Selecting a Topic and a Porpuse
SELECTING A PORPUSE
to PERSUADE
Act like a teacher, or lecturer
Goal
To convey information
ACCURATELY
INTERENSTINGLY
CLEARLY
to INFORM
GOAL
To sell, advocate, or defend
SELECTING A TOPIC
The Brainstorming
PERSONAL INVENTORY
Making a quick inventory of
Experiences
Hobbies
Skills
Beliefs
Interests
CLUSTERING
Organizing 9 categories into columns in order to make sublists
PEOPLE
PLACES
EVENTS
THINGS
PROCESSES
NATURAL PHENOMENA
POLICIES
PROBLEMS AND PLANS
INTERNET RESEARCH
Connecting to a subject-based search engine
REFERENCE RESEARCH
Browsing through dictionaries, encyclopedias, periodical database, etc
WAYS OF SELECTING A SUBJECT
SUBJECTS YOU KNOW A LOT ABOUT
could be
A topic drawn from personal knowledge or/and experience
AS
Terrifying experience
Unusual experience
SUBJECTS YOU WANT TO KNOW
could be
a brand new topic
an already known topic but not so deeply
may include
Strong beliefs/opinions
global/national/local concerns
IS
The 1st step in speechmaking
determined by...
The Occasion
The audience
Speaker's qualifications