3. Narrowing your topic Imagine that you are giving an informative speech about

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3. Narrowing your topic Imagine that you are giving an informative speech about a topic. You will be speaking after a relaxed, evening dinner involving 15-20 colleagues from work. Your purpose is to entertain as well as inform, and you will have about 10 minutes to speak. Your task is to go from a broad topic to a narrow, focused one. a. Describe a broad topic area that interests you. (Answer in 1 sentence) b. How would you go about focusing your speech? Consider the audience, the occasion, your interests and experiences, the purpose, and your time. Describe any brainstorming or background reading you would do. (At least 10 sentences) After going through this process, what is the specific, focused topic you chose? (1 sentence c.

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A) Broad topic: Pollution and Environment

B) The speech can start on an interactive note like how seriously do the audience members consider pollution a problem? What all problems and lifestyle changes they have faced due to it? What diseases have cropped up recently coming from pollution? The major polluters, countries, ways to tackle pollution on country level as well as individual level can be taken etc.

C) Final topic: How can pollution be controlled at individual level?

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