Week 8: Discussion Question 3

Informative speaking on a topic. Pretty self explanatory and simple, isn't it? Not to everyone. This is when the speaker speaks about a specific subject and tries to give a deeper meaning or raise awareness, or just educate and talk about a subject they feel knowledgeable about, or not. Getting down and dirty with one's topic is necessary for making the speech meaningful. One should become as much as an expert about the topic as possible, just don't over do it and have an anxiety attack over it. For many, choosing a topic can be difficult, myself included. Brainstorming helps, but in the end, you still have to choose. There are many things that can be presented as far as informative speeches go. The limit does not exist. Speeches on objects and places can be done, or people, processes, events or ideas and concepts. Often time these types of speeches will overlap and crossover, for example, Martin Luther King Jr. and the monumental event, the Civil Rights March on Washington. Knowing what one's goal is and what type of organizational pattern often do not happen until the research is underway. More thoughts formulate as more mental processes happen. Students should not fear choosing a topic and knowing their exact purpose and thesis right off the bat; time must be given during research and readings to try to come up with a meaningful, powerful idea.