Speech and Essay Samples

Don’t know where to start? Get inspired by our FREE speech and essay examples.

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Use them to get the creative juices flowing. Don’t copy any of these examples! Since these speeches are available for anyone to download, you can never be sure that another student has not used them, and that they will pass plagiarism evaluation tools, such as Turnitin or Plagscan.

Whether you find a sample that is on your given topic or a closely related discussion, all of the speeches can help you get organized and focused.

Review multiple speeches to learn:

  • How the presenter laid out the talking points and the number of points used
  • What references and statistics they used to solidify their arguments
  • How long the speech was for a given topic
  • How the topic was introduced and summarized
  • How the speaker engaged and interacted with the audience

By using these speech examples as an outline, you’ll have a fully formed presentation in no time! We also have this page with gun control speech examples, in case you’d like to see different examples on the same topic.

Persuasive Speeches

Informative Speeches

Essays