Motivated Sequence,
applied to Informative Speeches |
The Motivated Sequence for the Speech to
Inform consists of three steps:
an Attention Step, a Need step, and a Satisfaction Step. |
| Attention Step |
| The function of the Attention Step should be
to gain the favorable attention of the audience and to focus that attention on your topic.
In designing your Attention Step, please consult the section on "Beginning Your
Speech" in our text. |
| Need Step |
| The function of the Need Step is to establish
the importance and relevance of your topic to the audience. Theoretically, if your speech
is important and relevant to us it will help us to improve our lives, to satisfy one or
more "needs." Need Step for your Speech to Inform should have four parts |
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Statement of Need. There should be a clear
"statement of need" which explains why we need to know the information you will
share with us. What "needs" will it help us satisfy? Perhaps the information you
will share with us will save us money; perhaps it will help us improve our grades; perhaps
it will help us more favorably impress others; perhaps it will help us better understand
ourselves, our campus, our state, our world |
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Illustration. Use one or more forms of support
which will make the "need" more vivid in our minds. You might use an
illustration, one or more examples, an analogy, or a comparison. |
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Reinforcement. Use statistics, testimony, or other
forms of support to "prove" that the need or problem is important. |
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Pointing. Convince your audience members that your
speech is not only about an important topic, but that the topic is relevant to them. |
| Satisfaction Step |
| The
Satisfaction Step for the Speech to Inform should present and explain the information you
promised in your attention and need steps. Your Satisfaction Step should begin with an
Initial Summary, an overview listing the 3-5 main ideas you will cover. After the Initial
Summary, you will restate and explain (using appropriate supporting materials) the first
main point, then the second, etc. You should end your Satisfaction Step--and your
speech--with a Final Summary. |
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Technical Plot |
| When you outline your speech, use two columns:
a wide column on the right side of the page will accommodate your speech outline; a
narrower column on the left side should be used to label the parts of your speech--the
type of introduction you use in your Attention Step, each substep of your Need Step, the
Initial Summary, the statement of each main idea, and--very important--the forms of
support used in explaining and proving each main idea |
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Outline format, Motivated Sequence adapted for speeches to inform |
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