2. Three Main Types of
Speeches.
The three main types of speeches are:
-the informative.
-the persuasive.
-the special occasion.
The use of this kind depends upon the speaker's
objective.
3. The informative speech.
Provide information.
the speaker is a teacher, and his or her purpose
is to educate the audience regarding a topic.
the topic may be an:
-object.
-event.
-a concept.
-a process.
4. Informative speech:
Speeches About Objects
Objects are things that are tangible and, thus,
recognized through sight, hearing, taste, or touch; so
speeches about objects include those about people,
places, animals, structures, etc
Examples:
-Why President John F. Kennedy was the Prince of
Camelot?
-Is Ethanol a Viable Alternative to Fossil Fuel?
5. Informative Speech
Speeches About Events
Events are happenings or
occurrences, both past and
present, so possible speech
topics include the following:
-The origins of the holiday
known as Halloween
-What led to the Salem Witch
Trials
-The Primary Causes of World
War II
6. Infor mative speech:
Speeches About
Concepts are
Concepts
ideas,
philosophies, hypotheses,
and arguments, etc, so
informative speeches might
address topics such as
these:
-Karl Marx’s concept of
socialism.
-The principles of Feng
Shui, the Ancient Chinese
Art of Placement.
7. Informative speech
Speeches About
Processes
it is:
-how something is made.
-how something is done or how something works.
Possible topics include these:
How pearls develop in oysters.
How to administer the Heimlich maneuver.
How to organize a plot for a novel.
8. Given their visual nature, most
informative speeches are more
successful if the
speaker uses visual aids such as
PowerPoint presentations, flip charts,
graphs, models, etc
9. The Persuasive Speech :
-it usually challenges an audience’s
beliefs.
-Persuasive speeches 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,
10. Types of Persuasive Speeches
There are three main types of persuasive speeches:
-questions of fact.
-questions of value.
-questions of policy.
11. Questions of fact.
Are capable of proof or disproof. Questions of fact are
those which ask you to answer whether or not
something is.
Example:
-Will the stock market rally in 2010?
-Did Lee Harvey Oswald act alone in assassinating
President John F. Kennedy?
12. Questions of Policy
Questions of Policy ask the writer to explain what
they would do. The key word in these topics is usually
"should" as in "what should we do....". The question
asks the writer to create a plan of action to solve some
sort of problem.
Example:
-Should pro-athletes have mandatory tests for
performance-enhancing drugs?
-Are smokers being unfairly singled out for higher
taxation?
13. Questions of Value
Address the relative merit (goodness or badness) of a
thing. Here you are usually asked to choose between
things, ideas, beliefs, or actions and explain why you
choose in the manner you did.
Example:
-Do people have the right to choose to die with
dignity?
-Should dogfights be legalized?
14. When preparing a persuasive speech, speakers must
accept that at least some listeners are going to
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.
15. Speeches for Special
Occasions
In this types of speech there are several important
points to keep in mind:
-The speech must fit the occasion. The speech
should reflect a similar mood.
-The speech must meet the allotted time.
Speakers should be neither too brief nor too
longwinded.
-Intended remarks must be accurate. For example,
16. In the moment of deliver 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 delivering a speech that the
audience will remember for a long time to come.
