Assignment #5.4: The Topic Memorandum [Link from p. 52.]
Name:
1.
Explain briefly the topic you have selected for your policy advocacy and motivational speeches, and explain your personal interest in and, if appropriate, your qualifications for speaking on this topic.
2.
Why are speeches on this topic appropriate for your audience? What new perspective or information will you present in your speech? This is an especially important question if you’re speaking about an over-exposed topic (such as the obesity epidemic).
3.
In what way/s does this topic qualify as a significant social issue or a rhetorical exigence that requires immediate attention? What kinds of civic action could ease the exigence?
4.
Identify the psychological responses (hope, fear, shame, anger, mildness, etc.) you will seek to elicit in your audiences for each speech on this topic. a. Policy Advocacy Speech:

b. Motivational Speech:
5.
Provide citation information for five library sources that you can read to develop your knowledge of this topic. Ask your instructor if your permitted number of online-only sources is limited. All five sources must be cited in proper MLA or APA style (check with your instructor for her/his preference). One of these sources must be from the New
York Times .
Identify and briefly explain two alternative topics that you could use for this assignment.