Q Prompt Choosing an audience-based informative topic. This is where you meet the course objective of being able to differentiate between informative and persuasive speech. Before you submit this assignment make sure to read Chapter Sixteen (Links to an external site.)of your textbook. The number one mistake students make on this assignment is they choose topics that are persuasive. For example, if you choose to talk about something like obesity or diabetes and then provide us with ways to be healthier, you are persuading us. I can pretty much guarantee you that if you are doing something health related, you are choosing a persuasive topic. Reading Chapter Sixteen (Links to an external site.)will help you focus on an appropriate informative topic for your audience. If you like the topic suggestions in Ch 16, you are welcome to choose one, but you don't have to. If you are struggling with a topic, spend some time thinking about your audience and what they might think is fun, cool or interested. Don't forget that the best public speakers are the ones that are audience focused. This is a site that has some cool topics (Links to an external site.)if you're still at a loss. Also, make sure your topic is clear and specific. For example, I recently had someone submit a sentence that said, "this speech will inform about the United States." There are a million topics about the US! My response back was what do you want to say about the United States? ________________________________________ Guidelines For this assignment you are to write down the topic of your informative speech. It must be a full sentence with the word 'inform' in it. Let's say you want to do your informative speech on cheese, you would write, "This speech will inform my audience about cheese." I want to make sure you are using topics that are appropriate for informative speaking. If you have a few and cannot decide, write them all down and I will comment on which I think is best. Please write the following for each proposal: Thesis Purpose Main Points ________________________________________ Rubric There is a rubric at the bottom of this page. Make sure to review it before your submit your assignment. ________________________________________ Additional Support • Need help using Canvas Assignments? If so, please review the following guide: o Canvas Student Guide - How to Submit Assignments Rubric Informative Topic Rubric (1) Informative Topic Rubric (1) Criteria Ratings Pts This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeAppropriate Topic Choice Make sure you choose a topic that is informative and not persuasive. Read chapter 16! 10 pts Chose an appropriate informative topic Good work! You chose a topic that is informative and not persuasive. 0 pts You're gonna need to choose another topic This is a persuasive topic. You should save it for the persuasive assignment. 10 pts Total Points: 10 PreviousNext