Demonstrative speech

It is an  another form of informative speech

The main purpose of the demonstrative speech is  to instruct.

Mostly  the topic answer the question “how to?”

The speech should include specific steps

The speech can relate to the audience with visual aid

The thesis should give the audience preview of  the skill they may learn

The body of the speech will include the steps of the instruction

The conclusion  recalls the  materials  steps  and the resulting  product

Demonstrative speech only has facts

Facts and Opinion

Fact can be proved true  or false

 An Opinion  is about one’s thoughts and beliefs.

Using  the library is a great source for fact checking

News papers are also a great source for fact checking.

Think, believe , like, love  should, always, never , might, guess are some of the vocabulary clues for an opinion statement

One can observe and  measure facts with numbers statistics, document ,photograph or witness

Opinion may  be an attitude or judgement

The Content

Demonstrative speech is way of proving a fact. It is the step by step process

Fact can be proved true  or false

 An Opinion  is about one’s thoughts and beliefs.

Using  the library is a great source for fact checking

News papers are also a great source for fact checking.

Think, believe , like, love  should, always, never , might, guess are some of the vocabulary clues for an opinion statement

One can observe and  measure facts with numbers statistics, document ,photograph or witness

Opinion may  be an attitude or judgement

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Organization, Transitions, and sign posts

A demonstrative speech is best organized in  a step by step spatial way

The steps should be between 3 to 5

To illustrate, To prepare, as you can see, After completing are some of the transition words that link the ideas in the demonstrative speech.

 First, second, Third, Starting with, Next, Lastly are some of the sign posts used to progress from one idea to another in the demonstrative speech

Giving the learner to ask questions is  one way to connect with them.

Giving proof of credibility in the introduction and have a supporting reference is a one way to make the demonstrative speech strong