Kinds of Speech According to Purpose and Delivery

• Types of Speech According to Purpose

  • Informative Speech
  • Persuasive Speech
  • Demonstrative Speech
  • Entertainment Speech
• Informative Speech


  Aim/Purpose: provide information that helps the audience to not only think and decide about matters that affect people generally, but also to decide what to do about them
• Persuasive Speech


  Aim/Purpose: primary goal is to influence the thoughts, feelings, actions, behaviors or attitudes of the listeners
• Persuasive Speech types


  • Speech that questions a fact
  • Speech that questions value/s
  • Speech that questions policy
  • Speech to argue the falsity of an issue
• Demonstrative Speech


  Aim/Purpose: It aims not only to inform but also to demonstrate a step or a process
• Entertainment Speech


  Aim/Purpose: To share goodwill, joy and pleasure to the audience
• Entertainment Speech types


  • Friendly type of conversation
  • Casual type of conversation, yet respectful
• Types of Speech According to Delivery

  • Extemporaneous Speech
  • Impromptu Speech
  • Manuscript Speech
  • Memorized Speech
• Extemporaneous Speech


  Description: Speaking with limited preparation; guided by notes or guidelines; delivered conversationally
• Extemporaneous Speech Situations


  • class reporting
  • campaigning of candidates
• Impromptu Speech


  Description: speaking without advance preparation; unrehearsed speech; spoken conversationally
• Impromptu Speech Situations


  • any occasion or event when asked to say few words
  • job interview
• Manuscript Speech


  Description: Speaking with advanced preparation; planned and rehearsed; reading aloud a written message/script
• Manuscript Speech Situations


  • Newscasting with a Teleprompter
  • Presenting legal proceedings and verdict in court
  • Reading the rules and criteria in a contest
• Memorized Speech


  Description: speaking with advanced preparation; planned and rehearsed; reciting word-for-word from memory
• Memorized Speech Situations


  • delivering a declamation or oratorical piece
  • Actors performing a script from memory in a scene