Informative Speech Outline and Self Appraisal

Sample Outlines for Informative Speeches Students: Please find four sample outlines below. Each outline represents a different method of organization for informative speeches: Topical, Chronological, Spatial, and Cause and Effect. Sample #1 Name: Topic: Purpose: Introduction     Attention     Listener Relevance Cues     Speaker Credibility Statement     Statements to set the context     Thesis: Three policy changes are as follows: the government will no         longer reimburse the hospital for surgery mistakes that never should have         happened, for premature patient discharge and consequent early re-         admittance, and for hospital acquired infections.     Preview Statement Body - Topical Method I. One policy change is that the government will no longer reimburse the hospital    for surgery mistakes that never should have happened.     A. Definitions         1. Examples         2. Explanations     B. Comparisons and Contrasts         1. Similarities         2. Differences     Transition: review and preview II. Another policy change is that the government will no longer reimburse the      hospital for premature patient discharge and consequent early re-admittance.     A. Definitions         1. Examples         2. Explanations     B. Comparisons and Contrasts         1. Similarities         2. Differences     Transition: review and preview III. Yet another policy change is that the government will no longer reimburse the       hospital for hospital acquired infections.     A. Definitions         1. Examples         2. Explanations     B. Comparisons and Contrasts         1. Similarities         2. Differences Conclusion     Restate Thesis     Summary     Closing phrase

Informative Speech Topics. Please choose from this list of topics (that you can find in your text book) and deliver your informative speech on your topic of choice from this list. 

After Dinner, Commemorative, & Commencement Speeches Dedication, Eulogy, & Farewell Speech Introduction, Keynote, and Nomination Speeches Present\Accept Award, Recognition, & Roasts Speeches Toasts, Tributes, & Welcome Speeches Claims: fact, value, policy Delivery [use outside materials for this topic] Logos, pathos, ethos Audience Analysis Patterns of Reasoning: deductive, inductive, analogical Persuasive Method: Basic Argument Persuasive Method: Comparative Advantages Persuasive Method: Invitational Persuasive Method: Motivated Sequence Persuasive Method: Problem Solution Persuasive Method: Refutation Maslow's Hierarchy Human Sentiments and Passions

The Senses Figures of Speech Structures of Speech Ethos: Three Key Strategies Informative Speeches: Definition, Description, Explanatory formative Speeches: Expository & Narrative Informative Methods:Topical, Chronological, & Spatial Informative Speeches: Key Strategies Analogies, Anecdotes, Comparisons & Contrasts

Definitions, Descriptions, Examples Explanations, Facts & Statistics, & Instances Narratives, quotations, testimony