1. Informational speeches
1.1. Use definitions and descriptions
1.1.1. To explain the topics to the audience without trying to convince
them
1.2. Aim
1.2.1. To inform the audience
1.3. Types of speeches
1.3.1. Descriptive
1.3.1.1. To visualise a person, a place, a thing or an event
1.3.2. Demonstrative
1.3.2.1. Description of procedures for performing an action
1.3.2.2. How to do a certain physical stuff
1.3.3. Explanatory
1.3.3.1. To explain a topic in detail
1.3.4. Definition
1.3.4.1. Description of a theory/concept of a certain topic
2. Five organisational patterns on informative speeches
2.1. Chronological
2.1.1. Generally used in speeches relevant to history
2.1.2. Helps organise events chronologically as in the time-line
2.2. Cause-effect
2.2.1. Discussion of an issue that has both cause and effect
2.2.2. Discussion of the cause and effect in detail
2.3. Problem-solution
2.3.1. Similar to cause-effect pattern but is usually used when trying to
persuade the crowd
2.3.2. Persuasive speech
2.3.3. Speaker introduces a problem then outlines how the problem could
be solved
2.3.4. Includes information in detail
2.3.5. A summary of a plan of action the audience could take
2.3.6. Visual-aids work simultaneously great with this type of speech
2.3.7. Ensure to practice so that speaker is confident that all of the
elements follow a logical pattern
2.4. Spatial
2.4.1. To evoke an image of something that has multiple parts and those
parts are distinguished by geography
2.4.2. Suited for speeches about
2.4.2.1. Country
2.4.2.2. City
2.4.2.3. Building
2.4.2.4. Organisation
2.4.3. As long as it occupies a specific geographical location
2.5. Topical
2.5.1. Speech with several ideas interrelated in a way that one flows
naturally to the next
2.5.2. Logical manner of organisation
3. Anatomy of an informative speech
1.1. Use definitions and descriptions
1.1.1. To explain the topics to the audience without trying to convince
them
1.2. Aim
1.2.1. To inform the audience
1.3. Types of speeches
1.3.1. Descriptive
1.3.1.1. To visualise a person, a place, a thing or an event
1.3.2. Demonstrative
1.3.2.1. Description of procedures for performing an action
1.3.2.2. How to do a certain physical stuff
1.3.3. Explanatory
1.3.3.1. To explain a topic in detail
1.3.4. Definition
1.3.4.1. Description of a theory/concept of a certain topic
2. Five organisational patterns on informative speeches
2.1. Chronological
2.1.1. Generally used in speeches relevant to history
2.1.2. Helps organise events chronologically as in the time-line
2.2. Cause-effect
2.2.1. Discussion of an issue that has both cause and effect
2.2.2. Discussion of the cause and effect in detail
2.3. Problem-solution
2.3.1. Similar to cause-effect pattern but is usually used when trying to
persuade the crowd
2.3.2. Persuasive speech
2.3.3. Speaker introduces a problem then outlines how the problem could
be solved
2.3.4. Includes information in detail
2.3.5. A summary of a plan of action the audience could take
2.3.6. Visual-aids work simultaneously great with this type of speech
2.3.7. Ensure to practice so that speaker is confident that all of the
elements follow a logical pattern
2.4. Spatial
2.4.1. To evoke an image of something that has multiple parts and those
parts are distinguished by geography
2.4.2. Suited for speeches about
2.4.2.1. Country
2.4.2.2. City
2.4.2.3. Building
2.4.2.4. Organisation
2.4.3. As long as it occupies a specific geographical location
2.5. Topical
2.5.1. Speech with several ideas interrelated in a way that one flows
naturally to the next
2.5.2. Logical manner of organisation
3. Anatomy of an informative speech
