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Topic Selection Choosing Your Topic

Topic Selection Choosing Your Topic. Topics can come from…Subjects you already know Subjects you’re interested in Issues about which you hold strong beliefs and opinions Several brainstorming techniques Settle on a topic as soon as possible . Determine General Purpose.

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Topic Selection Choosing Your Topic

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  1. Topic SelectionChoosing Your Topic • Topics can come from…Subjects you already know • Subjects you’re interested in • Issues about which you hold strong beliefs and opinions • Several brainstorming techniques • Settle on a topic as soon as possible

  2. Determine General Purpose • Informative, speakers act as teachers • Persuade, speakers act as advocates

  3. Formulate a Thesis • Should indicate what the speaker wants the audience to know or believe after the speech • 5 Tips • Full sentence • Statement - not a question • Avoid figurative language • Should NOT contain 2 or more unrelated ideas • Should NOT be too vague or general

  4. Preview Refines and Sharpens the Thesis • Concise statement of what the speaker expects to say in the speech • Encapsulates main points • May be written later in the speech process • 4 Criteria • Full sentence • Not a question • Avoid figurative language • Shouldn’t be to vague or general

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