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Speech Fundamentals Assignments |
Speech Topics |
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| "Let your speech be full of grace" | |
This page is designed to provide the student with 'idea maps' toward the selection of specific purposes and main claims related to topics relevant to multicultural and persuasive speech assignments. Below are topics chosen by previous students of public address/speech.
| Multicultural Topics - Texas | Multicultural Topics - Louisiana |
Persuasive Topics |
| Aaron "T-Bone" Walker | Acadian Cultural Society | Abortion |
| Autumn Trails Festival | Alfred Mouton | Affirmative Action |
| (The) Ballpark in Arlington | African American Youth Congress | Animal Rights |
| Billy Bob's Texas | Angola | Campus Issues - Athletics |
| Bogota Rodeo | Arcadia Possum Festival | Campus Issues - Dating |
| Bonnie & Clyde | Arcadian Architecture | Campus Issues - Greek Life |
| Canton First Mondays | Avery Island | Campus Issues - Student Fees |
| Cinco de Mayo | Black History Month | Campus Issues - Student Funding |
| Como-Pickton HS Tractor-cade | The Blarney Stone | Campus Issues - Student Govt. |
| Fiesta Night In Old San Antonio | Bonnie & Clyde Trade Days | Campus Issues - Student Life |
| Fire Ant Festival | The Bouligny Family | Campus Issues - Technology |
| First Monday Trades Day Weekend | Cajun Culture | Capital Punishment |
| First Saturday SideWalk Sale | Cane River | Civil Liberties |
| Gilmer Yamboree | Cheyenne Frontiere Days | Conservatism |
| Greek Food Festival | The Chitimacha Indians | Creationism |
| Hallsville Western Day Festival | Christmas on the Bayou | Crime/Punishment |
| Hank Williams, Jr. | Church Point Buggy Festival | Drug Legalization |
| Heritage Days Festival | City of Ponchatoula | The Economy |
| Hogmanay | Clementine Hunter | Education |
| Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo | Cochon de Lait | The Environment |
| Houston Super Chevy Show | Colfax Pecan Festival | Euthanasia |
| Jacksonville Tomato Festival | Contraband Days | Feminism |
| Journey thru Jerusalem | Courrir de Mardis Gras | First Amendment Issues |
| Kappa Delta Sorority | Crawfish Festival | Foreign Policy |
| Kiel Sailing Festival | Creole Culture | Fourth Amendment Issues |
| LBJ Space Center | Creole Heritage Day Celebration | Gambling/Gaming |
| Little River Fair & Rodeo | Dulac Fall Arts & Crafts Festival | Gun Control |
| Mall of America | Emiliano Zapata | Health/Care/Fitness |
| Marfa's Mystery Lights | Essence Music Festival | Human Cloning |
| Menger Hotel | FrancoFete | Human Rights |
| Medieval Times Dinner & Tournament | French Quarter Festival | The Internet |
| Miss Tyler USA Pageant | Germantown Colony | Lifestyles |
| Mt. Enterprise Head Start Program | Grand Mamou's Zydeco and Blues Festival | Media Ethics |
| Nacogdoches Heritage Festival | The Gueydan Duck Festival | Medical Ethics |
| Neal McCoy | Henry Watkins Allen | Multiculturalism |
| New Boston's Pioneer Days | Herb Fest of Louisiana | Organ Donation |
| Night in 'Ole San Antonio | Hot Tamale Festival | Politics |
| Nolan Ryan | Huey P. Long | Race Relations |
| Overton Blue Grass Festival | Isabella the Ghost | Religion and Spirituality |
| Pioneer Day Celebration | Jimmie Davis | Social/Community Identity |
| Prosper Centennial Celebration | La Farm Bureau | Sports (College, Professional) |
| Purple Hull Pea Festival (AK) | La Quinceanera | Stem Cell Research |
| Red River County | Let the Good Times Roll Black Arts Festival | Terrorism |
| Roughneck Days Festival | Loyd's Hall | Tobacco |
| Scott Joplin | Louisiana! | Welfare |
| Spring Ho Festival | Louisiana Cherokee's Thanksgiving | Women's Issues |
| State Fair of Texas | Louisiana Folk Life Festival | |
| Stevie Ray Vaughan | Louisiana Fur and Wildlife Festival | |
| Sulphur Springs Dairy Pageant | Louisiana Pecan Festival | |
| Texas A&M Aggie Bonfire | Louisiana Political Museum and Hall of Fame | |
| Texas High School Football | Louis Prima | |
| Texas Renaissance Festival | The Louisiana Purchase | |
| Texas Rose Festival | Madam C.J. Walker | |
| Texas State Fair | Marthaville "Good Ole Days" Festival | |
| Texas Syndicate | Martinique Natives | |
| WC County Stew Contest | Mcleod Bethune | |
| While Buffalo Festival | Melrose Plantation | |
| Wonderland of Lights | Mudbug Madness Festival | |
| Youth Evangelism Conference | Natchez Juneteenth Celebration | |
| Natchez Pilgrimage | ||
| Natchitoches | ||
| Natchitoches Springfest Arts & Crafts Show | ||
| New Boston/DeKalb Football Game | ||
| New Orleans | ||
| N.O. Jazz and Heritage Festival | ||
| Northwestern State University | ||
| Nottoway Plantation | ||
| The Olla Centennial Celebration | ||
| Ormond Plantation | ||
| Peach Festival | ||
| Plaquemines Parish Fair and Orange Festival | ||
| Rayne Frog Festival | ||
| Red Ribbon Walk | ||
| Red River Campaign | ||
| Red River Revel | ||
| Rice Festival | ||
| Saint Louis Cemetery | ||
| Greenwood Leflore | ||
| Soul Bowl | ||
| Steel Magnolias | ||
| Strawberry Festival | ||
| The Sturgis Rally and (Motorcycle) Races | ||
| TABASCO | ||
| The Troyville Mounds | ||
| Uncle Earl's Hog Dog Trials | ||
| The "Walk to Emus" | ||
| Washington Parish Free Fair | ||
| Winn Parish Forest Festival | ||
| Yoruba Traditions | ||
| Zydeco Music |
Links to Extemporaneous Speech Topic Sites
Public Agenda Online Issues & Answers
University Interscholastic League (UIL) Practice Topics
Speech Fundamentals Assignments
© Copyright
1998-2004.
Updated 12 February.
Michael E. Eidenmuller.
Department of Communication.
The University of Texas at Tyler. All rights reserved.