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Provide knowledge,
shape perceptions,
articulate alternatives ex. car sales men comparing features on cars,
and enhance survival and evolution ex. culture and technology has been passed down through generations.
Types of informative speeches
Definitional speeches
Descriptive Speeches
Explanatory speeches
Demonstration speeches
Speeches where the speaker sets forth the meaning of concepts, theories, or issues unfamiliar to the audience.
Should be relevant to people’s lives
Speeches that provide a detailed and vivid picture of a person, animal, place, or object
These focus on reporting current events, customs, inventions, and policies, outcomes, and options.
Ex. Explaining a new company policy
Speeches that show listeners how to accomplish a process or perform an action. The focus is on a chronological explanation of some process, procedure, application, or course of action
Techniques used to spark interest, such as:
intensity
novelty: Â involves those things that are new or unusual
Ex. explain a new invention
contrast
Activity: use action words, well-chosen movements, an increased rate of speech, or s/he can show action with video
Tell a story
Stimulate audience intellect: People want to learn so find topics that they want to know the answers to
A method to make a speech memorable by restating main points and using poetic repetition and nonverbal communication such as holding up 4 fingers when you say 4