Choosing a topic
What are the 2 potential topic types?
1. Topics you know a lot about
2. topics you want to know more about
What 2 categories is general purpose determined by?
1) To Inform
2) To persuade
What are the 3 keys for the Central Idea?
1) Using the general principles
2)Reveals more context about the speech
3)Sum up your MAIN points in 1 sentence.
What is something you must always consider when writing your speech?
Your Audience.
What is clustering and how do we use it?
A method for brainstorming topics. Divide a paper into 9 columns; People, Places, Things, Events, Processes, Concepts, Natural Phenomena, Problems, Plans, and Policies.
List 4-5 things that come to mind for each category. Then start building on ideas until you have chosen a topic.
How can you create a Specific Purpose?
1) Narrow to ONE clear goal
2) Transform to a SHORT statement
3)QUESTION the purpose
4)Relevance
What is the Central idea also known as?
Your "residual message"
How many key terms were there?
6 key terms.
What is the Personal Inventory method?
When we jot down "experiences, interest, hobbies, skills, beliefs, etc." to brainstorm a topic.
what are the steps towards creating a Specific Purpose?
1)Write as a full infinitive phrase
2)Purpose stated, not questioned
3)Avoid figurative language
4)Limit to ONE idea
5)Not vague nor general
What is the general principles?
Principles that help us create our Specific Purpose and our Central Idea statements.
What was the "Quick Step Tip"?
To categorize like this;
1)Topic
2)General Purpose
3)Specific Purpose
4)Central idea
What can be know as topics you know a lot about?
Topics that are;
^The most familiar
^your own experience and knowledge
^what you already know
Should your specific purpose statement be long, short, or in between?
Specific purpose must be short statement.
What are the principles in the General principles?
1)Write as a full infinitive phrase
2)Purpose stated, not questioned
3)Avoid figurative language
4)Limit to ONE idea
5)Not vague nor general
What goes up but never comes down?
Your age
What are the 4 main strategies we went over?
1) Selecting topics you know or want to know
2) Personal Inventory
3) Clustering
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What are the abbreviations G.P. and S.P. represent?
G.P. represents General Purpose
S.P. represents Specific Purpose
how many keys for the central idea did we talk about?
We talked about 3 keys for the central idea.
What can one catch that is not thrown?
A Cold.