An informative speech is a
fact-based speech intended
to teach its audience about a
specific topic.
Informative speeches must have
thesis statements
reliable 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 Anxiety
Everybody has it...
The stage fright song
Organizing the Main Ideas
Topically... recency / primacy / complexity
Recency... least important to most important
Primacy... most important to least important
Complexity... simple to more complex
Organizing the Main Ideas
Chronological...
time or sequence ( a process)
Spatially...
According to location, position, or direction.
Organizing the Main Ideas
Cause & Effect...
Problem – Solution...
Organize your Support
ALWAYS... consider your audience!
Understand Public Speaking Anxiety
Everybody has it...
SIGNPOSTING
• Previews
• Transitions
• Summaries
SIGN POSTS...
• Give US direction
• Tell us where YOU are going.
To begin...
Let’s 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 words
Gender-neutral is best
Many listeners object to language
that makes inherent assumptions
about gender.
Avoid Use
actress actor
chairman chairperson
forefathers ancestors
foreman supervisor
manmade synthetic
Race - Name a person's race only
when it is relevant.
Age - Avoid derogatory or
condescending terms associated with
age. Little old lady can be rephrased
as woman in her eighties
The word NORMAL
be 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 words
don’t 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 words
Descriptive language in your speech builds interest
and allows you to immerse your audience in a
sensory experience.
Add color & interest
Add adjectives
Use vivid verbs... DEVOUR not eat
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Figurative Language
• Metaphors
• Similes
Figures of speech
https://lookfordiagnosis.com/mesh_info.php?term=metaphor&lang=1
Figurative Language
• Metaphors
• Similes
• Personification
Opportunity knocks.
The wind whispered through the trees.
Time creeps up on you.
Figurative Language
• Metaphors
• Similes
• Personification
Drama
Cadence
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Five basic public speaking tips
So... how do I get this
speech thing started?
With a great introduction!
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A great introduction...
• Sets the stage for your speech
• Captures the attention of the audience.
• Hopefully makes them WANT to hear.
Great attention getter
Elements of a great speech.

Informative Speech Information