Evangeline has chosen to deliver her speech on the topic of badminton. Specifically, she plans to discuss the process of playing the sport. She has discovered that no one else in her class has ever played the sport, so the information will be new. Unfortunately, none of the classmates she spoke to seemed to indicate any interest in the subject. What advice, besides simply selecting a new topic, would you give Evangeline to help her get her audience excited about and interested in her topic?

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The Answer is Ideal answers will focus on creating information hunger by making the audience curious about the topic and emphasizing aspects of the topic that are relevant and useful to the audience. For example, Evangeline can relate badminton to other sports that are more familiar and of greater interest to her audience such as volleyball, tennis, or racquetball. She can focus on the health and fitness benefits of playing and the challenge and joy of playing the game while competing against a friend or playing doubles.

Evangeline Has Chosen to Deliver Her Speech on the Topic