COMM 131 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Graphene, Cyberterrorism, Sleep Deprivation

• School: Towson University
• Department: Communication Studies
• Course: COMM 131
• Professor: Lightfoot

Document Summary

Public speaking to inform occurs in a wide range of everyday situations (business manager, architect, union leader, church works, etc. ) Competence in this form of communication will prove valuable to you throughout your life. Informamtive speech- a speech designed to convey knowledge and outstanding. You act as a lecturer or a teacher. You may describe an object, show how something works, report on an event, explain a concept. Your aim to convey knowledge and understanding- not to advocate a cause. Speeches about objects: object- anything that is visible, tangible, and stable in form, objects may have moving parts or be alive; they may include places, structures, animals, even people, examples. Legos, service dogs, graphene, susan b. anthony, matterhorn, dreamcatches. Speeches about processes: process- a systematic series of actions that leads to a specific result or product, speeches about processes explain how something is made, how something is done, or how something works, examples.