Speech and Essay Samples
Don’t know where to start? Get inspired by our FREE speech and essay examples.
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!
Persuasive Speeches
- We should stand up for our gun rights (25060 downloads)
- The truth about gun control (10602 downloads)
- The controversy over gun control (6303 downloads)
- Speech against stricter gun control (7018 downloads)
- It’s up to society to solve gun problems (6653 downloads)
- Guns don’t kill people (17093 downloads)
- Does banning firearms help prevent homicides (7864 downloads)
- Criminals will be criminals (21412 downloads)
- What to do about Deadbeat Parents (7293 downloads)
- Why state aid applicants need to be drug tested (7113 downloads)
- Subculture is Mainstream (5795 downloads)
- Eating Healthy (44710 downloads)
- Teachers should be paid more (22882 downloads)
- Digital Piracy (8196 downloads)
- Minimum Wage (7476 downloads)
- Minimum Wage (5010 downloads)
- Drug Testing for State Aid (4207 downloads)
- Drug testing welfare (4671 downloads)
- Why snakes make good pets (7817 downloads)
- Why you need to quit drinking soda (13260 downloads)
- Why Everyone Should Learn to Play an Instrument (11566 downloads)
- Why Android is better then IOS 2 (6906 downloads)
- Why Android is better then IOS 1 (6188 downloads)
- Video Games Do Not Cause Violence (13751 downloads)
- Soda and Obesity (8637 downloads)
- Plastic Surgery 2 (5856 downloads)
- Plastic Surgery (9475 downloads)
- Maintaining A Healthy Lifestyle (18146 downloads)
- Human development depends primarily on environmental factors (12142 downloads)
- Donating Blood (18953 downloads)
Informative Speeches
- Guns and gun control - Texas (6931 downloads)
- Gun violence and control (15028 downloads)
- Gun control on campuses (5844 downloads)
- Wind Energy (10531 downloads)
- About Serial Killers (11397 downloads)
- John Candy (4601 downloads)
- Eating Disorder (12379 downloads)
- Robin Williams 2 (5238 downloads)
- Dream Types (22885 downloads)
- Diabetes (10473 downloads)
- Separation of Powers of the Federal Government (5752 downloads)
- Memory Loss (23642 downloads)
- Internet Black Market (10030 downloads)
- EQ (6986 downloads)
- Blood Donation (14191 downloads)
- Alcohol in Winter (7301 downloads)
- About Guitar (7602 downloads)
Essays
- Five Side Effects of Global Warming (15743 downloads)
- Global Warming Is Real (14068 downloads)