Question

When developing a persuasive speech of any type, you should begin by ______. A. identifying possible supporting materials B. choosing your wording carefully C. developing a thesis statement D. generating main ideas

Answer 1

D: generating main ideas

Step-by-step explanation:

Having generated the main ideas, you already have some guidelines and direction that will facilitate your research to identify possible supporting materials and then, develop a thesis statement. You wil need the clarity of the purpose for writing you persuasive speech, also, for considering the best approach and the best wording.

Answer 2

In developing a persuasive speech, the first thing that should be done is to "generate main ideas". Thus, I go with the fourth choice. Only upon generating the main ideas we can look for possible supporting materials and carefully lay out the words that should be used.