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Informational Speech Requirements
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Grade
Weight: 20% of Final Course Grade
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COMG110.C0 -
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COMG110.C1 -
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| Topic Due
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October
10 |
October
7 |
| Speech
Dates: |
October
24 & 31 |
October
21 & 28 |
Students will present a speech of
8 to 10 minutes which informs the audience about some object,
concept, or event. (See Chapter 14 in the text.)
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This
speech should be more “academic” than your first speech and should
require some research. |
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No
Demonstrations for this speech!
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Students
will present this speech extemporaneously from a brief speaking
outline either on no more than 3 pages (one side only) one side of one page or
10 note cards. (up to 5”x8”, one side only)
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Students
are also required to use at least two visual aids including (but not
limited to):
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Overhead
projections |
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Slides |
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Video
clips (no longer than 1 minute) |
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Poster
boards, handouts |
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PowerPoint
presentation including at least two visual elements (pictures, graphics,
charts, etc. |
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Any
object (prop) that will help to present their topic (be creative!)
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Topic Paper
Students will submit a TYPED
Topic Paper, which should include
| A working title for your speech.
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| A brief summary of the
Topic of their speech (one or two sentences).
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| See above for due date.
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What you need to hand in on the day of your speech:
- Topic Paper, with
instructor comments (which you handed in before)
- Complete Preparation Outline,
TYPED and in the proper format. (See Handout or
pp. 238-243 in Text) This should include:
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A
Title for your speech (be creative)
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Specific
Purpose statement
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Central
Idea
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Detailed
Outline (in standard outline format)
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Bibliography
(MLA
format) including at least 3 sources.
- Speaking Outline or Note
Cards that you used during the speech. (See Handout or pp. 246-249 in
text)
- Audio-Visual Aids that you
used during your speech. (Handouts, Overhead Transparencies, PowerPoint
(copy on 3 ½” disk, 100 MB Zip disk or CD-R)
Other Information:
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Be
prepared on the day of your speech, as there will be no time to reschedule
speeches.
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If
you need any AV equipment, please let me know so that I can reserve it for
the day of your speech.
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INFORMATIVE
SPEECH TOPICS
As
your textbook explains, there are limitless possibilities for speech topics..
The topics listed below are meant to provide an additional spur to your
creativity as you think about a subject for your speech. You do not have
to use one of these topics, these are only suggestions!
advertising
aerobics
African literature
Amelia Earhardt
animal behavior
antique furniture
artificial intelligence
asteroids
asthma
Aztecs
bagpipes
ballet
batik
bats.
bicycles
birth order
braiding
Buddhism
cartography
Chinese New Year
chiropractic
civil rights movement
Cleopatra
cooking
Costa Rica
Cryogenics
dams
Dead Sea scrolls
diamonds
diets
dream catchers
druids
earthquakes
e-commerce
Ellis island
engineering
extraterrestrial intelligence
fencing
fertility drugs
fire prevention
flamenco dancing
fly fishing
Geronimo
ginsing
glass
graffiti
guitars
gymnastics
headaches
homeopathy
horse
racing
human genome project
hurricanes
interior design
Internet
inventions
Ireland
Japanese tea ceremony
jazz
job interviews
Judaism
kayaking
Koran
Kwanzaa
landscape architecture
laughter
lizards
Malcolm X
martial arts
military service
motorcycles
mushrooms
mythology
music therapy
national parks
New Zealand
nursing
nutrition
opera
Olympic Games
oriental rugs
parenting
peppers
pets
photography
physical therapy
Picasso
plastic
surgery pyramids
Quakers
quicksand
robots
rock climbing
rodeos
ROTC
Russian culture
sharks
sleep deprivation
Spain
spiders
stock market
stress
study abroad
sushi
table tennis
tattoos
television news
Thailand
tobacco
Trail of Tears
urban planning
vegetarianism
Venice
volcanoes
water
women's health
xerography
Yosemite
youth sports
zoos
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Netscape
Communicator 4.7x or 
Internet
Explorer 5.x