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Informative Speech ► A speech whose goal is to explain or describe facts, truths, and principles in a way that stimulates interest, facilitates understanding, and increases the likelihood of remembering ●An informative speaker’s goal is to achieve mutual understanding about an object, person, place, process, event, idea, concept, or issue. 2

Chapter Sections ► Characteristics of effective informative speaking ► Methods of informing ► Common informative frameworks 3

Chapter Section One Characteristics of Effective Informative Speaking 4

Intellectually Stimulating ► Your audience will perceive information to be intellectually stimulating when it: ●Is new to them, ●Piques their curiosity, and ●Excites their interest. 5

Relevancy ► To grab audience attention, incorporate statements that clarify how a particular point may be important to a listener (listener relevance links). ●Describe how a main point relates to the audience becoming happier, healthier, wealthier, etc.? ●Demonstrate how a remote topic relates to audience in a familiar way. 6

Creativity ► Creativity comes from good research, time, and productive thinking. ► For the creative process to work, you have to think productively. ●Productive thinking occurs when we contemplate something from a variety of perspectives, then select the ideas best suited to a particular audience. 7

Memorability ► Effective informative speeches emphasize the main points in ways that help audience members remember them. ●You can use such things as: ▪Presentational aids, ▪Repetition, ▪Transitions, ▪Humor, or ▪Mnemonics. 8

Addressing of Diverse Learning Styles ► Feeling – responds to concrete, vivid images, examples, stories, and testimonials ► Watching – focuses on visual aids, facial expressions and gestures ► Thinking – works best through clear macrostructure as well as definitions, explanations, and statistics ► Doing – is cultivated when doing something during the speech or afterward 9

Chapter Section Two Methods of Informing 10

Description ► A method used to create an accurate, vivid, verbal picture of an object, geographic feature, setting, event, person, or image © 2010 Andresr, Used under license from Shutterstock.com 11

Definition ► A method that explains the meaning of something, by ●Classifying it and differentiating it from similar ideas, ●Explaining its derivation or history, ●Explaining its use or function, or ●Using a familiar synonym or antonym. 12

Comparison and Contrast ► A method of informing that focuses on how something is similar to and different from other things Haider Shah / AFP / Gethy Images 13

Narration ► A method of informing using storytelling techniques to describe an accounting of related events EPA / Photoshot 14

Four Major Parts of the Story ► When and where the events took place ► What was the sequence of events that led to the problem or conflict ► Why the conflict or problem affected key people in the narrative ► How the conflict of problem was resolved 15

Demonstration ► A method of informing that shows how something is done, displays the stages of a process, or depicts how something works Steve_Fenn-ABC- Getty Images 16

Chapter Section Three Common Informative Frameworks 17

Process Speeches ► Effective process speeches demonstrate carefully how to delineate the steps of a process and the order in which they occur. ●The steps typically become the main points, and concrete explanations of each step become the sub-points. 18

Expository Speeches ► All good expository speeches: ●Are carefully researched in depth and convey knowledge about a complex topic; ●Choose an organizational pattern that helps the audience understand the material being discussed; and ●Use a variety of informative methods to sustain the audience’s attention, and comprehension of the material presented. 19

Types of Expository Speeches ► Exposition of political, economic, social, religious, or ethical issues ► Exposition of historical events or forces ► Exposition of a theory, principle, or law ► Exposition of creative work 20

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Websites ► Expository speeches help.com/expository-speech- topics.html ► Descriptive language 23