In the upcoming several classes, you will begin working on your Explanatory Speech, which is intended to teach the audience about something that is related to your major or intended career. (This should be an important topic that you know about because of your experience and expertise, NOT a speech about your major or career.) To help you get started thinking about topics, take some time to think about and write your responses to the following four questions:
1. Identify three topics that you might choose for your explanatory speech assignment.
2. What do you think your audience already knows about each of your three topics?
3. What does your audience need to know about each of your three topics? Why would this be useful for your audience to know? What about this topic might be interesting or surprising?
4. Of these three topics, which one might make the best topic for a class speech? Consider what will be appropriate for the classroom situation, interesting and useful for your audience, and something that you have experience with or want to learn about.
