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 (17950 downloads)
- The truth about gun control (8195 downloads)
- The controversy over gun control (4934 downloads)
- Speech against stricter gun control (5392 downloads)
- It’s up to society to solve gun problems (5233 downloads)
- Guns don’t kill people (13452 downloads)
- Does banning firearms help prevent homicides (6110 downloads)
- Criminals will be criminals (16449 downloads)
- What to do about Deadbeat Parents (5982 downloads)
- Why state aid applicants need to be drug tested (6178 downloads)
- Subculture is Mainstream (4495 downloads)
- Eating Healthy (31997 downloads)
- Teachers should be paid more (19027 downloads)
- Digital Piracy (6330 downloads)
- Minimum Wage (5771 downloads)
- Minimum Wage (3970 downloads)
- Drug Testing for State Aid (3339 downloads)
- Drug testing welfare (3709 downloads)
- Why snakes make good pets (6077 downloads)
- Why you need to quit drinking soda (10707 downloads)
- Why Everyone Should Learn to Play an Instrument (8967 downloads)
- Why Android is better then IOS 2 (5518 downloads)
- Why Android is better then IOS 1 (4990 downloads)
- Video Games Do Not Cause Violence (10437 downloads)
- Soda and Obesity (6822 downloads)
- Plastic Surgery 2 (4607 downloads)
- Plastic Surgery (7480 downloads)
- Maintaining A Healthy Lifestyle (13520 downloads)
- Human development depends primarily on environmental factors (9432 downloads)
- Donating Blood (15776 downloads)
Informative Speeches
- Guns and gun control - Texas (5183 downloads)
- Gun violence and control (11832 downloads)
- Gun control on campuses (4598 downloads)
- Wind Energy (8570 downloads)
- About Serial Killers (9584 downloads)
- John Candy (3565 downloads)
- Eating Disorder (9697 downloads)
- Robin Williams 2 (4240 downloads)
- Dream Types (19324 downloads)
- Diabetes (8074 downloads)
- Separation of Powers of the Federal Government (4636 downloads)
- Memory Loss (20648 downloads)
- Internet Black Market (8040 downloads)
- EQ (5604 downloads)
- Blood Donation (11588 downloads)
- Alcohol in Winter (5953 downloads)
- About Guitar (6027 downloads)
Essays
- Five Side Effects of Global Warming (10807 downloads)
- Global Warming Is Real (9501 downloads)