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Analyzing Your Audience Choose a topic appropriate for an informative or persuasive speech in your class. Next, make informal observations about class demographics—like age, gender, and ethnic make-up. If you’re taking this course online, make your observations by reading through student profile pages or self-introduction postings. Use your audience analysis to develop a specific purpose for your speech topic that is appropriate for the class. Write one or two paragraphs explaining how your demographic observations justify your specific purpose.
Investigating Your Sources Locate three sources that are appropriate to an informative or persuasive speech topic. Apply the five factors—relevancy, currency, authority, objectivity, and consensual validation—to evaluate each of the sources. Discuss your findings in small groups.