Topics:

• How to generate topic ideas
• How to generate a concept map
• Finding a speech topic
• Help with finding a topic
• Topic selection helper

Audience Analysis:

• The Allyn & Bacon guide to analyzing your audience
• Resources for psychographic audience analysis
• Resources on demographic audience analysis
  

Specific Purpose Statements:

• Writing a specific purpose statement
• Writing a purpose statement

Thesis Statements:

• Purdue Tutorial on writing a thesis statement
• Indiana University tutorial
• Constructing thesis statements

Researching your Topic:

• Notes on PV databases & Internet search engines
• PV library databases
• PennState tutorial on conducting Internet research
• Tutorials on using & searching the Net
• How to evaluate the quality of your sources
• The Allyn & Bacon guide to researching your topic

Outlining your Speech:

• Sample full sentence outline
• Indiana University tutorial on outlining

Organizing your Speech:

• Different Organizational Patterns

Avoiding Plagiarism:

• Prairie View University policy on academic dishonesty
• Plagiarism Notes from class
• Plagiarism: What it is & how to avoid it
• Avoiding plagiarism in speeches
• Plagiarism: advice to students

Citing your References:

• How to cite your sources
• Sample MLA Citation Style
• Sample APA Citation Style

Delivering your Speech:

• The Allyn & Bacon guide to delivering your speech

General Speech Resources:

• The Allyn & Bacon Speech Website

Exam: (Please bring a Scantron Sheet)

• Midterm Exam Review Sheet