Overview
Topic Approval Form is completed in stages: THIS IS AN INFORMATIVE SPEECH. SO ALL ANSWERS SHOULD BE TO INFORM THE AUDIENCE NOT PERSUADE THEM.
1. General Purpose: (2 words) To ___________________
2. Subject area: (1 or 2 words)
3. Narrowed Topic: (2 or 3 words)
4. 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.
5. 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.)
6. What does the audience already know about this topic? (Be specific.) If you can't answer with certainity, wait to get your survey results.
7. What makes this topic relevant? (In other words, why should the audience hear your message? Be specific. WIIFM)
8. 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 ____.
9. Formulate your thesis statement for the speech
10. What is one main point?
11. What is a second main point?