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1.
Name and describe four techniques for generating speech topics.
2.
Name four basic considerations speakers should keep in mind when choosing a topic.
3.
Explain how you can narrow a speech topic by considering your rhetorical purpose.
4.
What is the specific purpose of a speech?
5.
Describe three characteristics of a thesis statement.
6.
Compare and contrast the specific purpose and thesis of a speech.