Public Speaking: Finding Your Voice Chapter 6 Finding Your Topic
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discovery phase
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Identifying large topic areas that might generate successful speeches.
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exploration phase
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Examining large topic areas to pinpoint more-precise speech topics.
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refinement phase
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Framing the general and specific purposes of a speech topic and a thesis statement.
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brainstorming
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Technique that encourages the free play of the mind to generate a list of ideas for later careful consideration.
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interest charts
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Visual displays of speaker or audience interests, as prompted by probe questions.
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topic area inventory chart
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A means of determining possible speech topics by listing topics you and your listeners find interesting and matching them.
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media and Internet prompts
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Sources such as newspapers, magazines, and the electronic media that can suggest ideas for speech topics.
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mind mapping
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Changes to customary patters of thinking to encourage creative exploration.
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topic analysis
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Using questions often employed by journalists to explore topic possibilities for speeches (who, what, why, when, were, and how)
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general purpose
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The speaker's intention to inform or persuade listeners or to celebrate some person or occasion.
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specific purpose
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The speaker's particular goal or the response that the speaker wishes to evoke.
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thesis statement
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Summarizes in a single sentence the central idea of your speech.
