Sample-persuasive-speech-outline样本说服性演讲大纲.doc

Too Much of a Good Thing (problem-solution pattern) General purpose: To persuade Specific purpose: To persuade my audience to be cautious in using medicines and supplements that are usually considered beneficial. Central idea: Medicines and supplements that can be beneficial are sometimes harmful if ingested in large amounts. Introduction Attention-getter There is an old saying that “Too much a good thing is wonderful.” Is it always true? A young woman went out on her sailboat one Friday afternoon. She suffered a back injury, causing terrible back pain. For pain relief, she took a painkiller. For the next three days, she ingested the pills at more than twice the recommended dosage. On Tuesday, four days after she started the pills, she died en route to the hospital from liver damage. Credibility Since I heard about the story, I have done some research in this area. Preview of main points Today I’m going to talk about the problem of taking excessive amounts of drugs and then discuss the possible solutions. (Transition: Let’s examine the problem in more detail.) Body Many people don’t know that taking excessive amounts of medicines and supplements can be dangerous. Ambien, a sleeping pill, makes you sleepy, so will you go to sleep faster if you increase the dosage? Perhaps, but you could suffer breathing problems, and even lapse into a coma and die. This is the finding of Dr. Daniel F. Kripke, professor of psychiatry at University of California, San Diego. (The Dark Side of Sleeping Pills) Ibuprofen relieves pain, but if too much is taken, it can cause gastrointestinal bleeding after just three days. (General Practitioner) Dr. Bill Edwards, director of inpatient care at Children’s Hospital in Peoria, IL, relates the story of a child patient. The child displayed all the signs of a brain tumor (dizziness, pressure inside the head, extreme headache, and blurry vision). Tests could find no evidence of a tumor. Further tests revealed an overdose of vitamin A. Vitamin A and