1. Outlining and Supporting Your Arguments Informative Speeches
Chapters 8 and 10
Outlining and Supporting Your Arguments
Informative Speeches

2. Introduction
The part of your speech where you tell your audience what you will be speaking about and what the objective of your speech is
Attention getter
Credibility statement
Thesis statement
Relevance statement
Preview statement

3. Attention Getter
The part of your introduction that engages your audience and gains their focus
Appeal to your audience’s sense of humor
Ask a question
State a fact
Tell a story

4. Credibility Statement
The part of your introduction that establishes the speaker as a knowledgeable source on the speech topic

5. Thesis Statement
A single sentence in your introduction that tells your audience what the purpose, objective, or belief you are giving in your speech
Analytical thesis statement: a thesis statement where an issue is dissected and each of its core elements is introduced to the audience
Expository thesis statement: a thesis statement where important concepts are explained to the audience
Argumentative thesis statement: a thesis statement where a claim is made by the speaker, and then supported by evidence

6. Relevance Statement
The statement that tells your audience why the speech you are giving is important to them

7. Preview Statement
The statement that tells gives your audience a glimpse of the main points that you are going to cover in the body of your speech

8. Body
Main points: The main points are the backbone of your talk. They play an important role in helping you prioritize, focus and sequence your information.
Subpoints: embellishments and supporting information for your main points
Transitions: statements used to help you move from one point to the next smoothly
"I will begin by discussing ...";
"Now that we have explored the ... I would like to move on to ...";
"In contrast to my earlier statements concerning ...";
"Moving away from a focus on ....";

9. Conclusion
The last part of your speech where you sum up your main ideas covered in your presentation and bring the speech to a close
Restatement of thesis and main ideas
Tie up any loose ends and add any additional information needed
Course-of-action
Appropriate closing statement

10. Great openings and closings: https://www. youtube. com/watch

11. Informative Speech
Given for the purpose of imparting knowledge to the audience
Is the building blocks of which other speeches are built
Ask yourself “what is the objective of my speech”

12. The Act of Informing Directions-step-by-step instructions
Instructions-how to do a particular thing
Examples-descriptions of an idea, event, or situation
Illustrations-visual descriptions (charts, graphs, pics, etc.)
Definitions-description of a word’s meaning
Relationships-the connection between two things
Rules-set of regulations governing conduct
Explanations-give accounts of particular occurrence
Interpretations-your own description of an event
Problems-specific, troublesome issues
Solutions-specific measures to solve a problem

13. Class informative speech: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NyE1Kz0e--0
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