What are the requirements of a good speech introduction? Evaluate the following complete introduction to a classroom speech in light of those requirements. Be specific in your answer."Oh beautiful for spacious skies, for amber waves of grain; for purple mountains majesty above the fruited plain." Most of us are familiar with the song "America the Beautiful" and its description of our natural resources. Let's step back a minute, though, and consider what the picture might look like in the future. What if the amber waves of grain withered and died because the water table had been disrupted and contaminated? Or consider if the fruited plain was no more than a barren landscape because floods had washed away all the topsoil. Because I believe that we have to protect our environment, I want to

talk with you about one of America's most precious resources and how it is being destroyed.

What will be an ideal response?

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