Generating Speech Topics: Clustering Method
Overview
This is a great handout to complete in class with your students as an in-class activity or assign as out-of-class work. This handout helps students generate speech topics.
Generating Speech Topics: Clustering Method
Generating Speech Topics: Clustering Method
Having trouble coming up with a speech topic? Everyone does from time to time and it’s completely normal. Generating speech topics can be trying, which is where this handout comes in; it can help you narrow down ideas for your speech topic! Use this handout to brainstorm ideas.
Directions:
1. In each square write down 3 - 5 ideas that come to mind for the topic.
2. Review your speech assignment requirements and remove any ideas that may not meet the requirements.
3. Narrow down your ideas once more by removing: any ideas:
- Ideas you aren’t interested in.
- Ideas that may be too mundane for your audience.
- Ideas that may be too overwhelming for your audience with your time limit in mind.
4. Select something you’re interested or passionate about with the available topics and begin collecting your research!
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