Types of Speeches

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Types of Speeches

• Communications 1020
• Instructor Dave Gagon

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Types of Speeches

• Informative
• Persuasive
• Special occasion

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Informative Speech

• Provides
• New information
• New insights
• New ways of thinking about a topic
• Its Goal
• Increase understanding or awareness
• Can be about objects, people, events, processes,
  concepts, issues

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SAMPLE INFORMATIVE SPEECH TOPICS

• Hydrogen-powered Cars
• Staying Healthy on a Vegetarian Diet
• WikiWikiWikiWebs Taking Interactive to a New
  Level
• SuperSlow Exercise
• Top Ten Conspiracy Theories
• Advances in Breast Cancer Treatments

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Persuasive Speech

• Intended to influence
• Attitudes
• Beliefs
• Values
• Acts of others
• Speech represents two viewpoints
• Try to sway audience to your side through ethical
  means

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SAMPLE PERSUASIVE SPEECH TOPICS

• Become an Organ Donor
• Adopt a Foster Child
• Take Calcium Supplements for Health
• The NBA Draft Needs Fixing
• Procrastination Hurts
• Spay or Neuter Your Pets
• Treat the Disabled with Dignity, Respect and
  Fairness

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Special Occasion Speech

• Prepared for a specific occasion and for a
  purpose dictated by that occasion.
• Can be either informative or persuasive often a
  mix of both
• Main function is to entertain, celebrate,
  commemorate, inspire, or set a social agenda

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• CHECKLIST Identifying Speech Types

• Is your goal in speaking primarily to increase
  the audiences knowledge of a topic or to share
  your point of view? (Your speech is informative
  in nature.)
• Is it primarily to effect some degree of change
  in the way your listeners view things? (Your
  speech is persuasive in nature.)
• Is it primarily to entertain, celebrate,
  commemorate, inspire or set a social agenda?
  (Your speech is a special occasion speech.)