Fred had to give a 4-6 minute speech in his public speaking class. He chose to speak on basketball, because he knew a lot about it and would not have to do any research. Before delivering his speech, he wrote down five words on index cards to jog his memory. During his speech, Fred said everything he wanted to say in 3 minutes, and then began rambling in hopes of meeting the time requirements. Where did Fred go wrong?

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Grady Pena

10 November, 17:55

Fred had to give a 4-6 minute speech in his public speaking class. He chose to speak on basketball, because he knew a lot about it and would not have to do any research. Before delivering his speech, he wrote down five words on index cards to jog his memory. During his speech, Fred said everything he wanted to say in 3 minutes, and then began rambling in hopes of meeting the time requirements. Where did Fred go wrong?

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Karen Oconnor · Answer 1

Fred did not properly prepare his speech.

Explanation:

Since Fred assumed he had all the necessary knowledge to speak about basketball, he did not prepare his speech the way he should and had to improvise at the last moment because he did not know how to continue. He made a mistake because it is always good to carry out proper research before delivering a speech.