![]() ![]() The meaning of “civil rights” has changed significantly over time. In this type of speech, the speaker points out the unique and distinguishing properties or boundaries of a concept in a particular context (Rinehart, 2002). If you were going to give a speech about civil rights, you would need to go beyond commonly held meanings and show the topic in a new light. So provide explicit, real-life examples and applications of the subject matter. Often the topics discussed in definitional speeches are abstract-distanced from reality. Regardless of the listeners’ level of knowledge about the subject, it is very important in these types of speeches to show the relevance of the topic to their lives. For a speech on “Elderly Abuse,” the speaker may compare this type of abuse to child or spousal abuse for contrast. Describing the essential attributes of one concept compared to another (as through use of analogies) can increase understanding as well. In a speech on “How to identify a sociopath,” the speaker may answer these questions: Where did the word ‘sociopath’ come from? What is a sociopath? How many sociopaths are there in the population? What are the symptoms? Carefully define your terminology to give shape to things the audience cannot directly sense. In these types of speeches, speakers may begin by giving the historical derivation, classification, or synonyms of terms or the background of the subject. In definitional speeches the speaker attempts to set forth the meaning of concepts, theories, philosophies, or issues that may be unfamiliar to the audience. These include definitional speeches, descriptive speeches, explanatory speeches, and demonstration speeches. This section discusses the four primary types of informative speeches. In the last section we examined how informative speakers need to be objective, credible, knowledgeable, and how they need to make the topic relevant to their audience.
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