Informative

SPEECH
INFORMATIVE
SPEECH
An informative speech tells
an audience about a
process, event, or concept.
Writing an informative
speech is pretty
straightforward.
INFORMATIVE
SPEECH
1. Choose a subject that interests
you if the topic isn’t assigned.

Choose a subject that you know a

lot about or that you’d be eager to
research. Then narrow your focus
on a specific topic, and make sure it
meets requirements.
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2. Gather a variety of
reliable sources to back your
claims.

You’ll need to conduct research and

cite authoritative sources (textbooks
and encyclopedias, scholarly articles,
reputable news bureaus, and
government documents)
INFORMATIVE SPEECH
Form a clear understanding of
the process or concept you’re
describing.

Make sure you know your topic

inside and out; you should be
able to describe it clearly and
concisely
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Come up with a thesis that
concisely presents your
speech’s purpose.

Your thesis conveys your

speech’s central focus and
should be as specific as
possible.
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Focus on informing your
audience instead of
persuading them.

Informative speech doesn’t aim

to persuade the audience to
accept a claim.
I. INTRODUCTION
A. Attention Getter: Something that grabs the attention of the
audience.
Examples of this: startling statistics, stories, rhetorical
questions, quotations, scenarios, etc. This point should be
more than one sentence long.

B. Reason to Listen: Why should the audience listen to your

speech? Make it personal to each of them.

C. Thesis Statement: The central idea of your speech.

D. Credibility Statement:
1. What personally connects you to this topic?
2. What type of research have you done to establish
credibility?
E. Preview of Main Points: (this preview should reinforce the
mode you have selected)
1. First, I will describe …
2. Second, I will examine …
3. Third, I will discuss…
II. RESTATE THESIS, EXACT
STATEMENT AS ABOVE
A. Statement of the first main point; you should not
use a source in this sentence.

1. Idea of development or support for the first main

point
a. Support material (ex: statistics, quotation, etc.-
cite source)
b. Support material
2. More development or support
a. Support material
b. Support material

3. More development if needed

III. CONCLUSION
A. Review of Main Points:
1. Restate your first main point.
2. Restate your second main point.
3. Restate you third main point.

B. Restate Thesis: Exact same as above.

C. Closure: Develop a creative closing

that will give the speech a sense of
ending. This point may be more than one
sentence. You should refer back to your
Attention Getter.
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WHAT ARE THE
DIFFERENCES BETWEEN
ARGUMENTATIVE AND
PERSUASIVE
SPEECH/WRITING?
Persuasive
SPEECH
PERSUASIVE SPEECH
A speech intended TO
CONVINCE the audience to do
something. Whether you want
to get people to vote, stop
littering, or change their minds
about an important issue,
persuasive speeches are an
effective way to sway an
audience.
INTRODUCTION
• Hook – interesting first sentence

• Background information – give context to your

argument/subject; familiarize the reader
with the content

• Definitions – define any terms that the reader

might find usual/unfamiliar

• Thesis – a concise statement of your main

argument; the overall idea you’ll be arguing.
Your thesis will also serve as a roadmap for
the rest of your essay, giving the reader a
general idea of the path your argument will
follow.
EACH BODY PARAGRAPH
• Only one point to support your thesis per paragraph

• Topic sentence
• reflects the main idea of the paragraph
• links back to support the thesis

• Evidence – information from a reliable outside

source (your opinion or not) that supports
the main idea of the paragraph

• Analysis – show how your evidence supports your

argument; build your argument
CONCLUSION
• Tie up the essay – briefly
sum up the main point

• Establish significance (“So

What?”)

• Bonus: give the reader food for

thought/ call to action
Argumentative
SPEECH
ARGUMENTATIVE SPEECH
Argument speech seeks to
state a position on an issue
and give several reasons,
supported by evidence, for
agreeing with that position.
ARGUMENTATIVE SPEECH
Goal of argumentative writing:
To get reader to acknowledge that your
side is valid and deserves consideration
as another point of view.

General technique of argumentative

writing:
Offers the reader relevant reasons,
credible facts, and sufficient evidence
to honor the writer has a valid and
worthy perspective.
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Starting point of argumentative writing:
Research a topic and then align with one
side.

Viewpoint presented in argumentative

writing:
Acknowledge that opposing views exist,

Writer presents multiple perspectives,

although is clearly for one side.
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Audience of argumentative writing:
Doesn’t need an audience to
convince. The writer is content with
simply putting it out there.

Attitude of argumentative writing:

Simply to get the reader to
consider you have an idea worthy of
listening to. The writer is sharing a
conviction, whether the audience ends
up agreeing or not.
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