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Learn about informative speeches for sharing knowledge, persuasive speeches for influencing beliefs, and special occasion speeches for entertaining and inspiring. Discover sample topics and key aspects of each speech type.
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Types of Speeches Communications 1020 Instructor: Dave Gagon
Types of Speeches • Informative • Persuasive • Special occasion
Informative Speech • Provides: • New information • New insights • New ways of thinking about a topic • It’s Goal: • Increase understanding or awareness • Can be about objects, people, events, processes, concepts, issues
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
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
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
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
CHECKLIST: Identifying Speech Types • Is your goal in speaking primarily to increase the audience’s 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.)