Types of Informative Speeches
Audience Attention
Persuasive
Miscellaneous
100

This type of speech provides an explanation of the meaning of something 

Definition 

100

This topic includes personal impact; also includes being related to the audience's personality

Relevance 

100

The first proposition. This is a type of proposition that is designed to shoe that something is or is not true or that something will or will not occur. 

Proposition of fact (Persuasive Propositions)

100

This topic includes using ethos, logos, and pathos in order to persuade an audience 

Rhetoric

200
This type of speech provides a verbal picture of a person, place, or thing. 

Description

200

This topic includes the use of personal pronouns, rhetorical questions, and connections with the audience to help establish ___

Common Ground

200

The second proposition.This type of proposition is used to convince your audience that something is good, bad, fair, unfair, immoral, moral, etc.

Proposition of Value (Persuasive Propositions)

200

This is any visual, audio, audiovisual, or other sensory material that supports the message of a speech

Presentational Aids

300
This type of speech compares things that have similarities as well as differences.

Comparison and Contrast

300

This topic assures the audience that you are credible and reliable by using questions or statements

Speaker Credibility

300

The third proposition. This type of proposition presents a problem, harms, and a policy to fix those harms. 

Proposition of Policy (Persuasive Propositions)

300

This includes charts, maps, graphs, models, actual objects, etc. with the exception of actual objects these often are displayed using PowerPoint or other presentation programs.

Visual Aids

400

This type of speech is telling a story about a person or event

Narration

400

This topic avoids using generic language, offensive humor, profanity, and vulgarity in order to prevent debates and anger from the audience. 

Linguistic Sensitivity 

400

First route of the ELM.This type of route bases our decisions on logic and reasoning.

The Direct/Central Route (Elaboration Likelihood Model)

400

These are aids that include a visual and audio component such as clips from a video.

Audiovisual aids

500

This type of speech shows how to do something such as baking a cake or checking your blood pressure

Demonstration

500

This topic includes nervousness, negative self-talk, and pessimistic thoughts that could potentially hurt your speech presentation. 

Public Speaking Apprehension

500

Second route of the ELM. This route processes messages using the presenters competence, character and/or credibility, or our gut feeling.

The Peripheral Route (Elaboration Likelihood Model).

500

This type of speech's goal is to describe, explain, or describe a concept that the audience will easily understand by using relative facts and descriptions.

Informative Speech