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Easy persuasive speech topics: examples
Easy persuasive speech topics: examples
90 persuasive topic suggestions + resources for writing persuasive speeches
By: Susan Dugdale | Last modified: 08-05-2022
Let's be right up front about this.
'Easy' and 'persuasive' are seldom paired when it comes to speech topics! Therefore examples of easy persuasive speech topics are a bit of a rarity, and finding them can be tricky.
However all is not completely lost. They can, and do, come together, but only if you work at it. Let me show you how.
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The myth of 'easy' and an 'easy' speech
That word 'easy' is very tempting. It seductively implies something you can fling together, without a lot of effort, at short notice.
An 'easy' speech is not going to take a lot of work to plan, research, to write, or to practice. Everything needed to prepare it will be done without hassle, because it's, 'easy'. The entire process will flow smoothly from start to finish without fuss.
When you present the speech the audience will be spell-bound, riveted by your outstanding choice of subject and its treatment. In short, they will be amazed.
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What a successful persuasive speech usually takes
To give a successful persuasive speech means being able to use a compelling mix of reasoning and emotional appeal to convince whoever you are talking to that your point of view is right. Generally doing that well takes thought and effort.
You have to have chosen a subject your audience will be genuinely interested in and use just the right combination of logical reasoning and emotional appeal to engage and hold them from the first words you say till your last. That in turn means thinking your speech through carefully, step by step, and then doing whatever is needed to make it work.
Those things include:
- deciding on a specific speech purpose, (what you want people to do as a result of listening to your speech)
- research to pull facts together to ground your speech, to give you a solid platform to stand on
- understanding your audience so you know how best to shape your material to address their concerns
- sorting out any additional resources you may want to use (eg. images, graphs, hand outs ...)
- practice, and then more practice.
You see? Easy and persuasive don't seem to have a lot in common.
However, there is a way through.
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How a persuasive speech topic becomes easy
You'll be glad to know there are exceptions.
A persuasive topic becomes 'easy' if:
- it fits with the criteria you've been given,
- you already know a lot about it,
- there's a readily accessible, and credible body of knowledge covering it,
- you're passionate about it, and
- you genuinely want to do what is required to cover it well.
Difficulties miraculously melt away when you are totally engrossed!
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90 potentially easy persuasive speech topics
Below are 90 possible persuasive topics chosen for their broad appeal, and because they are subjects people generally feel strongly about.
Read them through, making a note of any that jump out and that you think you may be able to use. These will be the ones you'll find much 'easier' than the others because you're already interested!
Easy persuasive speech topics 1-10
- Having a pet
makes their owner a better person.
- The future has
already been decided.
- We need to
understand and learn from our history.
- The death
penalty is never acceptable.
- Life was better
before the influence of online social media took over.
- Adversity makes
a person stronger.
- It is better to
earn your own living rather than to be financially provided for by
someone else.
- The amount of
money a person has is not a meaningful measure of success.
- All tobacco
products should be banned
- Good health
care should be available to all people.
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Easy persuasive speech topic examples 11- 20
- Subliminal
advertising should be banned.
- Men and women
should receive the same work place benefits.
- No child should
be denied an education on the grounds of gender, race or poverty.
- A school
uniform helps make everyone equal.
- All children
should be welcome in the world, regardless of the circumstances of
their birth.
- Poor
nutritional health in first world countries is the result of poor
food choices.
- Sugar should be
banned.
- Child care
should be free.
- Parents should be equally responsible for child care.
- The family who
eats together stays together.
Persuasive speech topic ideas 21- 30
- War is never
right.
- Censorship is
sensible on the internet.
- Children should
have their use of social media and the internet monitored.
- Abortion on
demand should be a right.
- Hate is not
natural. It is a learned behavior.
- Immigrants
should be welcomed and helped rather than banned.
- Violence breeds
violence.
- Adults wanting
children should be required to hold a parenting license.
- The same
adoption laws should apply to whoever wants to adopt a child.
- Fear fuels
violence.
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Topic suggestions for persuasive speeches 31- 40
- Race crime
is the result of ignorance.
- Food waste is
criminal.
- Money never
solves problems.
- Satire keeps us
sane, and honest.
- Art/music/dance
is necessary for survival.
- Graffiti is art
too.
- People who are
suffering from mental ill-health should be treated similarly to
those suffering from physical ill-health.
- To be a little
bit crazy is a good thing.
- We need to move
to keep fit, functioning and balanced.
- The elderly
should be cared for in their own homes.
Ideas for easy persuasive speeches 41- 50
- Those who
want to die should be allowed to with dignity.
- The real reason
a bully bullies is never the person who is getting bullied.
- Love makes the
world go around.
- People should
never be cloned.
- Genetic
engineering should be banned.
- Using a mobile
phone while driving should be illegal.
- Keeping animals
in zoos is inhumane.
- A driver’s
license test should be taken every 3 years.
- A vegan diet is
not natural.
- Fossil fuels
should be phased out.
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Examples of easy persuasive speech topics 51 - 60
- Unmonitored
use of facial recognition technology is a violation of individual
rights.
- The use of any
form of corporal punishment should be banned.
- Everyone should
spend several months per year working for the betterment of others
in a non-profit social service organization.
- Thanks and
gratitude should be regularly expressed for everything good in our
lives.
- Everyone
deserves to be loved.
- Discipline is
good for us.
- To be
vulnerable is to be strong.
- Children should
come with a user manual.
- The arts are
equally as valuable as the sciences.
- Laughter heals.
Speech topics for easy persuasive speeches 61 - 70
- Real life is
stranger than fiction.
- Recycling
should be compulsory.
- A greener world
is necessary for our survival.
- Welfare should
start at home.
- Financial
education is essential.
- True equality
is a fantasy.
- Everyone
deserves a living wage.
- The fast food
industry is responsible for many of the Western World’s health
problems.
- A sugar tax
would help control the consumption of foods with high sugar content.
- Homework should
be banned.
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Persuasive speech topic suggestions 71 - 80
- Everybody
should learn to cook and clean for themselves.
- Everybody’s
screen time should be monitored.
- Tithing helps
us take care of those who can’t help themselves.
- Expressing
oneself freely is more important than getting the grammar,
punctuation and spelling right.
- Sticks and
stones will break my bones, but names will never hurt me is a lie.
- Vacations are
essential.
- Team sports
build good character traits.
- All forms of
gender bias should be illegal.
- Being outdoors
in nature heals.
- Cosmetic and
reconstructive surgery should only be for those who genuinely need
it.
Easy topics for persuasive speeches 81 - 90
- The ability
to sustain a real time face to face conversation is being lost due
to our high use of smart phones.
- Cheating on a
test or in an examination is understandable.
- We must never
tell lies to children except about Father Christmas, the tooth fairy
and the Easter Rabbit.
- Single sex
schools are better for girls.
- Getting top
marks in an examination is not the only way to prove a person’s
intelligence.
- Everybody is
entitled to privacy, including children and teenagers.
- Table manners
are important.
- Clothes speak
louder than words.
- Poverty is a
state of mind.
- Education is
the passport to a better life.
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More persuasive speech resources
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For assistance with planning and writing
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