The purpose of the informative speech is to provide interesting, useful, and unique
information to your audience.
Types of Informative Speeches Objects ~ Processes ~ Events ~ Concepts
Once you settle on a topic give it a title frame and a thesis statement ( a couple of
sentences on what your information speech will be on) – and handup Thursday 06 Feb..
 This speech is more “academic” than your introduction of your partner speech and
will require some research
 Present a speech of 8 to 10 minutes, which informs the audience about some object,
concept, or event.
 Present this speech from a brief speaking outline either on approximately 3 pages, one
side per page or 10 note cards. (up to 5”x8”, one side only)
 Use at least one visual aid including (but not limited to):
 Overhead projections ~ Slides ~ Video clips (no longer than 1 minute) this can be
on a CD or disk if saved from the Web ~ Poster boards, handouts ~ PowerPoint
presentation (no more than six slides) including at least two visual elements
(pictures, graphics, charts, etc.) ~ Any object (prop) that will help to present their
topic (be creative!)
You will discuss various topics in your group on Tusday 4th February. For your
homework assignment for this class you will brainstorm with your group and write
down ideas for topics for your introduction speech and this will be report number two –
following last’s weeks report on audience identification) You will have between
today and Wednesday AM to choose your topic for your INTRODUCTION
SPEECH and hand in THURSDAY.
****** It is your responsibility to let me know before the day of your speech if you
need audio visual-aides/overhead transparencies (give me your pages to make
transparencies) – Internet/computer-projector for PowerPoint etc.
YOU WILL NEED TO HAND-UP 13 FEBRUARY Thursday – the day of the first
presentation your outline for your speech. Everyone has to hand this up at the same time
whether your speech is on this day or not.
What you need to hand in on the day of your speech:
1. Topic + thesis sentence, which you handed in or emailed Wednesday
2. AUDIENCE Tell who you are addressing (class/govt/protest/education…)
3. Complete Preparation Outline (typed one side per page/ easy to read font/spell
and grammar checked/page numberd) This will include SIX STEPS
1. A Title for your speech (be creative)
2. Hand in a rationale and your full manuscript of your speech
3. Specific Purpose statement
4. Central Idea
5. Detailed Outline (I will give an example in a future class)
6. Bibliography including at least 3 sources.
4. Speaking Outline or Note Cards that you used during the speech. (See Handout
or pp. 246-249 in text)
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5. Audio-Visual Aids that you used during your speech. (Handouts, Overhead
Transparencies, PowerPoint print out the slides to hand-up)
FOLLOWING YOUR SPEECH YOU WILL MAKE AN APPOINTMENT TO SEE
ME ON THE NEXT DAY IF POSSIBLE – IF I MANAGE TO VIDEO TAPE
YOUR SPEECH WE WILL REVIEW IT – THE APPOINTMENT WITH ME TO
DISCUSS YOUR SPEECH AND YOUR MARK SHOULD TAKE ABOUT
FIFTEEN MINUTES.
2/13
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Group 1 and 2 EVERYONE hands
2/18
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Group 3 and 4
2/27
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1st ASSIGNMENT DUE ~ Homework is due – reports from group work Exam ch 1-5&8-10
up formal outline TODAY
4-Feb. Class: Supporting Your Reasoning with Evidence. Avoiding Faculty Reasoning:
Reasoning and evidence: What evidence and reasoning are you presenting that
a) demonstrates that there is a problem with the status quo,
b) justifies your specific proposal to change the status quo, and
c) specifically deals with your audience’s reasons for resisting you? Lay out every point
in the claim-grounds-warrant format (that is, for every point you want to make, you
need at least one piece of evidence and a way of linking your evidence to your point).
Types of claims a person can make
1. a claim of fact – one that can in principle be verified by objective means – I say my
son struck out 11 batters in seven innings of his last game for the Albany Georgia
Waves – that can be verified by looking up the Albany Waves site –
2. Claim of value – makes judgments about good and bad right and wrong
3. Claim of policy – offers a solution to a problem –someone may believe the solution to
the problem of drug abuse is to have a safe house to inject drugs in – Australian
issues – vs. Netherlands –To convincingly prove a claim of policy you must prove the
stock issues of ill, blame, cure, and costs –
Supporting materials are the items you use to clarify, amplify, and strengthen the ideas in
your speech.
Connect the evidence with the claim. This is called reasoning. Reasoning is a process of
connecting something that is known or believed (evidence) to a concept or idea (claim)
you wish others to accept. REASONING PATTERNS: Reasoning from examples
(Inductive reasoning), from generalisation or axiom, from sign, from parallel cases and
from casual relations.
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