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Test 1 reminders • Study the Study Guide!-it tells you exactly what we

are looking for.• 4 questions (not 5)• Please BRING A BLUE BOOK to the test• Know your Lab Section number• Last chance to contact me for special

accommodations!(goodwin@iastate.edu)

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3 Responsibilities of the Informative Speaker

1. To say something worth hearing (sound information).

2. To say something that can be heard (clear organization).

3. To say something that will be heard (audience engagement).

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A debate among professors"A professor is responsible for providing a sound,

clear understanding of a discipline. Anything more is "Edutainment," not education!"

"Today's young people have grown up with television and the internet. If you don't don't add excitement, they're going to fall asleep!"

MY subject is extraordinarily interesting It's my job to help the audience see this. Nothing needs to be added, but the interest of my subject needs to be made obvious

to all.

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People are "ego-centric."

egocentric egotistical

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Relate to the Audiencethroughout the speech by

adapting your information to their egocentric point of view.

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• Technical details• Abstract ideas• Complexities

• Explanations• Examples• Comparisons• Contrasts• Descriptions• Direct address ("you")• Visual aids

translate

these into these

See Lucas pp. 383-391

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What visuals can do:• Function #1: Convey information which would be

difficult to convey in words.– map

• Function #2: Clarify information, by organizing it.– chart

• Function #3: Relate information to the audience by engaging their imagination and emotions.– human face

More practice!

Pull out your copy of the 10 Analysis Questions...

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The 10 Analysis Questions1. What is the speaker's General Purpose? What is the speaker's Specific Purpose? What is

the speaker's Central Idea?2. What, if anything, does the speaker do to achieve each of the functions of a Speech

Introduction? If the speaker misses one, what could he/she have done to fulfill it?3. What are the speaker's Main Points? What Pattern of Organization is the speaker using?4. Give one example from the speech of each of three different kinds of Connectives (if

possible). If the speaker fails to use a Connective between any of his/her Main Points, identify the gap and suggest how the speaker could have filled it.

5. Identify three Sources which the speaker refers to (if possible). If the speaker neglects to cite orally the source of any quotation, statistic, or other technical information, identify the gap, and suggest how the speaker could have filled it.

6. What functions does the speaker use his/her Visual Aid(s) to perform?7. Identify three different ways the speaker engages the audience in the body of the speech.8. What, if anything, does the speaker do to achieve the functions of a Speech Conclusion?

If the speaker misses one, what could he/she have done to fulfill it?9. What is the one positive comment about the speech that this speaker most needs to hear

now? (Not including delivery.)10. What is the one negative comment about the speech that this speaker most needs to hear

now? (Not including delivery.)

6. What functions does the speaker use his/her Visual Aid(s) to perform?

7. Identify three different ways the speaker engages the audience in the body of the speech.

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9. What is the one positive comment about the speech that this speaker most needs to hear now? (Not including delivery.)

10. What is the one negative comment about the speech that this speaker most needs to hear now? (Not including delivery.)

Use good judgment!

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The most important things are the ones that bear on the informative speaker's three responsibilities:

-to say something worth hearing (information)

-to say something that can be heard (organization)

-to say something that will be heard (engagement)

Good judgment?

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Delivery is never the right answer.

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Designing your Visual Aid

The Goldilocks principle: Your visual aid should be neither TOO HOT,

Nor TOO COLD,But JUST RIGHT.

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Just right• Content: The visual says something words

cannot.

• Design: The visual is simple, yet effective.

• Presentation: You incorporate the visual into your speech.

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Informative Speaking

• Invention: Sound information, related to the audience.

• Organization: Clear!• Style: No technicalities.• Memory: 5 notecards.• Delivery: Practice on Wednesday.

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