People
Events
Quotations
Things You Made Me Talk About
Speech Stuff
100

Helen Keller

A REAL deaf, blind, mute girl who learned to read, write, and ultimately fly a plane. She is NOT a psyop.

100

The Treaty of Versailles

The treaty signed by allied powers after WWI that bankrupted Germany and arguably set the stage for WWII.

100

"The pen is mightier than the sword"

Soft power -- politics, influence, etc. -- is more influential than physical strength

100

A bad mom who went viral. She isn't new, but she's kind of new new?

Ash Truvino

100

How long is the informative speech supposed to be?

4-5 minutes

200

Nelson Mandela

South African civil rights leader who helped end South African Apartheid and eventual President of South Africa

200

Watergate

Nixon-era scandal in which he directed CIA operatives to steal Democratic election plans, leading to his resignation despite winning re-election.

200

"Float like a butterfly; sting like a bee."

Be adaptable and quick, and only go on offense when you see an opening.

200

This popular streaming video game is the cause of brainrot for many of you; it even has a movie created years ago about it.

FNAF

200

In your informative speech visual aids, instead of writing in paragraph form you should use...

Bullet points

300

Nikola Tesla

Pioneer of electricity and arguable inventor of the lightbulb. He did not invent Tesla cars

300

Sputnik

The first satellite to successfully orbit the Earth, launched by the USSR during the "Space Race"
300

"Give me liberty or give me death"

Benjamin Franklin; life without freedom is not worth living.

300

Due to a lack of education, this is all too common in this part of the country.

Teen pregnancy

300

After you present your thesis, you should preview your points. This is called a...

Roadmap

400

Marie Curie

Famous French Scientist; pioneer of radioactivity; Nobel Prize winner

400

Women's Suffrage

The campaign for women to be able to vote.

400

"To be or not to be, that is the question."

Contemplating staying alive; Shakespeare

400

The water in our great city is, unfortunately, not so great, because it is full of...

Arsenic

400

When you reference your beginning attention getter in your conclusion to give your speech a sense of finality.

Bookending

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