Informative SpeakingMs. HuckabeeCHSwww.HuckabeeClassroom.com

•Share facts you have learned through experience, observation, listening, and reading.

6 C’s of Informative Speaking(and what you’ll be graded on…)•Be CLEAR•Be CONCISE•Be COMPLETE•Be CORRECT•Be CONCRETE•CONNECT

Be CLEAR

•Definitions your audience needs to know•Make distinctions about what it is and

what it is not.•Compare and contrast to things your

audience probably already knows.

Be CONCISE

•Choose words carefully▫Please repeat that again.▫These two are both alike.▫The pens are identically the same.▫She arrived at 8am this morning.

•Don’t waste words!

Be COMPLETE

•Use advance organizers▫Tell us where you’re taking us in your

speech.

▫What are some words you can use?

For example, “There are three things you need to know about…” and keep it to three things. Don’t add a fourth or fifth.

Be CORRECT

•We’re trusting you to be the expert.•If you don’t know for sure, don’t say it.• Identify sources correctly.•Give credit where credit is due.

Be CONCRETE

•Give us specifics.•Not just candy…gourmet jelly beans, • rich, dark chocolate. •Help us make mental pictures.•Provide physical details.

CONNECT

•Analyze your audience•What are the demographics?•What will they know about your topic

already?•What level of cultural literacy will you be

dealing with?

Narrow down your subject

•Limit your subject in time.•Limit your subject in space.•Limit your subject in extent.•Now divide it in half.

▫This is also a good technique for making your essay writing stronger.

▫Ms. Huckabee, English teacher

Ideas to help teach us

•Give us a thesis•Provide facts•Tell stories•Use quotes•Definitions•Descriptions

Speech Requirements

•4 minutes is the goal length.•You may not have a copy of your speech

with you or use your iPad. You may use notecards.

•You will upload your speech to turnitin.com

•You do NOT have to give me a printed copy

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