Examples of Informative Speech:

• College professor lecturing on a specific topic during a class.
• Guest speaker presenting information to a group of students about how to apply for college.
• Company president presenting information about last quarter’s sales to a group of board members.

Tips for informative speaking:

1. Analyze the audience. What can the audience be reasonably expected to know?
2. Use appropriate language. What are the norms for speaking style for the audience?
3. Explain the importance of the topic.
4. Express interest in the subject material.
5. Show, don’t tell.
6. Be specific.

Voice, on the other hand, refers to the overall personality of a work. An author’s voice may be sarcastic, informative, friendly, or something else entirely….Can an author’s tone be informative?

opening statement giving opinion series of paragraphs – argument then counter argument (2nd guessing) summary and conclusion – restating the opinion 2nd guessing to structure points present tense first person phrases to give own opinion connectives 1.

Note: You can practice these strategies for writing about any informational text students read.

• Turn a Writing Prompt into a Topic Sentence.
• Identify and Order Key Ideas.
• Connect Ideas with Transitions.
• Write Successful Conclusions.
• Improve Writing with Revision.
• Add Text Features and Graphics.

The aim of your informative essay is not in giving your opinion, but to inform and educate your audience on a topic given. Inform readers about some problem they are not aware. Explain its importance. Present the latest research on a topic.

5 Tips to Making Your Writing More Exciting

1. Choose active voice and vivid verbs. Passive voice, or leaving the subject out of the sentence, makes it look like you are trying to avoid responsibility.
2. Choose precise words.
3. Choose concise phrasing.
4. Choose simple words.
5. Choose appropriate words.

Informative language is often seen in analytical reports, descriptions, arguments, and everyday speech. Most informative uses of language are declarative statements. For example, a person uses informative language when they are making a statement that provides information or that adds emphasis onto known information.

An informative speech is one that intends to educate the audience on a particular topic. The topics covered in an informative speech should help the audience to understand a subject better and to remember what they learned later.

An informational presentation is common request in business and industry. It’s the verbal and visual equivalent of a written report. Informative presentations serve to present specific information for specific audiences for specific goals or functions.