Persuasive Speech: Why You Should Visit To National Parks

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Your name: Sandy Zanetti
Topic: The importance of visiting the national parks
General Purpose: To persuade
Speech Pattern: Motivated sequence
Specific Purpose: At the end of my speech my audience will be convinced to visit a national park, and want to visit NPS.org to find out more about them.
Thesis Statement: America’s national parks are incredible sanctuaries, people should be want to see national parks because they are beneficial for you and different aspects of your life on earth, and it’s an adventure you’ll never forget. Introduction

I. Attention Getter: In honor of American National Park week I’d like to speak to you about why you should visit an American National Park. America’s National parks are truly the natural, cultural and historic sanctuaries of this nation. From the towering mountain ranges of the Tetons in Wyoming, to the
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National Parks aren’t only a place to connect with nature, but to connect with your own history and culture. Have you ever wanted to go back in time like like in a science fiction novel?
Going to a National Park is just like going back in time. These destinations have inspired generations of writers, artists, photographers and naturalists.
You see the animals, landmarks, and really experience the way of life that our ancestors did hundreds of years ago.
The dramatic, moving attributes of nature is a preserved legacy that’s is waiting for you to explore.
Make no mistake, it’s no Disneyland. It’s raw. It’s real and it’s a great way to understand parts of your own culture that might, without National Parks, may otherwise go un noticed such as Yosemetie's African American Infantry Buffalo Soilders, or legend The Hawaiian Mele’hini Godess Pele of Kileuea.

[Transition: After visiting a national park people often say that they can breath a little better, and appreciate the planet they live on, and understand more about themselves and their history but the sights that I have seen are what have have moved me

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