CHPT 14 COMM 120

Chronological Pattern

A pattern of organization in which you illustrate how a topic has developed over time or what sequential steps an audience must take to complete a task

Topical Organizational Pattern

A pattern of organization that allows a speaker to address different aspects of topic

Spatial Pattern

A pattern of organization that allows you to address topics logically in terms of location or direction

Causal Patterns

A pattern of organization that allows you to highlight cause-and-effect relationship

Charlotte has decided to give an informative speech explaining how to make peanut brittle. Which organization pattern would be best for her to use?

CHRONOLOGICAL

Informative Speech Environments

Environments in which a speaker has expertise or knowledge that an audience needs but does not already have

One way to minimize bias in your informative speeches is to only use examples, statistics, testimony, and other materials that support your personal position. T/F

FALSE

Speeches about concepts are about anything that is tangible—that is, can be perceived by the senses. T/F

FALSE

A(n) ________________ communicates knowledge and understanding about a process, an event, a place or person, an object, or a concept.

INFORMATIVE SPEECH

Speeches about Processes

Informative speech that describes how something is done, how something comes to be what it is, or how something works

Speeches about Concepts

Informative speeches about abstractions, things you cannot perceive with your senses - Such as ideas, Theories, Principles, Worldviews, or Beliefs

Speeches about Objects

Informative speeches about anything that is tangible- That is, can be perceived by the senses.

Speeches about Events

Informative speeches that describe or explain significant, interesting, or unusual occurrences.

A speech that explains how a solar panel converts the sun's heat into our energy is a speech about a(n) ____________.

PROCESS

Listeners find material to be ___________________ if it is useful, or if it is something they must know to do their jobs, live in a community, or make informed decisions.

RELEVANT

Owen is planning to give an informative speech about the nation's most popular national parks. He has decided to organize his speech by talking about popular parks in the eastern U.S. first, and then moving westward before ending with information about Yosemite National Park in California. What pattern of organization has Owen chosen to use?

SPATIAL

Informative speeches about abstractions, or things you cannot perceive with your senses - such as ideas, theories, principles, worldviews, or beliefs are called ____________.

SPEECHES ABOUT CONCEPTS

Informative Speech

Speech that communicates knowledge and understanding about a process, an event, a place or person, an object, or a concept

Speeches about Places and People

Speeches that describe significant, interesting, or unusual places or people.

What type of organizational pattern allows you to highlight the aspects of a topic that are most useful and important for an audience to understand?

TOPICAL

It is possible to present too little information in a speech, causing the audience to be confused. T/F

TRUE

Staying audience centered throughout the speech process means that, as you develop and present your speech, you continually reflect on the needs and interests of your audience. T/F

TRUE

Which of the following is not part of ethical informative speaking?

a. Carefully researching the details of the speech topic b. Presenting unbiased information to your audience c. Presenting information honestly d. Sharing only the components of the story that support your opinions ANSWER IS D!!!!

Speeches about events

describe or explain significant, interesting, or unusual occurrences.

Because informative speeches focus on ________________________________, we should use language that is descriptive and instructive.

describing, defining, and explaining

One way to bring your topic to life is to

share the human side of your topic