- Select a Speech Topic:
o Draw from your own experiences, beliefs, and interests
o What unusual experiences have you had?
o What special knowledge or expertise do you have?
o What strong beliefs or opinions do you have?
o Do you have an interesting background? o What would you like to know more about?
- Select a topic that is appropriate to the audience and the occasion
o Make a list of who will be at the event.
o What are their expectations?
o Ask yourself, “what would I sit still to hear?”
o Clarify the purpose of your speech:-
- Narrow your topic
- After you know how long you have to speak, select one specific facet of your topic to focus on.
- Start with “China”-> End up with “China’s Natural Resources”
- Start with “School Dress Code” –> End up with “FM High School should enforce school uniforms”
- This will give added depth to your speech
- Identify what you are trying to do.
- Are you trying to change people’s minds?
- Entertain them?
- Teach them something?
- Three main purposes of speaking:
- To inform
- Explain, instruct, define, clarify, demonstrate, or teach
- To persuade
- Influence, convince, motivate, sell, preach, stimulate action
- To evoke
- · Entertain, inspire, celebrate, commemorate
- Create a thesis statement:
- A clear statement that states the essence of your speech content
- Sometimes referred to as the “central idea”
- It will announce your topic and what you plan on doing with the topic
- Soda machines should be banned from public school properties.
- Music programs should always have financial support.
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