Purpose
What are the two main types of GENERAL PURPOSES?
1) INFORMATIONAL
2) PERSUASIVE
The topic is dependent on what?
the General Purpose
True or False: The phrase below is a perfect example of a Main Idea Statement. (why or why not?)
"This presentation will talk about dogs."
What are three things to consider in creating a topic? & What do each of these mean?
1) Personal Interest (consider a topic that interests you)
2) Audience Interest (consider a topic that could somewhat interest the audience)
3) Audience Expectation (consider what the audience might expect the presentation to be like based on this topic)
Write a specific purpose statement for topic: KU BASKETBALL. (general purpose can be either persuasive or informative)
Example: I want to persuade (general purpose ) the audience that KU basketball (topic ) is the best basketball program in the nation (belief).