General Purpose: To Persuade
Specific Purpose: I would like the audience to understand and discourage exotic animals as house pets.
Central Idea: Exotic animals should not be kept as pets.
Claim: More and more people every day would rather have an exotic pet than a domestic animal.
Outline:
Introduction:
How many of you have ever said you wanted a pet monkey when you were at the zoo last time? Or imagined how neat it would be to have a tiger sleep at the foot of your bed instead of just a dog? That all sounds wonderful at first but how many people do you know that have ever had an exotic pet and not regretted it immediately? It's not really as great as you think TRUST ME!! According to the Human Society of the United States in one of their recent surveys, "90% of exotic pets die within the first year and 90% of the remainder die in the second year. That means that only 1% lives past the age of two." (HSUS)
Body:
I. Every year wild animals seriously hurt or kill people,......

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Title: Persuasive Speech On Keeping Exotic Animals As House Pets
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