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Topic Research Proposal/Audience Analysis Due on Tuesday online
This write up for your topic is part of your writing assignments. Do each of these three sections for the topic you want to consider using the skills you are learning about in these chapters.
Section 1
Create a draft of yourCentral Idea as part of your Speech Foundation Information. Write up your Speech Foundation information as part of this assignment.
Write up the Speech Foundation Information at this point leave the a central idea blank
Topic:
General Purpose: To Persuade to motivate for action
Specific Purpose (Create and include this first then do research to create your Central Idea)
Central Idea: Not created until after the research
Section 2,
In this section, you will begin to do the research for your topic using your Specific Purpose Statement by creating a bibliography with three recent sources for your topic and for each source answer these three questions about your topic and the source. The source must be correctly cited as per the APA source citation stylesheet. Locate this information on our Public Speaking Online Resource site in the library.
Using your specific purpose statement key words, research and locate at least three sources to support your central idea.
Prepare an annotated bibliography (in bulleted format) by using the MAP critical thinking approach (from your reading this week). First cite your source using the APA style sheet. Then directly under each citation answering the following questions about each of your sources in bulleted foramt. Your response can be concise but should be thorough enough to show that you have read and carefully considered the usefulness of each citation for your topic or you will not get credit (don’t include sources that won’t be useful)
- Message: Biased? Language? Up-to-date? Accurate?etc.
- Author and Source: Primary Source? Secondary? Tertiary?
- Purpose: What is the purpose of the source? And- How will this information be useful in your speech?
Be sure to include bibliographic information (a full citation using APA format) directly above this notes..
Section 3
Talk with your audience in the classroom about your topic and read our chapters on Persuasive Speaking; what considerations will you need to make regarding your topic and evidence to connect with your audience? What kind of support material will your audience be most interested in and why would this be a good fit for your topic and audience? What is the problem as you see it at this moment (without deep research)? What is likely to be your call to action?
Include four sentences minimum indicating your audience analysis of the value of this topic for your audience in this section.