1. CHOOSING A TOPIC  Consider your own interest(s)  Consider the audience  Consider the available resources  Structure of the speech – Time limit – Current events – Environment

2. CHOOSING A PURPOSE  Specific purpose – General purpose Inform Persuade Entertain – Topic – Goal for your audience

3. GUIDELINES FOR AN EFFECTIVE SPECIFIC PURPOSE...  Write as a complete phrase  Don’t write as a question  Make language to the point;not descriptive  Only one idea

4. THESIS STATEMENT  State the goals (main points) of the speech  Will be one sentence  Summarize your speech

5. SPEECH DEVELOPMENT  Brainstorming – Choose topic – Write down all ideas related to topic  Group ideas together – Determine which ideas can be researched – Results will be main points for speech  Write the thesis – Can’t write it-change your topic – Determine which ideas can be researched – Results will be main points for speech