Descriptive Speech

Definition Narrates about an object, event or phenomenon, so that the audience could visualize the image. Structure/outline 1. Introduction. 2. Main body: descriptive steps that demonstrate how the speaker helps the audience follow his or her advice. 3. Conclusion. The descriptive speech contains no overt conflict. It is an exchange of experience between the speaker (whose experience is the topic of the descriptive speech) and the audience as the consumers of this information. Topics/basic concepts A descriptive speech normally contains instructions that may be useful to the audience. Topics represent a great variety of choice, namely, any memorable event, any place to visit, any experience to be followed, and the like. Basic concepts are description, detailed instruction, piece of advice, useful recommendation. Requirements The speech may contain terms and imperative sentences. It resorts to sensory features, comparisons, statistical data (if necessary), details, and personal experiences. The descriptive speech addresses the audience directly, recommending, instructing, and giving some advice. Topics to describe. Why did you get this options? TAKE AT LEAST 15 NEW WORDS AND WRITE THE DEFINITION. 1.       A PLACE 2.       DESCRIBE A PERSON 3.       A MACHINE 4.       A WAY OF GOBERNMENT 5.       A SCIENTIFIC PROCESS, (PHOTOSINTESIS) FOR EXAMPLE. 6.       A RECIPE 7.       A WAY TO BUILD SOMETHING. 8.       A SPORT 9.       NATURAL EVENT. (TORNADOES) FOR EXAMPLE. 10.   SOCIAL EVENT. (London Technology Week 2016) FOR EXAMPLE

Homework for the folder, definition of each one. Be ready all the time!

concise, concrete, distinction, ambiguous, intuition, demographics, trivia, senile, etymology, infographic, spontaneity.

The 6 Cs. of informative Speaking

1. BE CLEAR
2. BE CONCISE
3. BE COMPLETE
4. BE CORRECT
5. BE CONCRETE
6. CONNECT.

Connect with your audience by imagining how they may feel about your topic.

SPEECH TO INFORM

Informative Speech

 

PURPOSE OF THE SPEECH TO INFORM

 

An informative speech

 

provides information to an audience. The purpose of an informative speech is to help

your audience understand and remember the information you are presenting.

While no one can foretell

accurately what kind of speeches you may be called upon to present in the future, it is a safe bet that you will speak many times to inform people. Because so many speeches are informative in nature, you are offered here

the opportunity to become acquainted with the informative speech.

 

Explanation of the speech to inform

The speech to inform people provides them a clear underst anding of the speaker‘s ideas on a subject. It also arouses interest in the subject because the material which is presented is relevant to the lives of those who hear

it. It is important that the speaker provide this material while making it relevant and interesting to the audience.

 

To accomplish the ends of informative speaking, it is necessary

to select a subject of interest to

himself and his listeners. This can be done by analyzing the audience

 in this case your classmates. You as the speaker are charged further with the serious responsibility of knowing what you are talking about,

knowing more about it, in fact, than anyone in your audience does. For this reason, your talk demands that you study not one but several sources of

 information.

Francis H. Horn, 1958 – 1967

The University’s sixth president, Francis “Fran” Horn led the University as it transitioned from a small ‘country’ college into what would become an internationally known university. When Horn came to campus in 1958, URI’s enrollment was under 3,000, and the school received little recognition outside the state. State leaders often dismissed the University as a “cow college.” Horn guided the campus through intense expansion in enrollment, faculty growth, programs, and buildings. He later served as president of the Commission on Independent Colleges and Universities of the State of New York, and vice president of New England College.
Before joining the University, Horn had served as distinguished professor of higher education at Southern Illinois University, as the president of Pratt Institute, and dean of the evening division at Johns Hopkins. President Horn received degrees in English from Dartmouth and the University of Virginia before receiving his Ph.D. in education from Yale University.