Search Our Essay Database

Essay Instructions: Informative Speech Guidelines

Topic and content: Choose a narrow topic you already know about or want to investigate. Your audience doesn't need to know everything about your topic!!! Narrow, narrow, narrow. You only have 6 minutes! Look at your inventory of possible topics. What interests you? What do you already know about? Pick your topic right away and begin working on it.

Cite sources during the speech/establish credibility: You must cite each author/source at least once during the speech and then mention it again if necessary. Do not cite a source in the introduction as if the whole speech is "Brought to you by..."! And do not wait and give your list of sources after the speech or in the conclusion. Talk about your subject, and then cite the source when you mention something specific you have borrowed from the source. Establish your credibility by giving the credentials of your sources and information. When you cite your source, mention the author, which is the first thing you usually write on the Works Cited list. If there is no author, mention the title of the work. You'll want to also name the publication and give the date to establish credibility. Refer to the sample outlines. You may read the quote or bit of information to the audience; they don't expect you to memorize quotes/paraphrases or names of sources and their credentials.

Cite sources during the speech/establish credibility: You must cite each author/source at least once during the speech and then mention it again if necessary. Do not cite a source in the introduction as if the whole speech is "Brought to you by..."! And do not wait and give your list of sources after the speech or in the conclusion. Talk about your subject, and then cite the source when you mention something specific you have borrowed from the source. Establish your credibility by giving the credentials of your sources and information. When you cite your source, mention the author, which is the first thing you usually write on the Works Cited list. If there is no author, mention the title of the work. You'll want to also name the publication and give the date to establish credibility. Refer to the sample outlines. You may read the quote or bit of information to the audience; they don't expect you to memorize quotes/paraphrases or names of sources and their credentials.


Research: You may use books, magazines, newspapers, websites, interviews, and pamphlets. Do not use Wikipedia. Do not just use Google or another search engine.


Organize ideas: This is a very important part of planning the speech. Limit your ideas. You'll need all three distinct parts in this speech. Subdivide your topic into logical categories in the body.

Essay Instructions: Informative Speech:

1st page: Outline (Specifications will be sent by fax in the next fifteen minutes.) If you do not receive the information by fax within the next fifteen minutes, please contact me as soon as possible. I will be faxing an example layout.
Outline using Roman numerals,
Example:
I.
A.
1.

2nd page: Information on (Three or Four) "stress reducing techniques." covering information on the outline above. Introduction, body, conclusion.

3rd page: Optional. (Depending on the the length needed the cover the outline of the first page.)
There are faxes for this order.

Essay Instructions: Informative Speech Outline Requirements:

• Length: 2 - 3 pages of content (reference page and attached sources)

• Format: APA (In-text citations & References)

• Sources: This speech requires 2 professional or academic sources. First page of each source must be attached to the back of the outline.

Essay Instructions: Write a ten-minute informative speech on a topic of your choice. Use the PIP plan. Keep in mind that you want to instill in the audience a desire to learn by helping them to understand, remember, and apply your information.