Informative Speech Guidelines

Informative Speech Guidelines

1. Objective:educate audience on one self-selected topic (that has been approved)
2. Select a topic that:
3. You are interested in
4. Would likely appeal to an audience of teenagers of varied backgrounds and experiences
5. Can be supported with research from at least 3 credible sources
6. 6-8 minutes (points deducted if students go under or over time)
7. Narrow topic and divide it into 3 or 4 categories/subdivisions
8. The nature of the topic must determine the subdivisions. Hence, I can’t say you must address 1.) family life 2.) accomplishments 3.) failures 4.) legacy
9. Once you have determined your topic and subdivisions, you are to conference with me over those choices.
10. Continue research
11. Document your research: for THIS class, that means citing any sources on a Bibliography page.
12. Including a parenthetical citation in the outline (you will begin to formally outline soon). Today, you will simply break topic into subdivisions and brainstorm ideas/facts under the subdivisions:

Topic: Henry VIII

1. Personality

A.

B.

C.

1. Love Life

A.

B.

C.

D.

1. Accomplishments

A.

B.

C.

Topic: The American Suffragette

I. History and Origin

A. “The Woman Question”

B. The term “suffragette”

C. The typical suffragette’s background

II. Acts of dissidence

A. Setting fires to mailboxes

B. Picketing the White House during War

C. Noisy protests

D. Hunger strikes

III. Unjust Punishments

A. Arrests

B. Violent attacks

C. Force Feeding

IV. Accomplishments

A. suffrage

B. Attention to other women’s issues/concerns

1. Right to property

2. Right to quality education

3. Employment opportunity/equal pay

Comparing an outline that needs focused to one properly focused

Informative Speech Topic: Henry VIII

I. Introduction

II. Personality

A. As a young man

1. Charming

2. Attractive

3. Romantic

B. As an adult

1. Tyrannical

2. Obese

3. Womanizer

III. Henry’s Love Life (the wives)

A. Catherine of Aragon

1. Was married to Henry’s brother first

2. Spanish Princess

3. Loved by the citizens of England

4. Devout Catholic

5. Kind, compassionate, loyal, and intelligent

6. Had one child with Henry – Mary

7. Fought Henry on a divorce . . . but lost

B. Anne Boleyn

1. Lived in France for awhile

2. Disliked by the citizens of England

3. Protestant

4. Arrogant, strong-willed, intelligent, and sometimes cruel

a. Plotted to poison Princess Mary

5. Beheaded by Henry

C. Jane Seymour

1. Married Henry the day after Anne’s execution

2. Sweet and relatively unremarkable

3. Protestant

4. Produced a male heir, Edward

5. Died after complications in child birth

D. Anne of Cleves

1. German princess

2. Could not speak English

3. Henry found her unattractive

4. Had no children

5. Gladly annulled her marriage to Henry

E. Catherine Howard

1. English

2. Young and foolish

3. Had an affair

4. Beheaded

E. Katherine Parr

1. English

2. Intelligent, mild-mannered, independent

3. Married four times

4. Outlived Henry

5. It is believed that Henry was making arrangements to rid himself of her at the time of

his death.

IV. Political Accomplishments

A. Unified England

B. Made England a European Power

V. Conclusion

Informative Speech Topic: Henry VIII

I. Introduction

II. Personality

A. As a young man

1. Charming

a. example

2. Romantic

a. example

B. As an adult

1. Tyrannical

a. example

2. Womanizer

a. example

III. Henry’s Love Life (the wives)

A. His arrogance, selfishness, and womanizing resulted in many terminated marriages

1. Desired male heir and tired of wife – Catherine of Aragon and Anne Boleyn

3. Found Anne of Cleves unattractive

4. Hypocritically, wouldn’t tolerate infidelity – Catherine Howard

B. Two marriages were less scandalous

1. Jane Seymour died from complications in childbirth

2. Katherine Parr outlived Henry

IV. Political Accomplishments

A. Unified England

1.

2.

B. Made England a European Power

1.

2.

V. Conclusion

Content/Prep Part I (50)

Delivery Part II(50)