1. Lect 5M 1 Test 1 reminders Study the Study Guide!-it tells you exactly what we are looking for. 4 questions (not 5) Please BRING A BLUE BOOK to the test Know your Lab Section number Last chance to contact me for special accommodations! (goodwin@iastate.edu)

2. Lect 5M 2 3 Responsibilities of the Informative Speaker 1.To say something worth hearing (sound information). 2.To say something that can be heard (clear organization). 3.To say something that will be heard (audience engagement). 

3. Lect 5M 3 A debate among professors "A professor is responsible for providing a sound, clear understanding of a discipline. Anything more is "Edutainment," not education!" "Today's young people have grown up with television and the internet. If you don't don't add excitement, they're going to fall asleep!" MY subject is extraordinarily interesting It's my job to help the audience see this. Nothing needs to be added, but the interest of my subject needs to be made obvious to all.

4. Lect 5M 4 People are "ego-centric." egocentric  egotistical

5. Lect 5M 5 Relate to the Audience throughout the speech by adapting your information to their egocentric point of view.

6. Lect 5M 6 Technical details Abstract ideas Complexities Explanations Examples Comparisons Contrasts Descriptions Direct address ("you") Visual aids translate theseintothese See Lucas pp. 383-391

7. Lect 5M 7 What visuals can do: Function #1: Convey information which would be difficult to convey in words. –map Function #2: Clarify information, by organizing it. –chart Function #3: Relate information to the audience by engaging their imagination and emotions. –human face

8. More practice! Pull out your copy of the 10 Analysis Questions...

9. Lect 5M 9 The 10 Analysis Questions 1.What is the speaker's General Purpose? What is the speaker's Specific Purpose? What is the speaker's Central Idea? 2.What, if anything, does the speaker do to achieve each of the functions of a Speech Introduction? If the speaker misses one, what could he/she have done to fulfill it? 3.What are the speaker's Main Points? What Pattern of Organization is the speaker using? 4.Give one example from the speech of each of three different kinds of Connectives (if possible). If the speaker fails to use a Connective between any of his/her Main Points, identify the gap and suggest how the speaker could have filled it. 5.Identify three Sources which the speaker refers to (if possible). If the speaker neglects to cite orally the source of any quotation, statistic, or other technical information, identify the gap, and suggest how the speaker could have filled it. 6.What functions does the speaker use his/her Visual Aid(s) to perform? 7.Identify three different ways the speaker engages the audience in the body of the speech. 8.What, if anything, does the speaker do to achieve the functions of a Speech Conclusion? If the speaker misses one, what could he/she have done to fulfill it? 9.What is the one positive comment about the speech that this speaker most needs to hear now? (Not including delivery.) 10.What is the one negative comment about the speech that this speaker most needs to hear now? (Not including delivery.) 6. What functions does the speaker use his/her Visual Aid(s) to perform? 7. Identify three different ways the speaker engages the audience in the body of the speech.

10. Lect 5M 10 9. What is the one positive comment about the speech that this speaker most needs to hear now? (Not including delivery.) 10. What is the one negative comment about the speech that this speaker most needs to hear now? (Not including delivery.) Use good judgment!

11. Lect 5M 11 The most important things are the ones that bear on the informative speaker's three responsibilities: -to say something worth hearing (information) -to say something that can be heard (organization) -to say something that will be heard (engagement) Good judgment?

12. Lect 5M 12 Delivery is never the right answer.

13. Lect 5M 13 Designing your Visual Aid The Goldilocks principle: Your visual aid should be neither TOO HOT, Nor TOO COLD, But JUST RIGHT.

14. Lect 5M 14 Just right Content: The visual says something words cannot. Design: The visual is simple, yet effective. Presentation: You incorporate the visual into your speech.

15. Lect 5M 15 Informative Speaking Invention: Sound information, related to the audience. Organization: Clear! Style: No technicalities. Memory: 5 notecards. Delivery: Practice on Wednesday.

16. Lect 5M 16 You