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In the Name of Allah the Most Gracious and the Most Merciful, I pray gratitude for the presence
of Him, who has mercy and His guidance to me, so that I can finish this paper with limited
knowledge and skills I have. And I also thanks to Ms. Monika Putri A, SS,S. Pd subjects as
Lecturer English V, which has given this task to me.
I really hope this paper can be useful in order to increase our insight and knowledge about
selecting a topic and purpose in public speaking. I am also fully aware that in this task there are
deficiencies and far from what I expected.
Hopefully this paper can be simple to understand for anyone who read and can be useful both for
personal, friends, and others in addition to adding existing reference.
Anis Trisnawati
compiler
TABLE OF CONTENS
TITLE PAGE
PREFACE
TABEL OF CONTENS
CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION
A. Background
B. Problem Formulation
C. Objectives
CHAPTER II DISCUSSION
A. Definition Selecting a Topic and a Purpose
B. Selecting a Topic
B. Advice
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
CHAPTER I
INTRODUCTION
A. BACKGROUND
Speaking is the needs of all people. Either the you realize it or not, you can not, if
you do not communicate. Starting the demands of your profession to public speaking and
presentation, as well as our daily activities as a social man. Because the written word is
not strong enough to speak, the speech is very important, because it can enhance the
meaning of a simple inscription.
Therefore one of the most important choices you will make in preparing and
delivering any speech is a topic that you want to talk about. but choose a subject is not all
there is to it. effective public speech requires you to decide what you will accomplish by
presenting your topic in front of a specific audience or purpose for your speech. these two
elements, the topic and your goal, this is the starting point for your relationship with the
audience and for the choices you have to make to achieve your goal the best in the
speech.
Based on this background, then drafted a paper entitled, "SELECTING A TOPIC AND A
PURPOSE"
B. PROBLEM FORMULATION
1. What is the sense of selecting a topic and purpose in public speaking ?
2. What are the steps in choosing a topic of public speaking ?
3. Determine the purpose is an important step in the preparation of a speech, how to
determine that purpose ?
4. after selecting the topic and purpose, how to sharpen your specific purpose ?
C. OBJECTIVES
The purpose of the preparation of this paper are :
1. To fulfill one task subjects English V.
2. To provide an explanation of the definition, the steps and ways selecting a topic and a
purpose.
3. As well as to provide an explanation of how to sharpen a specific purpose that the
audience can receive and respond topic submitted.
Selecting a Topic and a Purpose
CHAPTER II
DISCUSSION
A. Definition Selecting a Topic and a Purpose
Choosing a topic for a speech or presentation is often limited: in schools, speakers
are limited by the nature of the task, while outside of school, speakers are limited by the
nature of the lecture. Even within the limitations of, the speakers generally have
sufficient flexibility to generate their own unique angle on the topic of the speech.
Therefore the understanding of choosing a topic and purpose is Developing the speech
topic and identify goals that will help the overall performance of public speaking.
B. Selecting a Topic
1. Choosing a topic
The first step in speechmaking is choosing a topic, there are two broad
categories of potential topics for your classroom speeches :
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Topic you know a lot about
The category is usually generated, from life phenomena,
experience, a specific mayor etc.
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For classroom speeches, you can choose a subject you know well or one
you research especially for the speech.
Personal inventory
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If you have trouble picking a topic, you can use one of four brainstorming
procedures.
To inform
You act as a teacher or lecturer. Your goal is to communicate
information cleary, accurately, and interestingly.
To persuade
When your general purpose is to persuade, your goal is to win
listeners over to your point of view.
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2. Example outline
General purpose
To inform
Specific purpose
Central idea
Main points
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II.
III.
The central idea usually encapsulates the main point to be develoved in the
body of your speech.
CHAPTER III
CLOSING
A. Conclusion
Based on the formulation of the problem that has been addressed in the previous
chapter, the chapter discussion, I conclude :
The first step in speechmaking is choosing a topic, For classroom speeches, you
can choose a subject you know well or one you research especially for the speech. Topic
you know a lot about or topic you want to know more about. If you have trouble
picking a topic, you can use one of four brainstorming procedures ; Personal inventory,
clustering, reference search, or internet search.
The general purpose of your speech will usually be to inform or to persuade.
Once you know your topic and general purpose, you must focus on an specific purpose
statement that indicates precisely what your speech seeks to achieve. The specific
purpose statement should :
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The central idea refines and sharpens your specific purpose. It is concise
statement of what you will say in your speech, and it usually crystallizes in your
thingking after you have done your research and deciding on the main point of your
speech. The central idea usually encapsulates the main point to be develoved in the body
of your speech.
B. Advice
Selecting a topic and a purpose is a very important part in public speaking, which
is why we need to make selecting a topic and a purpose in order that what we deliver to
the audience, the audience can understand and provide a response back to us.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
The Art of Public Speaking 10th Edition, page 74 - 93
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