Why is an early start "essential" when it comes to researching and writing a speech?

What will be an ideal response?


The best answers will use critical thinking to argue that:
1. starting can be stressful if one feels like one does not know how to start. The best answers will provide the solution, the working thesis, which helps students hone in on purpose and focus. The best answers will also explain that the creative process cannot be rushed; starting early allows for maximum creative potential.
2. as emphasized in previous chapters, to be an ethical speakers means, in part, to have thorough research, which takes time to do well. Beginning early, therefore, allows the researcher to skim many sources to determine the best ones worth reading in detail, taking careful notes on, and, possibly, including in the speech.

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