Chapter 5- Selecting A Topic And A Purpose

Question 0

What is brainstorming?

Answer 0

A method of generating ideas for speech topics by free association of words and ideas.

Personal inventory, clustering, and Internet search

Question 1

How to chose the topic of the speech?

Answer 1

Topics you know a lot about

Topics you want to know more about

Brainstorming for topics

Question 2

How do you determine the General and Specific Purposes of the speech?

Answer 2

The general purpose is the broad goal of a speech (inform, persuade, introduce).

The specific Purpose is the single infinitive phrase that states precisely what the speaker hopes to accomplish in his or her speech.

Question 3

What are some tips to formulate the specific purpose statement?

Answer 3

1) write as full sentence
2) as a statement
3) avoid figurative language
4) Limit the statement to One distinct idea
5) make sure it’s specific

Question 4

What is the central idea?

Answer 4

A one-sentence statement that sums