INFORMATIVE SPEECH INTRODUCTION (15%)

Name: _____________ Topic: Dengue Is on the Rise

Matric number: ________ Group: _____________

INFORMATIVE SPEECH (2-3 Minutes)

1. Topic: (Must Have Goodwill) Beware of the Aedes Mosquito! 0r
Dengue Cases are on the Rise in Malaysia

2. Specific Purpose: To inform my audience about the causes of dengue

cases in Malaysia

3. Central Idea/Preview: Two causes for the rise in dengue cases are the
mutation of the aedes mosquito from Den 2 to Den 1 and unhealthy human
behaviour

INTRODUCTION (First Assessment – 15%) (2-3 minutes)

Lecturer’s Comments
I.Attention I. Who would have thought that a tiny mosquito I. If you watched the video, the first
Getter:/The called the Aedes Aegypti could be so step is to find a good attention
hook harmful and deadly to our human body?! getter or the hook (to capture the
(RHETORIC Q) audience’s attention). It is very
important to give your speech a
good start.

II. Credibility II. (CITE A SOURCE)Based on my research,

& the World HealthOrganisation II. Based on my research... your
Background: reported that one of the major causes credibility is to show you are doing
(give a fact or of hospitalisation and deaths among research about this . Provide a
two) & children and adults in our country is short background as well to show
The benefit of due to dengue fever. why the topic is so important. You
this topic Therefore its impt to understand the may quote statistics, or any
causes of this deadly disease in important statement
order to protect ourselves.
III. Third step is to Reveal the topic –
just one statement before or after
III. Greet and III. Well,a very good _______ to everyone. you greet.
Introduce My name is _________ and , the topic of
Topic: my presentation is “Dengue Fever is on the
rise in Malaysia (Transition: (A word or phrase or a question
that indicates when you have finished one
Transition: (So why is the situation getting to be out of thought and is moving on to another) So,
control?)
Provide a transition to lead to the Central
Idea or Preview or the next point.)

IV. Give the IV. As stated by the WHO, two major

State in ONE complete sentence your
Preview or factors/causes/ for the rise of dengue in
Central Idea that gives the main points of
Central Idea: Malaysia are the change in the dominant
your speech.
stereotype from DEN1 to DEN2, and
unhealthy human behaviour.