INFORMATIVE

SPEECH
Pariñas, Maria Shemir Dela Cruz,
Jean Magritte
Ignacio, Cassandra Chavez,
Mikaeri
Mendoza, Jamil Roxas,
Gavrylle Danae
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What is an Informative Speech? ?

-An Informative Speech is one that

informs the audience. However, as should
be clear, this general definition
demonstrates that there are many ways to
inform an audience.
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Types of Informative Speech:

Definition Speech – Explains the meaning,
theory, or philosophy of a specific topic that
the audience likely does not know much
about.
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Types of Informative Speech:

Demonstrate Speech – Explains how to do
something.
Explanatory Speech – Might give a
description of the state of a given topic.
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Types of Informative Speech:

Descriptive speech – creates a vivid picture
in a person’s mind regarding an object,
person, animal, or place.
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The speech must be 2 – 3 minutes long.

You must have significant visuals to

compliment your speech

You may use note cards only during

presentations but you may not read from them
 DO’S AND DON’TS
 Do’s:
1. Consider your Audience
2. Organize the information in a way that makes
learning the information easiest.
3. Practice, practice, practice.
4. Get out from behind the podium and make eye
contact with your audience.
 DO’S AND DON’TS
 Don’ts:

1. When you draft what you want to say, don’t write it our
word for word.

2. Don’t put into a speech information that you don’t know

backward and forward.

3. Don’t keep jumping back and forth through your slides.

4. Don’t fidget nervously in front of your audience.

 TIPS IN WRITING
INFORMATIVE SPEECH
 Decide on your topic

 Narrow down your general subjects into topics

 Form your thesis

 Outline your speech

 Consider your Audience

 Write and introduction

 Write the conclusion

 ADVANTAGES
Serves the interest of the audience.

Conveys accurate information to the

audience.

Can narrow down only the important

information.

Gives your audience an image of the topic.

 DISADVANTAGE
S
 Possibility of misinterpretation, example
a four year old might not know the
purpose of law. The definition of same
words might be different for other
cultures.
 DISADVANTAGE
S
 Possibility of complexity, depending on
audience (age, characteristic, and other
factors) the possibility of different
interpretations is high.
 DISADVANTAGE
S
 Jargons, one of the mistakes of speech
writers is that they are writing the speech
the same way as they are writing essays.
 EXAMPLES OF
INFORMATIVE SPEECH
1. A College professor lecturing on a specific topic
during class.

2. Guest speaker presenting information to a group

of students about how to apply for college.

3. Company president presenting information about

last quarter’s sales to a group of board members.
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INFORMATIVE SPEECH
4. Pastor teaching a class about the meaning behind
Holy Communication in the Christian Church.

5. Doctor talking to a group about ways to avoid

heart disease.
 IMPORTANCE OF
INFORMATIVE SPEECH
 Informative Speech is used to deliver information,
knowledge and messages to us audience clearly.

 With the Informative Speech, we will be able to

understand a topic clearly and in an interesting way.

 It is required in almost all fields. You may be required

to share information to your subordinates and
managers.
THANK YOU
FOR
LISTENING!!
 QUIZ
1. What is an informative Speech?

2. It is a type of informative speech that

creates a vivid picture in a person’s mind
regarding an object, person, animal, or
place.
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3. It is a type of informative speech that
explains how to do something.

4. It is a type of informative speech that

gives a description of the state of a given
topic.
 TRUE OR
FALSE
5. In informative speech, it is must to have
visual aids to compliment the speech.

6. The speaker is allowed to use note cards

during presentation.
 ENUMERATION
7 – 8. Give at least 2 advantages of
informative speech.

9 – 10. Give at least 2 disadvantages of

informative speech.