| A | B |
|---|
| topic | subject of a speech |
| brainstorming | method of generating ideas for speech topics by free association of words and ideas |
| personal inventory | quick inventory of your experienes, interests, hobbies, skills, beliefs as you attempt to generate a topic |
| general purpose | the broad goal of a speech usually to inform, entertain or persuade |
| specific purpose | a single infinitive phrase that states precisely what a speaker hopes to accomplish in his/her speech |
| central idea | one-sentence statement that sums or or encapsulates the major idea of a speech |
| residual message | what the speaker wants the audience to remember after it has forgotten everything else in a speech |
| Internet search | subject-based search engine such as Opposing Viewpoints |
