Persuasive Speech Topics

Persuasive Speech Topics

· Are Websites like Facebook or MySpace Substituting Face-to-Face Social Interaction?

· Should Homework be Banned?

· Television is a Bad Influence

· Importance of Finding a Career

· Is There a More Effective Punishment than Grounding?

· Should Schools Make Uniforms Compulsory?

· Teen Pregnancy

· Should Students' Lockers be Checked?

· Does Television have a Positive Influence on Students?

· Should Exams be Replaced by Other Forms of Testing Performance?

· Is Internet Dating Harmful?

· Should Cell Phones be Allowed in School?

· Should the Minimum Wage be Changed for Adolescents or Teenagers?

· Should Teachers be Paid on the Basis of Performance?

· Homeschooling

· Academic Dishonesty

· Isn't Health Insurance the Right of All Americans?

· Should Violent Video Games be Banned?

· Is Death Penalty Inhuman?

· Euthanasia and the Right to Die

· Should an Extra Language be Made Mandatory in Schools?

· Should Hunting be Made Illegal?

· Should Sportsmen be Allowed to Use Steroids?

· Is it Right to Ban Fur Clothing?

· Celebrities Who Have the Greatest Pull on American Students Today

· The case for Organ Donation

· The need for recycling

· Why death penalty should be abolished

· Need for gun control

· Dangers of taking illegal steroids

· Avoiding drinking or drunk driving

· Why we should abolish school uniform

· Global Warming - What we can do about it

· Why we should wear seat belts in cars

· Why should you become a blood donor

· Avoiding junk food

· Should the state fund schools be run by particular faiths?

· Should schools require their students to wear a school uniform?

· Are beauty contests harmful?

· Should Physical Education in schools be compulsory?

· Should parents be held morally and legally responsible for the actions of their children?

· Is physical force a justifiable method of punishing children?

· Should negative advertising in political campaigns be banned?

· Should governments censor material on the World Wide Web?

· Should government censor lyrics of songs that are violent or expletive?

· Does television have a negative influence on society?

· Is it morally acceptable to experiment on animals to develop products and medicines that benefit human beings?

· Should we be trying to prevent species from becoming extinct?

· Should the present international ban on trading elephant ivory be lifted?

· Should the international ban on the hunting of whales be lifted?

· Should we ban the keeping of animals in zoos?

· Should we ban the keeping of animals in circuses?