Thesis+Activity

=**Activity!** = Take each of the speech topics below and write two thesis statements for each: one for an informative speech and one for a persuasive speech.

Then think of five topics of your own and do the same.

Then choose five of the 40 thesis statements on the page and write out the main points of the speech.

//Example:// //**Topic:** Tying a Shoe// //**Informative:** This speech will cover the steps necessary to tie a shoelace.// **//Persuasive://** //This speech will show that the double knot is the best way to tie a shoe.// //**Main Points:** 1. Other methods of tying shoelaces 2. Failures of other methods 3. The double knot prevents those failures.// ====**Topics** ==== **1. Poverty** **2. Chat Rooms** **3. Global Warming** **4. Polution** **5. Feminism** **6. Polygamy** <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">**7. Football** <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">**8. Pets** <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">**9. Catch Phrases** <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">**10. Board Games** <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">**11. Cartoons** <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">**12. American Idol** <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">**13. Hollywood** <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">**14. Tacos** <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">**15. Spartacus**