Types of questions: Predict the outcome Prescribe the best course of action Evaluate the actions of a person/group
Subject of questions: Facts which ones and how to interpret them Actions weighting and evaluating policies or approaches to situations Priorities what are the most important factors in a situation are
Wording:
Narrow the question asks about a specific issue, event, person, policy, etc. Broad the question is more open-ended, asking a more general question about a subject.
You don’t have to just answer the question. If there is analysis on power, you can say why group x will keep power and why group y will not gain power.
Narrow questions often point you in the direction of the speech, often yes or no. Open ended and broad
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This will allow you to create better speeches that actually make sense. For example, If you know about the supreme court and you don’t know about a specific situation in the middle east, go with the supreme court. Furthermore, if you have evidence on the supreme court, make sure you pick that over a different topic that you have chosen.
When preparing your speech there should be a thesis. The thesis on a persuasive paper should be a bit long and composed of two parts, claim and justification. The claim is how you are answering the question and the justification is why it is true. You need more than the thesis, because a thesis alone can not justify itself. That is why you have the three main arguments. When the question is a yes or no, you should explain why you chose your selection. When there is a broad question, your thesis is designed to tie in all of the main points. This way, it does not seem like a long list of individual arguments. Non answers are theses without answering the question. For example, if asked should _____ be fixed? The “answer” would be That _____ is not the problem. Another example is an incomplete thesis. They provide input but don’t answer the question. Non answer theses do not help with the listeners comprehension of the speech. If asked about specific yes/no they would be confused if you don’t actually answer it. A second problem is that the justification is left out of the