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An informative speech is a fact-based speech intended to teach
its audience about a specific topic.
Informative speeches must havethesis statementsreliable sources
for each claim
informative VS persuasive
Provides just the facts and allows the audience to draw their
own conclusions.
informative VS persuasive
Provides just the facts and allows the audience to draw their
own conclusions.
Evaluation: Informative Rubric
Sources: Must Include Three (3)
Developing Your Speech
ALWAYS... consider your audience!
Understand Public Speaking AnxietyEverybody has it...
The stage fright song
Organizing the Main Ideas
Topically... recency / primacy / complexityRecency... least
important to most important
Primacy... most important to least important
Complexity... simple to more complex
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Organizing the Main Ideas
Chronological...time or sequence ( a process)
Spatially... According to location, position, or direction.
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Organizing the Main Ideas
Cause & Effect...
Problem Solution...
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Organize your Support
ALWAYS... consider your audience!
Understand Public Speaking AnxietyEverybody has it...
SIGNPOSTINGPreviewsTransitionsSummaries
SIGN POSTS...Give US directionTell us where YOU are going.
To begin...
Lets start by examining...
Now that you see the effects of...
Intro & Conclusion
Use an attention getter
TELL US...TELL... TELL... TELL
What you are going to TELL us.TELL us your information.TELL us
what you just told us.
We are sponges...Waiting to absorb your information...So make it
interesting!
Mistakes Happen...
Just move on.
Effective Verbal Delivery
Use Your Words Well
be careful what words you choose
Use Specific Words
Truck
...or a Redneck Mudder!
use Unbiased wordsGender-neutral is best
Many listeners object to language that makes inherent
assumptions about gender.
AvoidUseactressactorchairmanchairpersonforefathersancestorsforemansupervisormanmadesynthetic
Race - Name a person's race only when it is relevant.
Age - Avoid derogatory or condescending terms associated with
age.Little old ladycan be rephrased aswoman in her eighties
The word NORMALbe especially careful to avoid when referring to
your own health, ability, or sexual orientation. Some readers could
justifiably find that offensive.
use Simple words
use Simple wordsdont obfuscate
Never use a long word where a short one will do... Never use a
foreign phrase, a scientific word, or a jargon word if you can
think of an everyday English equivalent. George Orwell
Use Correct words
Use Concrete words
use Vivid wordsDescriptive language in your speech builds
interest and allows you to immerse your audience in a sensory
experience.Add color & interestAdd adjectivesUse vivid verbs...
DEVOUR not eat
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Figurative LanguageMetaphorsSimilesFigures of speech
https://lookfordiagnosis.com/mesh_info.php?term=metaphor&lang=1
Figurative LanguageMetaphorsSimilesPersonificationOpportunity
knocks.The wind whispered through the trees.Time creeps up on
you.
Figurative
LanguageMetaphorsSimilesPersonificationDramaCadence
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Five basic public speaking tips
So... how do I get this speech thing started?
With a great introduction!
Image credit: Jason R. Henske / Associated Press
A great introduction...Sets the stage for your speechCaptures
the attention of the audience.Hopefully makes them WANT to
hear.
Great attention getter
Elements of a great speech.
