For this assignment, you will educate your audience on your chosen topic. An informative speech differs from a persuasive speech in that you share information and do not take a position.
Assignment Overview
Time Limit: 6-8 minutes (10 sec grace period) 5:50- 8:10: Note -10 points for each minute over/under time
Point Value=total 200
Speech- 100 points (Research, organization, etc.)
Minimum 4 sources (2 must be an Academic Journal)
Minimum 6 oral/verbal source citations
When researching, I recommend using the following Library Databases. Links to an external site.
Academic Search CompleteLinks to an external site.
JSTORLinks to an external site.
PLOS OneLinks to an external site. (Public Library of Science)
StatistaLinks to an external site.
One SearchLinks to an external site.
Must Include Presentational / Visual Aid slide show (Minimum 5 Slides; title pages are optional and not counted as one of the 5 slides) must use one of the following:
PowerPointLinks to an external site.
Google SlidesLinks to an external site.
Prezi.comLinks to an external site.
Delivery Grade (50) use of verbal and non-verbal language
Outline Grade (50) (Preparation Outline)
Full-sentence; formal outline 4-5 pages + works cited ` Following MLA 9 Guidelines for Written CitationsLinks to an external site. and Works CitedLinks to an external site.
25% or below Turnitin similarity ( at the bottom of this page is additional information on Turnitin)
MLA 9
(Your Name)
(Instructors Name)
(Course Name)
(Date: day, month, year…example 11 April 2017)
(Title of Speech)
General Purpose: To inform.
Specific Purpose: To inform the audience about ………………….
Central Idea: (Thesis)
INTRODUCTION:
Attention Getter:
Introduction of Topic: (If needed, include a definition and a verbal/oral source citation)
Statement of Credibility/ Relevance: (Research that indicates to the audience that your topic is important)
Thesis: (Central Idea: One sentence overview of your entire body of work. This can be a declarative statement or an overview of your topic and the components of the body i.e. your main points.)
Preview: (Identify your main points)
BODY: (The breakdown below, of main points and sub points, are merely a sample and not necessarily a suggestion. The amount of main points and sub points you use will vary and be dependent on your topic. You may use roman numeral outlining like the example below, or traditional block paragraphs).
Transition Statement: (transitions introduce each main point and links them together)
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CONCLUSION:
Review: (Review main points either by identifying each main point individually or a general inclusive summary sentence)
Optional Final Thought:
Concluding Remark: (End your speech a dynamic way by either by, returning to the attention getter, rhetorical question, declarative statement, audience challenge)
Works Cited
Dean, Cornelia. “Executive on a Mission: Saving the Planet.” The New York Times, 22 May 2007, www.nytimes.com/2007/05/22/science/earth/22ander.html?_r=0. Accessed 12 May 2016.
Ebert, Roger. Review of An Inconvenient Truth, directed by Davis Guggenheim. rogerebert.com, 1 June 2006, http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/an-inconvenient-truth-2006. Accessed 15 June 2016.
Gowdy, John. “Avoiding Self-organized Extinction: Toward a Co-evolutionary Economics of Sustainability.” International Journal of Sustainable Development and World Ecology, vol. 14, no. 1, 2007, pp. 27-36.
An Inconvenient Truth. Directed by Davis Guggenheim, performances by Al Gore and Billy West, Paramount, 2006.
Leroux, Marcel. Global Warming: Myth Or Reality?: The Erring Ways of Climatology. Springer, 2005.
Milken, Michael, et al. “On Global Warming and Financial Imbalances.” New Perspectives Quarterly, vol. 23, no. 4, 2006, p. 63.
Nordhaus, William D. “After Kyoto: Alternative Mechanisms to Control Global Warming.” American Economic Review, vol. 96, no. 2, 2006, pp. 31-34.
I recommend downloading the above template to your device, deleting my instructions, keeping the shell/ frame of the outline, and typing in your speech preparation outline.
The template will provide a breakdown of what goes into the informative speech as well as what goes into your preparation outline.
The preparation outline is a working “blueprint of your speech:” during your speech, you will not be expected to say every word that is on your outline, only the ideas.
After you create your preparation outline, you will create your speaker outline- or notecards.
You will not want to write a lot on your notecards. They should be one-word or small phrase reminders of what was on your preparation outline.
Remember, you will be taking the Written Citation in your preparation outline and converting them to Verbal Source Citations. This means that your research will appear in three places.
In the preparation outline through in-text and parenthetical citations
The preparation outline works cited page
Verbal Source Citations during your speech
While the preparation outline labels the different parts of a speech, you will not verbally identify these labels during the speech itself. Meaning you WILL NOT SAY; My attention-getter is…instead, just present the attention-getter
Reminders
Notecards are permitted
May not use devices as note cards
May turn in late. A 10% (-20 points) grade deduction for each day late will be applied.
Both the Speech and Outline must be complete for the assignment to be considered turned in.
Turnitin similarity needs to be 25% or below.
Writing assistance, including one-on-one tutoring, is available through the “The Writing Center.”Links to an external site.
A 10% grade penalty will be added for each minute the speaker is outside the allotted time requirement.
Presentational Aid- minimum of 5 slides; title pages are optional and not counted as one of the 5 slides.
Speakers who read their speech will receive a non-passing grade.
Canvas will be running your outline through the Turnitin App plagiarism checker. We are not using the website turnitin.com as turnitin.com is already built into Canvas. Once you submit your outline through Canvas, you will be given a Similarity Percentage Score. Your similarity score needs to be 25% or below. You may submit your outline as many times as you would like, up until the assignment’s due date, until you are under 25%. As such, I suggest submitting the outline early so you may check your similarity score, thus allowing you to re-submit it if your score is over 25%. One tip to reduce your similarity score is to take any direct quotations you have, rewrite the quotations in your own words, then provide an in-text citation, parenthetical citation, or both. Additionally, the use of Artificial Intelligence is not permitted. Any use of AI Authorship tools, including (but not limited to ChatGPT, QuillBot, etc…) will be considered a violation of this requirement and result in both a 0 for the assignment and automatic referral to the college’s disciplinary process.
Here are my resources that I want my paper/outline information pulled from.
A Development Investigation of the Law of Attraction
https://eds-p-ebscohost-com.ezproxy.fcclib.nocccd.edu/eds/pdfviewer/pdfviewer?vid=1&sid=92f62eb0-fefc-4373-9c38-b06aa27410ef%40redis
The Journal of Science
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/334083472_The_Law_of_Attraction_Positive_Thinking_and_Level_of_Gratitude_towards_Happiness
chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://www2.uwstout.edu/content/lib/thesis/2008/2008mullinse.pdf
The Secret Behind “The Secret”
https://web-p-ebscohost-com.ezproxy.fcclib.nocccd.edu/ehost/pdfviewer/pdfviewer?vid=10&sid=ef2cc1d6-2f94-450e-b4b2-2d7eda996b21%40redis
