Selecting a Topic and a

Purpose
1. Choosing a Topic
Choosing a Topic
The first step in speechmaking is choosing a Topic.

There are two broad categories of

potential topics for your classroom speeches:

(1) subjects you know a lot about

(2) subjects you want to know more about.

Subjects you know a lot about
Subjects about which you already have knowledge or
expertise.

Subject of your own interest.

Any unusual experience of your life.

Subjects you want to know more about
Subjects you want to explore for the first time.

You run across a topic of other classes that catches

your fancy and you want to investigate it for further
discussion in class.