Informative Speech Rough Draft

For your class-time today, please complete the following activities and post to this site a rough draft of your informative speech.

1. Select a topic with the appropriate scope to fulfill the requirements of the speech (please refer to the handout provided in class for a review of the speech requirements). Remember that the topic should be something you are interested in/passionate about. It must also be a topic that you can illustrate to the audience that they would/should want to learn about.

2. Research the topic online to find unbiased, reliable, and current information about the topic. Remeber too that you will be required to cite at least one source that is not online when it comes time to give the speech.

3. Write a clear and concise thesis statement. The textbook discusses writing a thesis statement if you need assistance.

4. List your main ideas. These are the points that you must address in order to achieve your specific goal.

5. Write the body of your speech. To accomplish this, list your main idea and then use the research you gathered to explain the main ideas. Be sure to give consideration to transitions between each main idea.

6. Write the introduction. Now that you can see what the speech itself will look like, consider how you will introduce the topic with an appropriate attention-getter. Remember to then state your thesis and main ideas clearly. Finally write a transition into the first main idea (body of the speech).

7. Write the conclusion. Consider how to transition into a summarization of the main ideas that illustrate what the audience should understand to be informed about your topic. Think of a strong point to leave the audience with (consider why you feel this was a topic that the audience would want to be informed about).

8. Post the rough draft to this thread today (Wednesday, November 29, 2006) for full credit.

Chapters 3-5

Remember that you are still responsible for the material covered in Chapters 3-5. If you have any questions about this or any of the other material for the test this coming Monday, please post them here and we can discuss them.

ECPI - Communication 110

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