2. The three main types of speeches
Informative
Persuasive Special
Ocassion
3. Informative Speech
The speaker is a teacher, and his or her purpose is to
educate the audience regarding a topic.
4. Types of Informative Speech
Speeches About Objects: Objects are things that are
tangible and, thus, recognized through sight, hearing,
taste, or touch.
Speeches About Events: Events are happenings or
occurrences, both past and present.
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.
5. Persuasive Speech
A persuasive speech usually challenges an audience’s
beliefs and/or tries to move those in attendance to
change existing viewpoints. It is the most difficult to
deliver.
6. Types or Persusive Speech
Questions of Fact
Will the stock market rally in 2010?
Did Lee Harvey Oswald act alone in assassinating President
John F. Kennedy?
Questions of Policy
Are smokers being unfairly singled out for higher taxation?
Questions of Value
Do people have the right to choose to die with dignity?
7. Special Occasions
It is delivered in special ocassions like: birthdays,
anniversaries, graduations, weddings, christenings,
award presentations, retirement dinners, and funerals.
