Audience
Speech given at the reception
Who is the audience and what are their characteristics?
Why has the audience come to hear the speech?
What are the interests of the audience?
What does the audience know about your topic?
How did the audiences react to the speech?
How will the audience likely react to your speech?
What is the audiences point of view on the topic?
Purpose
What do you want your audience to know?
What do you want your audience to think?
What do you want your audience to feel?
What do you want your audience to do?
Thesis
What is the most important message of your speech?
Why should/will your audience care about your message?
Reflection
Are your audience, purpose and thesis aligned? Why or why not?
What did you learn from this experience?
Speech Topic: love
