The ideas in your speech must be supported by evidence.(Topic:The Beatles) A minimum of three viable, relevant, timely sources is required. For this speech, you will confine your research to newspapers from across the country. You may choose from the following online newspapers:

• "LA Times"
• "Chicago Tribune"
• "USA Today"
• "Atlanta Journal-Constitution"
• "Detroit Free Press"
• "Arizona Republic"
• "The Dallas Morning News"
• "Boston Herald"
• "New York Post"
• "The Washington Times"

Speech Development Process

Follow the key steps below to complete your PowerPoint Speech Worksheet and design and present your speech.   

 

1. Consider your audience. For this assignment, your audience is made up of college graduates. You must keep this audience in mind throughout the speech-making process.

2. Select and narrow your topic. For this assignment, you will present on the topic of the most significant popular culture product or personality from the last five years. 

3. Determine your general and specific purposes. The general purpose of this PowerPoint Speech is to inform. The specific purpose of this speech will explain a significant popular culture product or personality from the last five years you want your listeners to remember.  

4. Develop your central idea. The central idea summarizes your speech in a single sentence and previews your main ideas. The central idea of your PowerPoint Speech will identify a popular culture product or personality and state why this is the most significant popular culture product or personality from the last five years. 

5. Generate the main ideas. The main ideas are the key points in a speech; these are derived from the central idea. Your PowerPoint Speech will have two main ideas. The first main idea will identify and explain the pop culture product or personality. The second main idea will explain why this is the most significant pop culture product or personality from the last five years. 

6. Gather supporting material. Supporting material includes facts, examples, definitions, and quotations from others. For this speech, your sources will come from the list provided to you of U.S. newspapers. Remember that sources must be acknowledged in the speech. An oral source citation typically includes the author, title, and year of publication.  

7. Organize your speech. Every speech should have an introduction, a body, and a conclusion. The introduction gains audience's attention, previews the major ideas in the presentation, and provides audience members with reasons to listen to the presentation. The body presents and supports the main ideas. The conclusion summarizes the main ideas and restates the central idea.