Informative Speech and Outline Guidelines?

Student Name: Class: SPC 2608

Date: Instructor Name: Mrs. V

Speech Title:

Topic: (For example: people, processes, phenomena, possessions, products, programs.)

General Purpose: (The general purpose is the overall effect you hope to have on your audience. All speeches fulfill one of three general rhetorical purposes: to inform, to persuade, or to entertain.) For this speech, you would choose ‘To inform’.

Specific Purpose: (The specific purpose of a speech is your statement of the speech’s main objective. It identifies what you want your speech to accomplish or what you hope to do with your speech. For your informative, it should contain words as show, explain, report, instruct, describe, and inform.)

For example:

· To inform my audience about the effects of sickle cell anemia

Central Idea/Thesis Statement: (When your speech is informative, the thesis statement is phrased objectively and in a neutral manner. Its focus is on what you want audience members to understand or learn.) For example:

· Nuclear power plants have three major parts: the reactor core, vessel, and control rods.

Time: (I recommend you practice your speech multiple times to ensure you don’t exceed the 4 to 6 minute time allotted for the informative speech.)

I. INTRODUCTION (Use complete sentences for each part of intro)

A. Attention-getter: (How will you engage your audience?)

B. Credibility material: (What makes you credible? Detail your sources.)

C. Relevance to audience:

D. Preview of speech:

Transition: Each transition should use a complete sentence (These are bridges that will take you from idea to idea. For example: After we completed the first phase, As a result…)

II. BODY

A. Body main point I (each point and subpoint should use complete sentences)

1. First subpoint

2. Second subpoint

Transition:

B. Body main point II

1. First subpoint

2. Second subpoint

Transition:

C. Body main point III

1. First subpoint

2. Second subpoint

Transition:

III. CONCLUSION (Refrain from introducing any new points.)

A. Review/summary statement:

B. Concluding/closing Statement:

References

· You should cite at least 3 sources using APA style both verbally in your speech and in your outline. Two sources should be academic and one can be non-academic. Non-scholarly sources inform and entertain the public (e.g. popular sources such as newspapers, magazines) or allow practitioners to share industry, practice, and production information (e.g. trade sources such as non-refereed journals published for people working in the teaching profession).

· Review the APA Style Overview and Resources page available to you in the modules link under the student resources section in Canvas before completing your references.

· Make sure to cite in text and in a reference list using APA style.