Argumentative Speech On Textbook Prices

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INTRODUCTION
I. I still remember paying for my college textbooks last semester for the first time and then this semester, it is still a nightmare for me. As a whole, I paid about $500 on my textbooks for this year. Yet there were about 4 books that were not even used, and 5 of them were new editions with only few things changed on them.
II. The prices of textbooks are really high, which prevents students from buying textbooks.
III. After getting my surveys back, I saw that everyone in this class thought that textbook prices are too high and everyone paid about $200 - $300 for one textbook.
IV. Even I have paid around $280 for one single book, and we never used the book in class.
V. Today, I am going to talk about how many students are affected with textbook prices being so high and some alternatives they could use to reduce the cost of textbooks to benefit them.
BODY
I. The rising cost of textbook prices are one of the main issues every college student deals with.
A. There have been so many surveys taken by people on how textbook prices affect students.
1. Average students in thi...

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