Identify three possible sources of information for a speech you are developing. How do these sources

enhance your speech?

What will be an ideal response?

When developing a speech, three possible sources include interviews, books, and periodicals. First, interviews are
useful when you want to include the experiences and knowledge of other people knowledgeable about a topic.
Books provide in depth information although it is dif?cult to read a whole book in limited time period. Most
people doing research for a speech read sections of a book to obtain the needed information instead of reading the
whole book. The disadvantages to using books as sources is sometimes the information is dated. Finally,
periodicals, which include magazines and journals, can be used as a speech source. Periodicals provide detailed
research on many topics. Magazine and journal articles are more in-depth and provide interpretations of events.
The researcher does need to be aware that magazines can be biased.
* Other answers include personal experiences, encyclopedias, biographical sources, government publications,
videos, ?lms, sound recordings, indexes, and databases.