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

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. 

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