Week 3- Gathering Materials for your Speech

Question 1

Where do you go for the materials of a speech?

Answer 1

Yourself:
What personal insight knowledge, or experience do you have on the topic?

Your research:
What does your research say?
Books, websites, studies, articles, interviews, documentaries

Question 2

What kind and how much research should you do?

Answer 2

Standard: Responsible Knowledge
1. What the experts say
2.What are new or recent developments - don’t leave out anything audience members would question you didn’t mention when researching the topic themselves
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3. What all sides of the issue are or different aspects of the topic

Best Practice: Go 1/3 beyond the information you would need to write a good speech in your research

Question 3

How to cite your sources?

Answer 3

During your presentation
Oral citation:
Say who and where (and sometimes why) (and sometimes when) and practice
ex. person then mention book, website,

In your preparation outline
in your written planned speech remarks:
planned oral source citation
don’t mention date (only if recent)
ex. according to….”xxx”
in your list of references:
proper citation of sources
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