Write down a fact you know and share your fact with the class. Tally the facts according to how they would fit into the types of informative speaking. Do the facts relate evenly to objects, individuals or groups, events, processes, and ideas? Or did your class tend to choose one or several types of information over the others? Are there any predominant trends (for example, more concrete than abstract facts), and if so, how might you and your classmates take this into account in terms of audience analysis?

Read an excerpt of a technical or specialized article and then clarify and simplify the language. Present both the original technical version and the clarified version to the class. Which version would be more easily understood and remembered and why?