TYPES OF SPEECHES

THE ART OF PUBLIC SPEAKING

“A good delivery means that you are

capable and able to present your message
in a clear, coherent, and interesting way.”

- Stephen Lucas (2011)

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PURPOSE
1. Informative Speech
provides the audience with a clear
understanding of a concept or idea.
Types: speech about objects or people, speech
about processes, speech about events, and
speech about concepts
Example: lectures of your teachers
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2. Entertainment speech
amuses the audience
aims to share goodwill, joy, and pleasure
to the audience
Examples: humorous speeches of
comedians and performers
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3. Persuasive speech
seeks to provide the audience with favorable or
acceptable ideas that can influence their own ideas and
decisions.
Qualities: well-defined goal, clear main point, sufficient
supporting details, logical reasoning, effective and
powerful ways to gain the attention of your audience,
compelling ideas, salient motives
Examples: campaign speeches of the running candidates
for government posts
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1. Extemporaneous
Description
Speaking with limited preparation
Guided by notes or outline
Delivered conversationally
Most popular type
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1. Extemporaneous
Speaking Situations
When you are a candidate for a post in a student
government and you deliver your campaign speech
before a voting public
When you are assigned to report a topic in class
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1. Extemporaneous
Advantages
Helps you look confident
Engages the audience
Disadvantages
May not have adequate time to plan, organize, and
rehearse
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1. Extemporaneous
Steps in Studying your Extemporaneous Topic
a. Identify the type of extemporaneous question that you
have to answer.
Is it a question of fact?
Is it a question of value?
Is it a question of policy?
b. Determine the purpose appropriate to your topic.
c. Stick to your topic and look at all of the sides and angles
of the problem.
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1. Extemporaneous
Tips
Create an outline
Organize your points logically (most important to least
important or vice versa)
Use facts and real-life experiences as your examples
Manage your time well
Rehearse, rehearse, rehearse
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2. Impromptu
Description
Speaking without advanced preparation
Unrehearsed speech
Spoken conversationally
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2. Impromptu
Speaking Situations
In an event where you are asked to say a few words
First day at work or in class, or during an interview
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2. Impromptu
Advantages
Spontaneous or natural speaking
More focused and brief
Disadvantages
Tendency to be disorganized
Lacks connection with the audience
Nerve-racking for inexperienced speakers and beginners
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2. Impromptu
Tips
Once you are requested to say something, pause for
a moment to plan in your head what to say.
State your main point briefly and deliver it at a pace
your audience can follow.
End by saying thank you.
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2. Impromptu
Strategies
Past, Present, Future
Point-Reason-Example/Explanation-Point
Opening, Rule of Three, Clincher
Answer, Reason, Example, Message (AREM)
Position, Reason, Example, Position (PREP)
Bridging
Reframing
Playing Devil’s Advocate
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3. Manuscript
Description
Speaking with advanced preparation
Planned and rehearsed speech
Reading aloud a written message
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3. Manuscript
Speaking Situations
News casting with a TelePrompter or an autocue
device
Presenting the legal proceedings and verdict in
court
Reading the rules and criteria in a contest
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3. Manuscript
Advantages
Exact repetition of the written words
Guided speech
Disadvantages
Boring and uninteresting presentation
Lacks audience rapport or connection
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3. Manuscript
Tips
Rehearse the speech over and over again until you
sound natural.
Observe accomplished news anchors and note how
conversational they sound when they deliver the
news.
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3. Manuscript
Advantageous to the following:
Public Figures
Media Personalities
Spokesperson for government and private
organizations
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3. Manuscript
Possible topics
Lying is always wrong.
Truth is never debatable.
Online games can be good for you.
Gay marriage is acceptable.
Being a good person is learned.
Religion has no place in government.
Women should stay in the home to look after their families
properly.
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4. Memorized
Description
Speaking with advanced preparation
Planned and rehearsed speech
Reciting a written message word-for-word from
memory
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4. Memorized
Speaking Situations
When you perform in a stage play
When you deliver a declamation, oratorical, or
literary piece
When an actor or actress in a scene performs a
script from memory
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4. Memorized
Advantages
Exact repetition of the written words from memory
Free to move around the stage
Disadvantages
Speakers might end up speaking in a monotone pattern.
Alternatively, he/she might take a fast pace.
When the speaker cannot control his/her stage fright, he/she
might have difficulty remembering his/her memorized speech.
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4. Memorized
Tips
Understand the main ideas by heart.
Rehearse the speech over and over again until you
sound natural and feel confident.
Observe how actors/actresses perform their script
in a theater, television, or movie scenes.
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4. Memorized
Possible Topics
A New Beginning: A Retirement Speech
Welcoming the Freshmen
A Birthday Wish
A Toast for Forever: A Best Man’s Speech
Goodbye Grandpa: A Eulogy