ch 7: selecting a topic and purpose

what 3 questions must you be able to answer before delivering any speech?

what is my speech and

what is my goal in speaking to the audience

what specifically do I want my listeners to know or do

what are constraints to your speech?

speech assignment

audience interest

audience knowledge

time allotted

how do you discover good speech topics ?

find a topic you can deliver w/enthusiasm and passion and stirs the audiences curiosity

what resources are trustworthy for info. ?

CQ Reseracher and CQ Global Researcher

ProCon . org

Opposing Views

The Pew Research Center

brainstorming

method of spontaneously generating ideas through word associations of topic mind mapping

word association

write down ideas as they come to mind, beginning w/a single word; used to generate and narrow speech topics

topic (mind) mapping

lay out words in a diagram form to show categorical relations among them

general speech purpose

declarative statement that answers question, why am I speaking on this topic for this particular audience and occasion

what are the 3 main speech purposes ?

to inform

to persuade

to mark a special occasion

informative general speech purpose

to increase the audiences understanding and awareness by imparting knowledge; offer sum new to expand listeners knowledge

persuade general speech purpose

effect some degree of change in audience’s beliefs, attitudes, values, or behavior

special occasion general speech purpose

intended to entertain, celebrate, commemorate, inspire, or set a social agenda

specific speech purpose

describes in action form what you want to achieve with the speech, what you want the audience to learn, agree w, or act on as a result of your speech

thesis statement

theme or central idea of the speech stated as a single declarative sentence that expresses what the speech will attempt to demonstrate or prove

informative speech thesis statement

conveys the scope of the topic

persuasive speech thesis statement

represents what you’re going to prove in the address

informative

few of us know

persuasive

as informed members of the community