The Demonstrative Speech

This is a presentation concerns the creation of a demonstrative speech.

1. The Demonstrative Speech
Presented by Ms. Sanchez

2. What is a
Demonstrative
Speech?
•A speech that tells/shows an
audience how to do something
•It requires that you provide
instruction by using materials in
which to perform a specific task

3. General Outline
1.Introduction:
•Attention getter
•A statement of what it is your are going to do
2.Body:
•Provides a list of materials
•Explains how to do the certain thing
•Show the stages of production
3.Conclusion:
•Review the steps briefly
•Explains how learning this particular thing will
help the audience

4. The Introduction:
Choosing a topic, appealing to
audiences, and the attention
getter

5. Choosing a Topic
•Choose a topic that you and your
group are proficient at or are
comfortable presenting on.
•Also, choose a topic that can be
addressed during the allotted time.
•While you want to catch your
audience attention, you may choose a
topic that they may be fond of. You
just need to appeal to them and catch
their attention.

6. Appealing to Your
Audience
•You want your audience to take something
away from your demonstration, as well as
be interested, so you must appeal to them.
•Consider the demographics of the
audience.
•For example, you're showing a class of
middle-aged women how to change a tire.
What might you say to grab their attention
in the beginning and throughout the
speech.

7. The Attention Getter
•First impressions are important
•Grab your listener’s interest within the
first ten to 15 seconds of the
introduction.
•Don’t just state, “This is a demonstration
on how to make pizza”
•Give a scenario, provide an interesting
fact or statistic, or ask a question.

8. The Body:
Materials, visual aids, fillers,
and steps

9. Materials
•List your needed materials or skills.
•Make sure the materials and what you
do with the materials are visible. With
demonstration speeches, use speech to
enhance what it is you are
demonstrating. That is, what you do and
what you say should work together.
•Also, provide any vocabulary that the
audience may need to know.

10. Visual Aids
•Be sure that your visuals can be seen clearly.
•If you cannot reproduce the exact product in your
short film, drawings, models, and pictures may be
used. Visual representation should be accurate. For
instance, if you are teaching some one to throw a
shot put, but you do not have a shot put, you can
use a softball and paint it a dark color. Don’t use a
baseball or soccer ball.
•Label drawings, models, or pictures if necessary or
be sure to point to a specific thing.
•For creativity, you may also want to consider
dressing or acting the part.

11. Fillers
•Through out your speech there should never be a
prolonged moment of silence.
•If your speech has pause in between steps, instead
of remaining silent, tell the audience how they you
can use the final product, warn them about any
errors that are likely to occur if not careful, or any
variations of the thing you are demonstrating to
them.
•Be sure not to confuse the audience by going off
topic.
•When choosing filler, make sure they are of interest,
are informative, and appeal to audiences.

12. Steps
•Supply the audience with the steps
needed to finish the task.
•Your audience should be able to
follow along with your steps.
•Steps should be simple to follow.
•Steps should be detailed.
•There should be a reasonable amount
of steps. Take into consideration the
time limit for the speech.

13. The Conclusion:
Restate, summarize, and
suggest

14. Restate and
Summarize
•During your conclusion, restate
your steps.
•Also, summarize the purpose of
learning the particular skill you
choose to demonstrate.
•Remember that it is a
conclusion, so be brief.

15. Suggest
•To finalize, don’t end with, “and that is how
you…”
•Instead, after your conclusion, suggest how
the audience can use this particular thing to
better their lives.
•For example, if you teach an audience to
make pudding, a final statement could be,
“now that you know how to make instant
pudding, you’ll always have a easy to make
desert whenever you have guests.”