Construct specific speech topics from general topic areas To narrow your topic, you should choose to focus on three or four subtopics.

Explain how learning and understanding the public

speaking process will help you in your public, professional and personal life. What will be an ideal response?

Which evasion tactic do group members tend to justify by claiming that any contradictory information is irrelevant or unrelated to the group's mission?

a) Closed-mindednes b) Pressure toward uniformity c) Attempt to remain focused d) Noninvolvement in discussion