Informative Speech On Great White Sharks

Topic: Great White Sharks

Specific Purpose: To inform the audience about great white sharks.

Thesis Statement: I am going to tell you about its habitat, its behavior, and some common misconceptions about them.

Introduction: “Out there is a Perfect Engine, an Eating Machine that is a miracle of evolution – it swims and eats and makes little baby sharks, that’s all.” This is a quote from a movie you’ve probably seen called Jaws. This quote explains the beauty of the great white shark.

Credibility: I have been intrigued by the great white ever since I watched Jaws. I had some previous knowledge of the shark but I became interested by the one of the largest ocean predators and so I furthered my research.

Relevance: I am here today to help you

Body:

I. To understand the great white, you must first know where it lives.

A. According to National Geographic, great whites are found in cool, coastal waters around the world (Society).

1. Some of these places include Australia, Africa, and even the United States of America.

2. The great white sharks have one of the widest geographic ranges of any marine animal.

B. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration states that great whites can be seen as shallow as 5.5 meters and as deep as 366 meters off the coast of California (Shark Habitat Studies).

1. The NOAA also states that most of these sharks can be seen at the Farallon Islands where they feed on seals and sea lions (Shark Habitat Studies).

2. The NOAA recently tracked four great white sharks for 4-6 months (Shark Habitat Studies).

a. These sharks originally were going through a near-shore phase.

b. They then moved offshore where they remained exclusively pelagic, this means they were neither close to the bottom of the ocean or near the shore (Shark Habitat Studies).

Transition: Now that you understand where the great white shark can be found, let’s talk about how it