Overview
PART ONE
1. Create s survey with questions that can persuade my audience that my informative speech should discuss the difference between Hybrid, Electric Cars, and Gas cars and which one of the three are better in this economy. Provide a link to the survey to access. You can use survey monkey, google survey, surveymonkey etc....
PART TWO
2. Answer the following questions based on the topic:
a. General Purpose: (2 words) To ___________________
b. Subject area: (1 or 2 words)
c. Narrowed Topic: (2 or 3 words)
d. Specific Purpose
Draft 1: Rewrite just ONE sentence to formulate your specific purpose statement:know the______ or know how/why ________,)
2) At the end of my speech, my audience will (understand the __________,)
3) At the end of my speech, my audience will (appreciate ________, )
4) At the end of my speech, my audience will (be aware of __________)
NOTE: In the blank below, write YOUR SPECIFIC PURPOSE statement. Phrase it exactly the way you want your audience to respond. (CHOOSE ONLY ONE - Do you want the audience KNOW, UNDERSTAND, APPRECIATE, or BE AWARE OF ____________? You must use ONLY one of the the boldfaced words and add your narrowed topic.
e. Revised Specific Purpose Statement - (Omit the preface "At the end of my speech" and start this REVISED specific purpose statement with the infinitive "To ....") Follow this example: To have my audience understand ______, know _______, appreciate ______, or be aware of ________. (Be more specific than the previous response.)
f. What does the audience already know about this topic? (Be specific.) If you can't answer with certainity, wait to get your survey results.
g. What makes this topic relevant? (In other words, why should the audience hear your message? Be specific. WIIFM)
h. REVISED Specific Purpose Statement (Indicate your main points or suggest what they will be. For example, say three steps for _____ or 4 ways to _____, or how to ____.
i. Formulate your thesis statement for the speech
j. What is one main point?
k. What is a second main point?
PART THREE
3. Happy is not on some Emotion Wheels nor in the lists of emotions. So, why is there so much talk about us being happy. Should we be more focused on being happy or joyful? Take a moment to discuss, What is the difference between Happy and Joy? How does joy affect us cognitively, physiologically and biologically. The Bible rarely speaks about happy. Now, what is the biblical definition of joy? How does RAS (Reticular Activating System in the Brain) explain why God admonishes us to be joyful? So, why are so many Christians frustrated when they don't feel happy? Does God promise us happiness? (at least one paragraph
PART FOUR
4. After picking the topic, create a powerpoint presentation that informs the audience about the said topic (create powerpoint with motion slides)