Principles of Informative Speaking

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Principles of Informative Speaking

• Limit the amount of information
• Adjust the level of complexity
• Stress relevance and usefulness
• Relate new information to old
• Vary the level of abstraction

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Three types of Informative Speeches

• The speech of description
• Select appropriate organizational pattern
• Consider using visual aids
• Consider the 5 Ws
• The speech of definition
• Use a variety of definitions (by etymology, by
  authority, by negation, and by direct
  symbolization)
• Proceed from the known to the unknown
• The speech of demonstrations
• Use temporal organization
• Begin with an overview
• Consider using presentation aids