Alternate COMM 2025 Informative Speech Assignment - TILTed
Overview
This resource is an informative speech assignment that has been TILTed.
Informative Speech
Purpose: This assignment will help you develop essential public speaking skills that will prepare you for professional and social oral communication situations. This will be accomplished by developing delivery, writing, and organization skills through a public speaking presentation.
Skills: The Informative Speech will help you practice the following skills that are essential to your success in school and your professional and social life outside of school. In this assignment you will:
- Determine appropriate topic for the context and audience.
- Gather and assess supporting information from appropriate sources.
- Synthesize information to develop an organized outline.
- Compose a well-organized preparation and delivery outline, using an appropriate organizational pattern.
- Create an introduction and conclusion that shows awareness of audience and purpose.
- Use correct formatting to cite sources orally and create a reference page (Works Cited page)
- Create effective visual/presentation aids.
- Deliver a well-organized, clear and concise speech to the audience.
Knowledge: The Informative Speech will prepare you to apply the following important content knowledge in the discipline of Communication:
- Recognizing the importance of considering the audience when communicating in work and social situations.
- Utilizing the components of an introduction and conclusion to effectively engage your audience.
- Public speaking organization and delivery skills for creating maximum impact in work and social situations.
- Using visual/presentation aids effectively to enhance communication and audience understanding.
- Understanding that effective communication requires providing support for ideas.
- Realizing the importance of acknowledging sources for the purpose of establishing credibility.
Task: To complete this assignment, you should:
- Select a topic for the speech using one of the following types of informative speeches: speeches about objects, speeches about events, or speeches about concepts.
- Find a minimum of 1 source for your speech topic. Cite your source in MLA format on your works cited page, and cite your source during your speech using an acceptable in-text oral citation.
- Turn in your speech topic with 1 source cited in MLA format at start of class on Thursday, February 6.
- Develop a 3 to 5 minute speech about your speech topic.
- Organize your presentation using the preparation outline format. All points on your outline will be full sentences. The preparation outline will include your works cited page. An example preparation outline is on pages 254-256 in your textbook.
- Create visual/presentation aids that will help the audience better understand your topic. Choose from the aids described in your textbook on pages 283-290 and follow the provided guidelines. Do not use the whiteboard, chalkboard, or handouts as your visual aid.
- Rehearse one time using your preparation outline to time your speech; if your speech does not meet the time requirements, adjust accordingly and rehearse again.
- Develop a delivery outline for presenting your speech. The delivery outline will include words or phrases, not sentences; will follow the outline symbolization and format; and will be one 8.5x11” sheet of paper front only or three 4x6” notecards front only in length. An example delivery outline is on pages 258-259 in your textbook.
- Rehearse your speech multiple times using your delivery outline and your visual/presentation aids. Focus on your verbal and nonverbal delivery as you rehearse. Continue to time your speech each rehearsal to ensure that you are within the 3 to 5 minute time requirements.
- Submit a digital copy of your preparation outline and delivery outline to the assignment dropbox prior to speech day. Through the dropbox, TurnItIn will evaluate your submission for plagiarism.
- Bring a printed copy of your delivery outline to use as you present on speech day.
- If you are late on speech days, please wait outside the classroom door until the speaker finishes before you come in. Interrupting another student's speech by coming in late will result in a 5 point penalty on your speech. Please see instructor at the end of class to explain why you were late.
- Deliver your speech to the class audience on your assigned day and time.
Criteria for Success: Please see the Speech Evaluation Form. The preparation outline with your works cited page and your delivery outline are due when you give your speech.