Subject Matter: This speech is about the short-term and long-term effects of alcohol on the human body.
             Audience Relationship: The audience will be interested in this topic because they are likely to be either consumers of alcohol or know people who consume alcohol.
             My purpose (thesis) statement: The reason I am speaking about this topic is to tell my audience about how alcohol can affect their bodies.
             Areas: The three main areas I am going to cover to explain my point of view are the short term effects of alcohol (the effects on the human body upon immediately drinking alcohol), the long-term effects of alcohol (within 72 hours) and the effects of alcohol after one or more year of heavy use.
             You probably know that alcohol is a depressant taken in liquid form, according to the Partnership for a Drug-Free America website. You may not know, according to the student information site on drugs of Virginia Tech University that a person's cognitive abilities are affected by even small amounts of alcohol. Alcohol has an impact almost all parts of the brain. The most vulnerable cells of the brain affected by alcohol are those associated with memory, attention, sleep, coordination, and judgment. This is why you're more likely to do things you might not otherwise do, even after one drink, why studying for a test is almost impossible after drinking. ("Alcohol's effects on the brain and body." Virginia Tech: Students, 2006)
             Heavy use of alcohol or alcohol poisoning can even cause the death of brain cells as well as the cells that provide energy and nutrients to the rest of the body. This dehydration effect is why drinking can make you feel sick the next day. Drinking can have immediate effects on the circulatory system, too, decreasing the drinker's blood pressure, pulse and respiration. ("Alcohol's effects on the brain and body." Virgin
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