Informative Speech
Informative speaking offers you an opportunity to practice your researching, writing, organizing, and
speaking skills. You will learn how to discover and present information clearly. If you take the time to
thoroughly research and understand your topic, to create a clearly organized speech, and to practice an
enthusiastic, dynamic style of delivery, you can be an effective "teacher" during your informative speech.
Finally, you will get a chance to practice a type of speaking you will undoubtedly use later in your
professional career.
The purpose of the informative speech is to provide interesting, useful, and unique information to your
audience. By dedicating yourself to the goals of providing information and appealing to your audience,
you can take a positive step toward succeeding in your efforts as an informative speaker.
Types of informative speeches: Objects, processes, events, concepts
These categories provide an effective method of organizing and evaluating informative speeches.
Although they are not absolute, these categories provide a useful starting point for work on your speech.
In general, you will use four major types of informative speeches. While you can classify informative
speeches many ways, the speech you deliver will fit into one of four major categories.
Informative speeches about objects
Speeches about objects focus on things existing in the world. Objects include, among other things, people,
places, animals, or products.Because you are speaking under time constraints, you cannot discuss any topic in its entirety. Instead,limit your speech to a focused discussion of some aspect of your topic.
Informative Speeches about Processes
Speeches about processes focus on patterns of action. One type of speech about processes, the
demonstration speech, teaches people "how-to" perform a process. More frequently, however, you will
use process speeches to explain a process in broader terms. This way, the audience is more likely to
understand the importance or the context of the process.
Informative Speeches about Events
Speeches about events focus on things that happened, are happening, or will happen. When speaking
about an event, remember to relate the topic to your audience. A speech chronicling history is
informative, but you should adapt the information to your audience and provide them with some way to
use the information. As always, limit your focus to those aspects of an event that can be adequately
discussed within the time limitations of your assignment.
Informative speaking offers you an opportunity to practice your researching, writing, organizing, and
speaking skills. You will learn how to discover and present information clearly. If you take the time to
thoroughly research and understand your topic, to create a clearly organized speech, and to practice an
enthusiastic, dynamic style of delivery, you can be an effective "teacher" during your informative speech.
Finally, you will get a chance to practice a type of speaking you will undoubtedly use later in your
professional career.
The purpose of the informative speech is to provide interesting, useful, and unique information to your
audience. By dedicating yourself to the goals of providing information and appealing to your audience,
you can take a positive step toward succeeding in your efforts as an informative speaker.
Types of informative speeches: Objects, processes, events, concepts
These categories provide an effective method of organizing and evaluating informative speeches.
Although they are not absolute, these categories provide a useful starting point for work on your speech.
In general, you will use four major types of informative speeches. While you can classify informative
speeches many ways, the speech you deliver will fit into one of four major categories.
Informative speeches about objects
Speeches about objects focus on things existing in the world. Objects include, among other things, people,
places, animals, or products.Because you are speaking under time constraints, you cannot discuss any topic in its entirety. Instead,limit your speech to a focused discussion of some aspect of your topic.
Informative Speeches about Processes
Speeches about processes focus on patterns of action. One type of speech about processes, the
demonstration speech, teaches people "how-to" perform a process. More frequently, however, you will
use process speeches to explain a process in broader terms. This way, the audience is more likely to
understand the importance or the context of the process.
Informative Speeches about Events
Speeches about events focus on things that happened, are happening, or will happen. When speaking
about an event, remember to relate the topic to your audience. A speech chronicling history is
informative, but you should adapt the information to your audience and provide them with some way to
use the information. As always, limit your focus to those aspects of an event that can be adequately
discussed within the time limitations of your assignment.
Informative Speeches about Concepts
Speeches about concepts focus on beliefs, ideas, and theories. While speeches about objects, processes,
and events are fairly concrete, speeches about concepts are more abstract. Take care to be clear and
understandable when creating and presenting a speech about a concept. When selecting a concept,
remember you are crafting an informative speech. Often, speeches about concepts take on a persuasive
tone. Focus your efforts toward providing unbiased information and refrain from making arguments.
Because concepts can be vague and involved, limit your speech to aspects that can be readily explained
and understood within the time limits.
Persuasive speech
Persuasive speech: A speech designed to change or reinforce the audience's beliefs or actions. The ability
to speak persuasively will benefit you in every part of your life from personal relations to community
activities to career aspirations. When you speak to persuade, you act as an advocate. Persuasion is a
psychological process in a situation where two or more points of view exist. The points of view may be
completely opposed, or they may simply be different in degree.
Persuasive speaking is complex & challenging. Audience analysis and adaptation is much more
demanding than in informative speaking. You should enter a persuasive speaking situation with a realistic
sense of what you can accomplish. If listeners are not strongly committed one way or another, you may be
able to move some of them toward your side.
If listeners are strongly opposed to your viewpoint, you are successful if you cause a few listeners to
reconsider their views.
A persuasive speaker must have a strategy to win the audience to his or her side.
Speeches about concepts focus on beliefs, ideas, and theories. While speeches about objects, processes,
and events are fairly concrete, speeches about concepts are more abstract. Take care to be clear and
understandable when creating and presenting a speech about a concept. When selecting a concept,
remember you are crafting an informative speech. Often, speeches about concepts take on a persuasive
tone. Focus your efforts toward providing unbiased information and refrain from making arguments.
Because concepts can be vague and involved, limit your speech to aspects that can be readily explained
and understood within the time limits.
Persuasive speech
Persuasive speech: A speech designed to change or reinforce the audience's beliefs or actions. The ability
to speak persuasively will benefit you in every part of your life from personal relations to community
activities to career aspirations. When you speak to persuade, you act as an advocate. Persuasion is a
psychological process in a situation where two or more points of view exist. The points of view may be
completely opposed, or they may simply be different in degree.
Persuasive speaking is complex & challenging. Audience analysis and adaptation is much more
demanding than in informative speaking. You should enter a persuasive speaking situation with a realistic
sense of what you can accomplish. If listeners are not strongly committed one way or another, you may be
able to move some of them toward your side.
If listeners are strongly opposed to your viewpoint, you are successful if you cause a few listeners to
reconsider their views.
A persuasive speaker must have a strategy to win the audience to his or her side.
No comments:
Post a Comment