TYPES OF SPEECH ACCORDING TO PURPOSE

1. An informative speech provides the audience with a clear understanding of a concept or idea. The lectures of
your teachers are the best examples of this type.
2. An entertainment speech amuses the audience. The humorous speeches of comedians and performers are
the best examples of this type.
3. A persuasive speech seeks to provide the audience with favorable or acceptable ideas that can influence their
own ideas and decisions. The campaign speeches of the running candidates for government posts are the
best examples of this type.

Types of Speech According to Delivery

1. Extemporaneous
Description
• Speaking with limited preparation • Delivered conversationally
• Guided by notes or outline • Most popular type
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 present a topic/output in class
Advantages
• Helps you look confident • Engages the audience
Disadvantages
• May not have adequate time to plan, organize, and rehearse
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

2. Impromptu
Description
• Speaking without advanced preparation
• Unrehearsed speech
• Spoken conversationally
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
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
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.
3. Manuscript
Description
• Speaking with advanced preparation
• Planned and rehearsed speech
• Reading aloud a written message
Speaking Situations
• Newscasting with a TelePrompter or an autocue device
• Presenting the legal proceedings and verdict in court
• Reading the rules and criteria in a contest
Advantages
• Exact repetition of the written words
• Guided speech
Disadvantages
• Boring and uninteresting presentation
• Lacks audience rapport or connection

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.

4. Memorized
Description
• Speaking with advanced preparation
• Planned and rehearsed speech
• Reciting a written message word-for-word from memory
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
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.