Informative Speaking

More about topic selection:

• If you think your audience already knows a lot about your topic, try to present an interesting perspective or little known facts.
• For example, instead of informing your audience about how a person plays baseball, inform them of how vision-impaired people play baseball

Basically…

• If you think your topic/speech is going to give your audience a “DUGH” reaction, try a different perspective, approach, or topic.

DUGH

Speech Organization

• The main parts of good speech are the same as the main parts of a good _____________.
• ESSAY

Speech and Essay

• Three Main Parts:
• Introduction
• Body
• Conclusion

Introduction of Speech:

• Capture your audience’s attention with an interesting statement or question.
• Gain the listener’s interest by relating the topic to their experiences/life
• State the goal or purpose of your speech (Thesis)

Body of Speech:

• There are three main ways you can organize the main points of your speech:
• Chronological Order
• Logical Order
• Spatial Order

Main Point Organization

• For an EXPOSITORY speech you are either going to use logical or spatial order.

Logical Order:

• You are going to use this method of organization if you are supplying basic information on a subject.
• Logical order is ordering your main points by GROUPS or CATEGORIES.

Spatial Order:

• You are going to use this method of organization if you are describing an arrangement.
• For example, if you are informing an audience about the arrangement of pilot controls in an airplane.