Kinds of Speech According to Purpose and Delivery

Cards (16)

  • 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