1. Choose one topic from the list below. Consider the topic for one minute, and then deliver a two-minute presentation on it to the rest of the class, using techniques discussed in this chapter.

a. Finish and explain the following sentence: “After I graduate, I am most interested in . . .”

b. If your house were on fire, what is the one (only one) object you would grab as you escaped? Why?

c. Identify one person, incident, or thing you encountered this week that you feel grateful for.

Explain why.

d. Finish and explain the following sentence, “One thing most people would be surprised to know about me is . . .”

e. Explain what stresses you most about speaking in public. (Choose this topic only if you suffer, to some extent, from glossophobia.)

f. Explain what you love the most about public speaking. (For those who don’t have a problem with glossophobia.)