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Speak to inform Speak to persuade Speak to entertain Speak to motivate

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• Informative speaking “informs” listeners by teaching them something they don’t already know.

• Informative speaking involves:• Gaining listener interest (creating information hunger)

• Increasing audience understanding (helping audiences comprehend the information)

• Teaching rather than influencing (educating without attempting to change beliefs, values, and actions)

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Speeches about issues (not recommended because it is difficult to discuss controversial issues without bias)

Speeches about events (The Cherry Mine Disaster in 1909)

Speeches about people (The Maroons of Jamaica, serial killer Edmund Kemper)

Speeches about objects (the new wheelchair –WHILL, Cotard’s Syndrome)

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Speeches about concepts (not recommended because it is difficult to discuss concepts without bias and opinion)

Speeches about processes: (the creation of a ghost heart, how to start a college fund)

Speeches about politics: (discuss a specific law or a political process but be careful not to share opinions on controversial headlines or current policies)

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Speak to define◦ Denotative meaning – dictionary meaning of Virus◦ Connotative meaning – culturally implied meaning of Virus

◦ Etymology – origin or history of the marriage ceremony

◦ Synonyms – words with the same meaning◦ Antonyms – words with the opposite meaning◦ Examples – providing examples of endangered sea life, providing examples of occupations in the communication field

◦ Compare and Contrast – compare and contrast marriage ceremonies in Japan and U.S., compare legal definition to religious definition of marriage

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Speak to Describe -portraying person, place, object or experience◦ Physical description of the Mona Lisa ◦ Psychological description of love

Speak to Explain – providing why it happened or how it happened◦ Be careful when addressing “why” because your explanation of “why” is potentially biased and opinionated.

Speak to Demonstrate – demonstrating how to do something