Types of

Speech
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PURPOSE
Informative Speech
• Provide information
• The speaker acts as a teacher
and the purpose is to educate
his/her audience
• Topic can be:
- Object
- Event
- Concept
- Process etc.
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Persuasive Speech
• It usually challenges an
audience’s beliefs
• Are the most difficult to deliver, at
least successfully, since they
usually deal with controversial
topics about which people in the
audience already hold strong.
• Trying to make a change in your
audience’s frame of mind
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Types Persuasive Speech
1. Question of Facts
• Those which ask you to answer whether or not
something is.
• Are capable of proof or disproof
2. Question of Policy
• Key words in these topics is usually “should” as
in “What should we do?”
• Creating a plan of action to solve some sort of
problem
3. Question of Value
• Address the relative merit of a thing.
• Usually asked to choose between things, ideas,
beliefs, or actions and explain why you choose
in the manner that you did. 5
When preparing a persuasive
speech, speakers must accept
that at least some listeners will
disagree, perhaps adamantly,
so with their viewpoint, which is
why speakers should attempt
to anticipate objections and
counterarguments and
address them during the
course of the speech.
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Speeches for Special Occasions
- Speeches for specific events
- The speech must fit the
occasion. The speech should
reflect a similar mood.

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In the moment of delivering a speech
the speaker should possess an
understanding of the different types of
speeches and have their objective
clearly in mind, they will be capable of
deliverung a speech that the audience
will remember for a long time.

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1 According
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DELIVERY
Impromptu Speech
￮ It is the presentation of a short message without
advance preparation. Impromptu speeches
often occur when someone is asked to “say a few
words” or give a toast on a special occasion.
￮ The advantage of this kind of speaking is that it’s
spontaneous and responsive in an animated
group context.
￮ The disadvantage is that the speaker is given
little or no time to contemplate the central
theme of his or her message. As a result, the
message may be disorganized and difficult for
listeners to follow.
￮ Impromptu speeches are generally most
successful when they are brief and focus on a
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Extemporaneous Speech
￮ is the presentation of a carefully planned and
rehearsed speech, spoken in a conversational
manner using brief notes
￮ By using notes rather than a full manuscript, the
extemporaneous speaker can establish and
maintain eye contact with the audience and
assess how well they are understanding the
speech as it progresses.
￮ Speaking extemporaneously has some
advantages. It promotes the likelihood that you,
the speaker, will be perceived as knowledgeable
and credible.

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Extemporaneous Speech
￮ In addition, your audience is likely to pay better
attention to the message because it is engaging
both verbally and nonverbally.
￮ The disadvantage of extemporaneous speaking
is that it requires a great deal of preparation for
both the verbal and the nonverbal components
of the speech. Adequate preparation cannot be
achieved the day before you’re scheduled to
speak.

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Manuscript Speech
￮ is the word-for-word iteration of a written
message. In a manuscript speech, the speaker
maintains his or her attention on the printed page
except when using visual aids.
￮ The advantage to reading from a manuscript is the
exact repetition of original words. As we mentioned
at the beginning of this chapter, in some
circumstances this can be extremely important.

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Memorized Speech
￮ When it comes to speeches, memorization can
be useful when the message needs to be exact
and the speaker doesn’t want to be confined by
notes.
￮ The advantage to memorization is that it enables
the speaker to maintain eye contact with the
audience throughout the speech.

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