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Informative Speech
Informative Speech
INFORMATIVE SPEECH
Guidelines For
Your Success
Preparation Steps
Easy to Understand
Accurate
Interesting
Relevant
Objective and Without Bias
Understand: Criteria of Your
Assignment
Choose Competent Communicator
– At Least One Quote
Must be 4-7 minutes in length
– Try to hit the 4 min. mark
Have at Least 3 Sources
– No more than 150 Words from One Source
Visual Aids
– At Least 5 slides
– 2-3 SAT Words
Research: Secondary Sources
Books
Periodicals
Internet
Documentary Films and Videos
Research: Recording Information
Accurately
Written Down
Specific
Achievable
Preparation: Research Your
Audience
Introduction (A, B, C, D)
– Attention: Capture the attention of your audience
Ask a question; Use quotation, Use Anecdotes
– Benefits: Show them what they will gain by listening
– Credentials: Give them your credentials for
speaking
– Direction and Destination: Tell them where you are
going and what you are going to say
State your Main Thesis
Preparation: Parts of a Speech
The Body
– Address at least 3 main points
– Use examples that show topic meaning
– Use analogies, descriptions
– Use present information
– Don’t spend too much time on 1 issue…spread
them evenly throughout your speech
Preparation: Parts of a Speech
Conclusion
– Restate main thesis
– End decisively
– Finish with a bang…make the audience remember
you and your speech
Preparation: Final Draft
Sound Natural
Be Confident
Look at the Audience
Use expressive body language
Show sincerity, enthusiasm, and vitality.
Delivery: Visual Aids