SP211 Prof. Huggins: Brainstorming Topics

Narrowing a topic means thinking of different aspects, or angles, of the topic.

For example, for the topic ECONOMIC CRISIS, you could research:

• causes
• effect on the housing market
• is the recession over?
• are we headed for another recession?
• effects on other countries
• unemployment
• local impact
• Obama's response
• did the stimulus work?

Any of these aspects or angles could be a speech topic by itself. Or, you could choose two or three to cover as points in your speech.

Try narrowing your topics by asking yourself: Who, What, When, Where, Why