solution

Issue/Exigence

1. What is the problem (exigence) you want to address in the speech? Is this an actual or potential exigence? Why?

2. Who is most directly affected by the exigence? (What community?)

3. Do most people seem to generally agree that the exigence exists? Explain.

4. What values are threatened by the existence of the exigence?

Role of Speaker

1. Why does this exigence interest you?

2. What is your relationship to the community affected by the exigence?

Role of Audience

7. What exposure to the exigence do you think your anticipated audience has had?

1. Do you think they agree or disagree with your perception of the exigence? Explain

2. List some of the ways your anticipated audience could help minimize the exigence.

Speech

1. What 3-4 main points do you anticipate making in your speech?

2. Will it be most effective to ask your audience to agree with your position, or ask them to engage in some action? Explain.

3. If your goal is to advocate agreement, to what specifically will you ask them to agree? (That the exigence exists? That a proposed solution is harmful? That one solution to the exigence would be better than another?)

4. If your goal is to advocate action, what specific thing do you want your audience to do? (Is it immediate? Is it something they can realistically do? How do they do it? When? Where?)