitation, doing math.
- The three colours used for traffic lights should be changed
- The unbelievable history of the world’s greatest corporations.
- These qualities make a hero.
- Traveling and studying abroad is positive.
- Unusual ways of making business: a fun way to succeed.
- Using public transportation.
- Video game addiction.
- Violent video games are dangerous/harmless.
- Watch out for animals when driving.
- Watch the news.
- Watching less TV.
- Water conservation.
- We should reform our prisons.
- Wearing bike helmets.
- Why Disney should not be making Star Wars movies.
- Why kids should do volunteer work.
- Why we should get proper sleep.
- Why you should/should not buy an iPhone.
- Women should propose marriage.
- Women’s pay rates.
- Workplace yoga: do not let the routine bring you down.
- Would it be better if schools with low scored on standardized tests were closed?
- Would it be better if the voting age was lowered to thirteen?
- You can go to your college of choice.
- You should spend time with grandparents.