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Types of Speeches: Informative, Persuasive & Special Occasion
1.
2. The Informative
The Persuasive
The Special occasion.
For example, if a speaker hopes to convince
the audience at a political-party banquet to
support a new campaign strategy, the
objective is to persuade the audience to act
in support of the strategy.
3. an informative speech “informs” those in
attendance by providing them with
information.
the speaker is a teacher, and his or her
purpose is to educate the audience
regarding a topic. ; and that topic may be
an object, an event, a concept, or a
process.
4. Objects are things that are tangible,so
speeches about objects include those
about people, places, animals, structures.
for example:
What to look for when purchasing a new
computer system
5. Events are happenings or occurrences,
both past and present.
possible speech topics include the
following:
The Primary Causes of World War II
The origins of the holiday known as
Halloween
6. Speeches About Concepts:
Concepts are ideas, philosophies,
hypotheses, and arguments.
Speeches About Processes:
A process is how something is made, how
something is done, or how something works
7. Persuasive speech usually challenges an
audience’s beliefs and/or tries to move
those in attendance to change existing
viewpoints or at least recognize the
validity of opposing viewpoints.
8. Examples of Questions of Fact:
Will the stock market rally in 2010?
Examples of Questions of Policy:
Should pro-athletes have mandatory tests for
performance-enhancing drugs?
Examples of Questions of Value:
Do people have the right to choose to die with dignity?
9. There are myriad special occasions in
life, for example, birthdays, anniversaries,
graduations, weddings; whatever the
occasions, chances are that someone
will be asked to deliver a speech.
10. The speech must fit the occasion. If the
occasion is formal.
The speech must meet the allotted time.
Speakers should be neither too brief nor too
longwinded.
Intended remarks must be accurate.
the different types of speeches and have their
objective clearly in mind, they will be capable of
delivering a speech that the audience will
remember for a long time to come.