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1. Speech Topic (broad): The Mysterious Bermuda Triangle
Have you checked the Forbidden List to ensure this topic is not on it? yes
"New Information": Is this topic NEW information for most of your audience? yes
Relevance: Will you be able to make show how your topic is relevant, or yes important, to an audience of your peers?
For the following, refer to your textbook, Ch. 11, section “What Is the Purpose of Your Presentation” and the handout on “Steps to Preparing Your Speech,”--Step 3)
2. Speech Topic (focused, narrowed—which specific aspect of the above topic?): The Bermuda Triangle
For the following, refer to your textbook, Ch. 11, section “What Is the Purpose of Your Presentation” and the handout on “Steps to Preparing Your Speech,”--Step 5A
3. General Purpose Statement: To inform
For the following, refer to your textbook, Ch. 11, section “What Is the Purpose of Your Presentation” and the handout on “Steps to Preparing Your Speech,”--Step 5B
4. Specific Purpose Statement: My audience will be aware about the strange disappearances of numerous ships and airplanes on the most mysterious and isolated part of the world.
For the following, refer to your textbook, Ch. 13, section “Introducing Your Thesis” and the handout on “Steps to Preparing Your Speech,”-- “Steps to Preparing Your Speech,” Step 7
5. Working Thesis Statement: The mysterious reason behind the disappearance of hundreds of ships and airplanes has still not been justified. Although there are a lot of reasonable claims and theories that tries to explain the reason behind this phenomenon, people still don’t know what to accept.
Is this statement short, concise, specific, and concrete (one sentence only)? yes
Is this statement a declarative claim (that is, NOT a question)? yes