In an informative speech to a group of high school juniors, tori talked about how college changed her life, about the change in her confidence level from her first year to her senior year. although college seemed a long way off for her audience, they listened intently. tori made her speech interesting by

Tori was able to keep the audience interested by first making herself personal. By opening herself up to be known more intimately by the audience it made it easier for them to relate to her and her experiences. Second, she spoke about things that they are currently experiencing letting them know that she had once stood in their shoes and her experience went on through college, and also what she learned beyond just book learning.