Obbosbek Odiljonov

questions

1. Informative speech. Specifics. Name and explain 2 examples.

2. Persuasive speech, its specifics. Name and explain 2 examples.

7. Name 5 ways of speech opening. Explain.

12. Answering questions – main principles. Possible mistakes. Name at least 3 examples.

20. Speech closings. The significance of good closing. Mistakes. Name 3 examples of mistakes.

answers

1 The main goal of an informative speech is to provide information about something to the public for
example conferences or reports

2 A persuasive speech is a type of speech in which the speaker has an aim of convincing the audience to
accept his point of view. For example pich presentation or pre-election speech

1 quote method

Opening with a relevant quote can help set the tone for the rest of your speech. For example

"Your life is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life." - Steve Jobs

2 “what if” scenario

Immediately drawing your audience into your speech works wonders. Asking a “what if” question invites
the audience to follow your process.

“What if we were all mute? How different would our lives be? What would happen if we could not
explain our minds?”

3 “imagine” scenario

A similar method, but more relevant for examples. It puts the audience directly into the presentation by
allowing each member to visualize the scenario.

“Imagine jumping out of a skydiving plane and discovering your parachute doesn’t work. What
memories would flash before you? Now imagine the parachute opened. How differently would you act
when you landed?”

4 Question method

Ask a question. When someone is posed with a question, whether an answer is called for or not, that
person answers.

“Who wouldn’t want to live on an exotic island?”

5 silence method
A pause, whether two seconds or 10 seconds, allows your audience to sit and quiet down. Most
audiences expect a speaker to begin immediately. An extra pause brings all the attention right on you.

12

1 answer

If you have a good answer for the question from the audience, go ahead and answer it in a short and
clear message.

2 reflect

Ask a question back the audience member, such as “Can you clarify what you mean by that”. You can
also attack the question if it is not related to the issue, factually inaccurate, personal or based on false
assumptions. Be careful with this method.

3 deflect

Ask the question back to the audience or pass it to another panel member if possible. If suitable,
another technique is to imply the question has been asked already, with you stating you don’t want to
cover old ground.

4 defer

Tell the audience member you will talk to them after the event. This gives you more time to think of a
good answer and there is less pressure to give a perfect answer.

5 scope

This involves answering the question but changing the subject. You can also give a partial answer or give
a negative answer, saying that something else will happen instead.

20

1 by saying a short joke or anecdote

2 quote

3 a short relevant story