This week, you will submit your topic proposal for your informative speech.
The goals of an informative speech include:
    Build an audiences understanding and awareness by imparting knowledge.
    Provide listeners with new information, new ideas, or new ways of thinking about a topic.
Be sure that your topic is appropriate for your audience (academic setting) and the time frame you are allotted for your speech (57 minutes).
In your proposal, provide the following:
    A summary of your topic and your level of familiarity with it
    A general purpose statement (the goal of the speech)
    A specific purpose statement (your topic/thesis)
    The central idea
    Two potential details or examples that support your ideas (at least one scholarly support)
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