Topic. For this assignment, you should choose a topic that is informative, timely, factual, and relevant to the audience. Select an interesting, current issue, a unique person, an event, thing, or circumstance and present it objectively. Your goal is to inform and educate the audience of the facts behind the issue, person, event, thing, or occasion, NOT to persuade them to act or convince them of your perspective. This means you should choose an interesting topic, but not one about which you get so emotional that you cannot be objective. Submit a proposal of your topic by stating the following (review finding a topic in Module 2 to help you with this):.’
State your Topic
In 2-3 sentences, explain why you have chosen this topic
State the General Purpose & Specific Purpose
My speech needs to sound persuasive, not Informative, as those speeches educate objectively.
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Outline: Write a detailed outline in which you plan your speech structure and arguments.
Include full citations (APA) to all references you have used in your speech
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Actual main speech:2) Choose a topic. For this assignment, you should choose a topic that is informative, timely, factual, and relevant to the audience. Select an interesting current issue, a unique person, an event, thing or circumstance and present it objectively. Your goal is to inform and educate the audience of the facts behind the, issue, person, event, thing or circumstance NOT to persuade them to act or convince them of your perspective. This means you should choose a topic that is interesting, but not one about which you get so emotional that you cannot be objective. Do not rely solely on personal knowledge and experience. Even if you are an expert on the topic, you will need to back up and support your ideas with information from credible sources.
3) Do preliminary research and write a tentative thesis statement (central idea).
4) Get my approval for your topic (due SU, November 7). Non-approved topics will receive a 15 point reduction.
5) Do more research. Use of 3 or more credible sources cited within your speech and in the reference section of your outline.
6) Outline your speech. Take a look at the outline document Download document to help you plan and prepare the speech.
7) Then craft a 4-5 minute extemporaneous speech.
The speech should be your own words, cite orally (at least 3 sources).
You should have an introduction, clearly defined main points and a conclusion.
Remember to deliver your content extemporaneously – Do no read from a script.
8) Optional** Prepare audio/visual aids. They are useful and can supplement and reinforce the message (graphs and charts, images, maps etc.). This is NOT required for this speech, but feel free to use them (sparingly and only to clarify a point).
9) Practice and Record.
Practice it a few times.
When you feel ready, record yourself delivering the speech as though it is a digital presentation. If you have forgotten how to record on canvas, look at the tutorial once more.
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