SpeechInformative SpeechMs. Radlinger
Guidelines 200 points KS
The purpose of this speech is to provide the audience with some information they will find, new, interesting, and useful to include in their store of knowledge. Your speech will:
- provide a clear understanding of the topic being presented.
- arouse the interest of the audience in the topic.
- provide material which is relevant to the lives of the listeners (young adults).
Present accurate and honest information obtained from proper research. Become an “expert” on your topic. Include lots and lots of anecdotes, examples, illustrations, analogies, facts, anecdotes, summaries, paraphrases and direct quotes from reliable sources.
Requirements:
Time:4-5 minutes30 second grace period enforced. Any violations will result in the
loss of 20 points. So practice!
OutlineBefore you speak give me your outline. (Take just the body portion up with you.)
Introduction and conclusion must be memorized!!!!
I. Introduction complete sentences. (three parts – A, B, C)MEMORIZED
II. Body
- Subtopic #1
B. Subtopic #2
C. Subtopic #3
III. Conclusion complete sentences. (three parts- A,B, C)MEMORIZED
Make sure to include all of the following:
- Make sure outline is NOT written completely like and ESSAY!
- Outline numerals with major & minor points listed.
- At least six bits of borrowed information.
- Lead ins (According to…) HIGHLIGHTED and parenthetical documentation (author, page #) for borrowed information.
- Bibliography proper format (MLA). – must have at least TWO sources!!!!
- Powerpoint includes pictures that compliment the speech. DO NOT put outline on slides.
Effective Language:At least five highlighted and clearly labeled.
(See handout on website)
Visual Aid: Powerpoint is required.
- Font size should be minimum of 24 pt. or higher
- Thicker fonts best = easier to read.
- Contrast the background color with the font color
- Less is more – do not fill up the page with too much text
- Use the “7 rule” – no more than seven bullet points per page and no more than seven words per bullet
- Be consistent with capitalization
- Make sure the title of your presentation on the first page is in all caps
- Add graphics, graphs, pictures etc. that complement your presentation
- DO NOT just read the slides
- Add more information verbally to the slides.
General Subjects
The list below is designed to help you select a topic, but be aware that many of these subjects are broad and would need to be narrowed for a classroom speech. For example, advertising could be narrowed to political attack ads or tobacco ads.
- Abuse of animals
- Abuse of children
- Abuse of medication
- Abuse of spouse
- Abuse of the elderly
- Academic dishonesty
- Academic freedom
- Accidents, aircraft
- Accidents, industrial
- Accidents, sports
- Accidents, traffic
- Acid rain
- Addiction to drugs
- Adoption of children
- Adoption of wild animals
- Advertising
- Aerobic exercise
- intelligence
- Agricultural pests
- AIDS
- Air pollution
- Alcohol and drugs
- Alternative fuels
- Alternative medicine
- Alzheimer’s disease
- Amusement parks, safety
- Animal experimentation
- Animal extinction
- Animal training
- Antioxidants
- Antismoking movement
- Anxiety attacks
- Architectural design
- Assassinations
- Assisted suicide
- Asteroids
- Back pain
- Behavior, compulsive
- Billboards
- Biotechnology & genetics
- Bird-watching
- Blood banks
- Bombings
- Caffeine
- Cancer
- Capital punishment
- Cell phone etiquette
- Charities
- Children and war
- Cholesterol
- Chronic fatigue syndrome
- Civil liberties
- Climatic changes
- Cloning
- College costs
- Common cold
- Computer fraud
- Computer graphics
- Contamination of water
- Coral reef ecology
- Cosmetic surgery
- Cosmic rays
- Cults
- Depression, mental
- Designated drivers
- Diabetes
- Dinosaur discoveries
- Disaster victims
- DNA fingerprints
- Dyslexia
- Earth-friendly products
- Electronic books
- Endangered species
- Environmental protection
- Epidemics
- Ethnic cleansing
- Euthanasia
- False memory syndrome
- Family violence
- Famines
- Fashion design
- Fetal alcohol syndrome
- Firefighting
- Flea markets
- Folk medicine
- Food allergy
- Food poisoning
- Fossils
- Galaxies
- Gambling
- Gardening
- Generic drugs
- Genetic engineering
- Geothermal power
- Global warming
- Government secrecy
- Gray wolves
- Great Wall of China
- Green movement
- Growth hormones
- Guerrilla warfare
- Hallucinations
- Harassment, sexual
- Hate crimes
- Hazing
- Headaches
- Health foods
- Heart transplants
- Hemophilia
- Herbal medicine
- Heredity of disease
- High blood pressure
- High speed trains
- HIV infections
- Holistic medicine
- Homeless persons
- Homeopathy
- Homophobia
- Homosexuality
- Hunting
- Hurricanes
- Hydrogen as fuel
- Hydroponics
- Hyperactive children
- Hypnotism
- Illegal aliens
- Illiteracy
- Immigrants
- Incurable diseases
- Indoor air pollution
- Industrial diseases
- Insect-eating plants
- Insects as food
- Insomnia
- Intelligence tests
- Iron deficiency diseases
- Jails, overcrowding
- Jet lag
- Junk in space
- Juvenile delinquents
- Kleptomania
- Laboratories, testing
- Laser surgery
- Lie detectors
- Lightning
- Limousines
- Low-calorie diet
- Low-fat diet
- Mafia
- Magic
- Manic-depression
- Marine aquariums
- Marine pollution
- Marriage customs
- Mass murder
- Massage
- Medicinal plants
- Memory techniques
- Mental disorders
- Meteorites
- Midwifery
- Migraines
- Military weapons
- Militias
- Motorcycle gangs
- Murders, serial
- Muscular dystrophy
- Mythology
- Neo-Nazis
- Neanderthals
- Nicotine addiction
- Obsessive-compulsive disorder
- Ocean dumping
- Ordination of women
- Organically grown food
- Organized crime
- Pesticides
- Phobias
- Plants, extinction
- Polygraphs
- Psychiatric drugs
- Radiation therapy
- Rain forests
- Renewable resources
- Robots
- Savant syndrome
- Schizophrenia
- Sea farming
- Self-defense
- Serotonin
- Sleep, research
- Smuggling
- Soil erosion
- Stalking
- Steroids
- Teenage crime
- Terrorism
- Tornadoes
- Toxic wastes
- Volcanoes
- Water purification
- Weather forecasting
- Wind power
- Women’s rights
- Year-round education