List Your Top 2 Ideas In Your Preferred Order

List Your Top 2 Ideas In Your Preferred Orderspeech Topics

List your top 2 ideas in your preferred order. Speech topics titles should be 3-7 words only. These will be your two proposals. (My goal is to ensure only one speech per topic, and that your topic meets the criteria.) Your speech topic will be confirmed and posted. This is the topic you will use for all of the speeches in this course. Please rank your topic in order of preference.

General Purpose: For this class your speeches will be to persuade. Call to Action (Specific Purpose): This is a single sentence that clearly describes your desired outcome from this speech and the call to action. Thesis Statement (Central Idea): This is a single sentence that summarizes the arguments within your speech.

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The assignment requires students to select their top two speech topics, ranked in order of preference, each constrained to 3-7 words. The purpose of this selection process is to ensure clarity and focus in their persuasive speeches, which will be delivered throughout the course. Students must also formulate the essential components of their speech: a clear general purpose to persuade, a specific call to action, and a thesis statement that encapsulates the main arguments or central idea of the speech.

Effective topic selection is crucial, as it directs the entire speech development process. The topics should be specific, relevant, and engaging enough to persuade an audience. By limiting titles to 3-7 words, students are encouraged to narrow their focus and identify compelling, concise themes that lend themselves to persuasive argumentation. The ranked preference helps instructors assign and approve topics systematically, ensuring each student has a unique and suitable subject for speeches.

Furthermore, the specifics of the speech purpose must be articulated clearly: the general purpose as to persuade, the call to action which states what the speaker wants the audience to do, and a thesis statement summarizing the core argument. These components serve as the backbone of the speech, guiding the development of content and persuasive strategies. This structured approach aligns with foundational principles in speech communication, aiming to foster clarity, focus, and effectiveness in rhetorical delivery.

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