Increase audience knowledge about an artifact, practice, tradition, or festival of a particular culture or sub-culture.
Research, reflect on, and write about a topic that holds cultural or subcultural significance or relevance to your audience.
Use narrative elements to inform us about your topic.
Draft, then finalize your informative speech into a formal outline.
Demonstrate your authentic speaking voice through your writing.
Write a speech for the listening ear, not an essay for the reading eyes.
*The unethical use of artificial intelligence is not permitted.
Instructions:
Once you have reviewed the lessons in this module, including the assignment criteria and checklist, it’s time to write and submit your formal outline. Formal outlines are typed and formatted according to the writing guide provided by the professor.
Follow the guidelines presented on this handout.
This is a 4-6 minute speech. The average speech rate is 100-150 words per minute. Multiply this number by the time you are asked to speak. This number will be your approximate word count when writing. Rehearse out loud and edit as needed to meet the time-limit.
Upload your formal outline as a Word document or a PDF.
This assignment must be submitted together with your recorded speech presentation video to receive credit.
