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Popular Persuasive Speech/Essay Topics
• Do schools have the right to search students’ lockers?
• Should children be given sex education in schools, or should this be the responsibility of the parents?
• Reality T.V. shows are damaging to their views.
• Sexually suggestive ads should be banned/broadcast only after 10:00 P.M.
• Students should be allowed to use cell phones during school.
• Students should be allowed to listen to music during the school day.
• Cosmetic plastic surgery should be illegal for anyone under the age of 21.
• Americans’ idea of beauty is sameness which is not beauty at all.
• The drinking age should be lowered to 18.
• Marijuana should be legalized.
• Juveniles should not be imprisoned with adults.
• Juveniles who commit murder regardless of the age should be tried as adults.
• Juveniles who commit murder should not be incarcerated but should be rehabilitated.
• Teenagers should not be able to get an abortion without parental
Teenagers should have access to birth control without their parents’ consent.
• Should the state fund schools 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/needs of their children?
• Should young people be subjected to curfews as a way to reduce crime?
• Should doctors be allowed to prescribe contraception for girls under the age of 16?
• Is physical force a justifiable method of punishing children?
• Should governments be sending people into space?
• Should governments negotiate with terrorists?
• Can terrorism ever be justified?
• Should negative advertising in political campaigns be banned?
• Should governments censor material on the world wide web?
• Should the government censor lyrics of songs that are violent or expletive, for example “gangsta” rap?
• Does television
• Do schools have the right to search students’ lockers?
• Should children be given sex education in schools, or should this be the responsibility of the parents?
• Reality T.V. shows are damaging to their views.
• Sexually suggestive ads should be banned/broadcast only after 10:00 P.M.
• Students should be allowed to use cell phones during school.
• Students should be allowed to listen to music during the school day.
• Cosmetic plastic surgery should be illegal for anyone under the age of 21.
• Americans’ idea of beauty is sameness which is not beauty at all.
• The drinking age should be lowered to 18.
• Marijuana should be legalized.
• Juveniles should not be imprisoned with adults.
• Juveniles who commit murder regardless of the age should be tried as adults.
• Juveniles who commit murder should not be incarcerated but should be rehabilitated.
• Teenagers should not be able to get an abortion without parental
Teenagers should have access to birth control without their parents’ consent.
• Should the state fund schools 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/needs of their children?
• Should young people be subjected to curfews as a way to reduce crime?
• Should doctors be allowed to prescribe contraception for girls under the age of 16?
• Is physical force a justifiable method of punishing children?
• Should governments be sending people into space?
• Should governments negotiate with terrorists?
• Can terrorism ever be justified?
• Should negative advertising in political campaigns be banned?
• Should governments censor material on the world wide web?
• Should the government censor lyrics of songs that are violent or expletive, for example “gangsta” rap?
• Does television