A. Watch the video about the organization of informative speeches and answer the questions that follow:

 "Informative Speech Organization" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8EJrK2U4N30 

1. What strategies does the video suggest for getting the audience's attention at the start of a speech? 

2. What should follow the topic statement? 

3. What is the main part of the speech, after the introduction, called?  

4. What are the organizational patterns for informative presentations (and essays)?  

5. How many main points should your speech include?   

6. What 3 things should your conclusion include? 

 

B. Choose one of these two videos to watch about informative presentations, and then answer the questions below: 

"Informative Presentation Example" (2013) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mq2KQcMLzqY "Informative Speech Example" (2019) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=StPSgqwCnVk 

1. What is the topic of the presentation? 

2. What strategy does the speaker use to get the audience's attention?

 3. Which organizational pattern does the speaker use? 

4. List at least 3 signaling phrases or words the speaker uses to introduce subpoints and examples to support each main point. 

5. What 3 things should you do in your conclusion?