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demonstration speech is a form of informational speaking. As you select
your topic, consider carefully how your choice will give your audience information
that they will find useful and informative. To do this well, you will have
to conduct audience analysis. In addition, be sure to choose a topic that
you know well. You
might decide to show us how to do something:
How
to
· Improve your posture
· Juggle
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How to protect your credit and debit
cards
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How to prepare your home for selling it
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How to review your credit report
· Call a square dance
· Fix a broken lamp
· Fold napkins
· Prepare for a move
· Design a wedding invitation
· Speak with an Australian accent
· Make slipknots
· Analyze your doodles
· Filet a fish
· Wallpaper a room
· Make a clown face
· Rototill a garden
· Perform a magic trick
· Mend a tear in upholstery
· Design a memory scrapbook
You
might decide to describe to us how something works:
How
· Aspirin works to reduce pain and swelling
· Your voice creates sound
· Florists dye carnations
· Clouds form
· Drycleaners press laundry
· Soil erodes
· Bricklayers build walls
· Firecrackers burst
· The AIDS virus attacks
· Your body replenishes its blood supply
· The Enneagram works
· Clothes develop static cling
· Plants photosynthesize
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