TYPES OF SPEECH

ACCORDING TO PURPOSE

Reporter:
Anas,anjeline
Depedro,arnold
TYPES OF SPEECH ACCORDING TO PURPOSE

There are four basic types of speeches according to purpose: to inform,to instruct,to persuade,and to
entertain.You may have one specific purpose or a combination of any of these objectives when giving your
presentation.for example,you may try to inform in an entertaining style or inform as you entertain your audience
and try to persuade them to act on the information.However, the over-riding purpose of a speech will generally fall
into one of these types:

1.Informative-this speech serves to provide interesting and useful information to your audience like your teacher
talking about earthquake or a fellow student presenting his/her research. In paper/research presentations or
academic for a,speakers aimto give significant information to the audience.

2.Demonstration-this has many similarities with informative speech but it also teaches you to do or perform
something.A cooking demonstration is a good example of this kind of speech which instructs the audience on how
to do something step by step.Have flowers or to decorate cakes and cookies? Notice that the speakers or
demonstrators deliver their respective speech while demonstration or performing the process.

3.Persuasive-A persuasive speech aims to persuade or convince people to change the way they think or do
something,or to start doing something that they are not currently doing. Most political apeeches aim at targeting
the balief system of the listeners. They can make the audience laugh,like,love,want, or desire a specific change or
make them reject or hate a policy.program,service,or even institution and other people.Talks on becoming an
organ donor or improving your health through better eating are examples are simple example.
Entertaining- The speech during a program intermission or other dinner is a typical example of an entertaining
speech.The speaker provides pleasure and enjoyment that make the audience laugh or identify with anecdotal
information.The toastmaster speech is known to have such characteristics.Have you tried speaking in your
friends birthday party? The invited speaker is usually a person full of pep.She/he can entertain the guests and
make the party atmosphere pleasant.
Identify which purpose should be dominant given the following speech types and explain why.

1. Orientation for new students of your senior high school

2.Wedding toast given by the best man in your brothers wedding

3.Cooking demonstration in your Home Economics class

4.Lecture on the cultures of disasters

5.Sales pitch in a direct selling company

6.Debate on a dress code for students in your school

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