Explanatory Speech Plan
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Explanatory Speech Plan
Asynchronous courses
: Download the Word file for this assignment. You will complete this assignment, save it, and upload it to Blackboard to earn 10 PA points.
In-person and synchronous labs:
You will complete this assignment as an in-class activity during class time for participation and attendance points.
1.
Identify three topics that you might choose for your explanatory speech assignment. For each topic, write out the thesis statement and main points that you would use if you were developing a speech. Identify the pattern of organization that you have selected for that topic.
a)
Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning
THESIS
b)
Multi-Factor Authentication
THESIS
Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) shines as the defender of our digital realm, safeguarding identities and fortifying our online world
Main Points
(i). Problem --> Exploring the Need for MFA
(ii). Solution --> Implementing Multi-Factor Authentication
(iii). Practical Steps --> How to Implement MFA
c)
Programming Languages
2.
For each of the three topics that you selected, explain why they would or would not be particularly appropriate for you, your audience, and the context in which this speech is being given. a) b)
c)
3.
Review the guidelines for this assignment in the textbook to refresh your memory on what the expectations are for this particular speech assignment. After re-reading those guidelines, choose which of your three topic ideas will lend itself to the strongest speech and explain why you are selecting that topic.
4.
What is one concept in your explanatory speech that will be difficult for your audience to understand? Which of the three reasons is this concept likely to be difficult to understand (the language or concepts are difficult, the structure or process is hard to envision, or the idea is difficult to believe)? What are the steps you can use to address that challenge? Write out what you will say when using these steps or this strategy in your speech.
5.
Choose three of the strategies for helping your audience understand (definitions, humor, rewards, participation, signposts and repetition, use all of the senses). What is a specific way that you could use each of
these three strategies in your upcoming speech?
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