Speech Assignment

Communication is used to inform, to persuade and to analyze. In this assignment, you will write a speech that provides your audience with information about a topic. Your presentation will be submitted in the form of a PowerPoint presentation.  Your speech should be a minimum of 1000 words long, including the total from the PowerPoint slides, and either the text of your speech in the Notes section of PowerPoint OR in an audio recording that you attach.

Recording your speech is optional.

Your speech should include an introduction which identifies your main point, a body in which you provide support for your main point, and a conclusion that wrld do in a paper.

• PURPOSE:   To inform
• LENGTH:   1,000 words IN THE NOTES SECTION OF THE POWERPOINT PRESENTATION (NOT DIRECTLY ON THE SLIDES) or a speech that lasts 8 minutes
• AUDIENCE:   A general audience of people interested in the topic, peers in the classroom
• SOURCES:   Total of 3, with 1-2 from the Library and 1-2 from discipline-specific websites
• FORMAT:   The citation style that is appropriate for your discipline and is appropriate for a speech