... SpeechGiving a SpeechYou may want to rememberTAPas you begin to prepare a speech.MSPEAKING Speaking Speaking12People speak to communicate to a variety ofaudiences for many different reasons.For ... speeches:Informing An informative speech explains a topic to your audience. For example, you may be speaking so that your listeners can learn about snakes or about our sixteenth president, AbrahamLincoln. ... know about your topic.Audience: The audience is the person or group of people to whom you will be speaking. Whenyou prepare and deliver your speech you need to keep your audience in mind. It is...