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UNDERAGE DRINKING
Specific Purpose:
drinking.
Thesis State:
INTRODUCTION:
Attention Getter: By a show of hands, how many people in this classroom
are under the age of 21? As you look around the classroom, you will see that
many of you are under this age. Now think to yourself, even though you are
under the age of 21, does it mean that no one in this classroom has ever tried
alcohol? According to Prof. Rosenberg from the Psychological Bulletin 1993,
alcohol is the most serious problem facing teenagers.
Link to Audience: We are all students at university and most likely gone to
one party with alcohol.
Speaker Credibility: Being a university student and under the age of 21,
We have researched this topic of underage drinking because We thought this
issue would be extremely beneficial to all of us since we are in university &
will most likely be going through experiences involving alcohol.
Thesis Sentence: Today we are here to convince you to think twice before
going to pick up that next bottle of alcohol.
Preview of Speech: First, we will talk about why teenagers should not have
alcohol. Next, well discuss why teens are not responsible enough to drink
and lastly well explain how alcohol is not good for your health.
Transition: Let's begin by talking about why teenagers should not have
alcohol.
BODY:
Main Point #1
A. Underage drinking is illegal in all 50 states:
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As you can see on this survey from the George Mason Univ. & West
Chester Univ. in 1997, alcohol was involved in more than two-thirds of
all the campus incidents last year that occurred in residence halls. This
survey involved 330 colleges & univ. throughout the country.
From the PSU Police Safety Services, the actual offenses of liquor in
2000 were 125 people and 169 people that were arrested due to liquor.
Transition: Now that we have explained why teens should not have alcohol,
we will explain to all of you why teens are not responsible enough to drink.
Main Point #2
A. Teenagers are not responsible enough to drink.
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When people drink they use poor judgment and when underage people
drink it is even worse.
So the more you drink, the more judgment you lose.
For example, according to Prof. Rosenberg from the Psychological
Bulletin in 1993, 90% of all campus rapes involving drinking are 68% of
manslaughter convictions and 63% of assaults that involve alcohol.
B. Hypothetical Story
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Imagine this situation of your best friend driving home from your house
one night. And on the way home, your friend meets some person who
decided to drink too much and your friend and the other driver crash
head on. The underage drunk driver survives, while your best friend is
killed. So what happened to the drunk drivers judgment? It is in his 15
empty beer cans at the party!
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Anyone who drinks has the chance of seriously hurting his or her body.
This can happen in several ways.
B. Alcohol is a drug that can cause:
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CONCLUSION:
Restate thesis: Today we've explained to you why drinking underage is
harmful to teenagers.
Restate main points: First we talked about why teenagers should not have
alcohol, then we
discussed why teenagers are not responsible enough to drink,
and finally we discussed how
alcohol is harmful to your health.
Call-to-Action: We encourage you to learn all that you can about underage
drinking and think about what we have said to you today. We also urge you to
educate others about the effects of
alcohol.
Concluding: Having said that we will end this speech with a question that
we would like for all
of you to think about, Is being accepted into a group,
loosening up in an uncomfortable setting,
and escaping the pressures of
everyday life worth the risks and consequences that are in effect after the first, sip,
funnel, or bottle of alcohol? Is it really worth it?
REFERENCES
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Survey of the George Mason Univ. & West Chester Univ. in 1997
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Justice and Safety Institute - Penn State University offenses of liquor report in
2000
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http://forums.bollyent.com/bad-effects-of-alcohol-t-11502.html
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http://ezinearticles.com/?Bad-Health-Effects-of-Alcohol:-WorthAvoiding&id=405130
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/profile/johncarvel
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/theguardian
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http://www2.potsdam.edu/hansondj/UnderageDrinking.html
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http://www.stopalcoholabuse.gov/
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