TYPES OF SPEECHES

By: John Ruzel Balbalosa

 Table of contents

01 02
Purpose Delivery

03 04
Occasion Public Speaking
 01
Speech According to Purpose
 INFORMATIVE
• Provides interesting and useful information to
audience

• EXAMPLES:
• Class discussions
• Guest speaker presenting information to a
group of audience.
• Company president presenting information
about sales
• Pastor teaching a class about Holy Communion
 DEMONSTRATIVE
• The speaker's primary purpose is to teach the
audience how to complete a task (or process), and
this is largely accomplished by demonstrating the
task (or process) through a series of steps.

• EXAMPLES:
• How to cook something.
• How to fix broken things
• DIY project tutorials.
• How to write a text
 PERSUASIVE
• Works to convince people to change the way they
think.
• The speaker has a goal of convincing the audience
to accept his or her point of view.

• EXAMPLES:
• Salesman trying to sell a product.
• Become an organ donor.
• Join charity works
• You trying to convince your parents to increase
your allowance.
 ENTERTAINING
• Designed to captivate an audience's attention and r
amuse them while delivering a message.
• The speaker provides pleasure and enjoyment that
makes the audience laugh and feel good.

• EXAMPLES:
• The Worst Joke I Ever Heard
• The First Time I Got Caught
• Pick up Lines That Will Never Work
 02
Speech According to Delivery
 IMPROMPTU SPEAKING
• Presentation of a short message without advance
preparation.
• Often occurs when someone is asked to “say a few
words” about a topic
• ADVANTAGE- spontaneous and responsive
• DISADVANTAGE- speaker is given little or no time
to prepare for her/his message
• Messages may be disorganized and difficult to
follow
 EXTEMPORANEOUS SPEAKING
• Presentation of a carefully planned and rehearsed
speech, spoken in a conversational manner.
• Delivered with the help of short notes and a clear
outline.
• Speaker can maintain eye contact with the
audience and assess how well they are
understanding the speech.
 EXTEMPORANEOUS SPEAKING
• ADVANTAGES- speaker is perceived as
knowlegable and credible
• -audience is likely to pay better
attention because it is engaging both verbally and
nonverbally

• DISADVATANGES- requires a great deal of

preparation for both verbal and nonverbal
components
 SPEAKING FROM A MANUSCRIPT
• Word-for-word- iteration of written message.
• The speaker maintains his/her attention on the
printed page.
• A written text read to an audience from a paper
script or teleprompter.
• Typically used when there is a time constraint or
the speech will be telecast.
 SPEAKING FROM A MANUSCRIPT
• ADVANTAGES
• control of time
• control of word choice
• elegant languag
• DISADVANTAGES
• loss of eye contact
• loss of natural speaking style
 MEMORIZED SPEECH
• Recitation of a written message that the speaker
has committed to memory
• Memorization can be useful when the message
needs to be exact and the speaker doesn’t want to
be confined by notes.
• ADVANTAGE- speaker is able to maintain eye
contact with the audience throughout the speech
• DISADVANTAGES- speaker may shound overly
mechanical or rehearsed. The speaker might forget
the lines.
 03
Speech According to Occasion
 CEREMONIAL SPEAKING
• Given during a ceremony or a ritual marked by
observance of formality or etiquette.
• These ceremonies tend to be very special for
people, so it shouldnt be surprising that they are
opportunities for speech making.
EXAMPLES of CEREMONIAL SPEAKING
• SPEECHES OF INTRODUCTION
• Mini speech given by the host of a ceremony to
introduce another speaker and his/her speech.
• A complete speech with Introduction, Body and
Conclusion-all done in 2 MINUTES.
• INTRODUCTION- make the audience interested
in the upcoming speaker
• BODY- speaker's topic, credentials and other
information
• CONCLUSION-designed to welcome the
speaker.
EXAMPLES of CEREMONIAL SPEAKING
• SPEECHES OF PRESENTATION
• A brief speech given to accompany a prize or
honor.
• Explain what award is and why it is
important
• Explain what the recipient has
accomplished to get the award
• (If the competition was conducted in a
public forum) recognize those people for
their efforts as well.
EXAMPLES of CEREMONIAL SPEAKING
• SPEECHES OF DEDICATION
• Delivered when a new store opens, a building
named after someone, a plaque is placed on a
wall, and so on.
• Designed to highlight the importance of the
project and to whom the project has been
dedicated.
EXAMPLES of CEREMONIAL SPEAKING
• TOASTS
• A speech designed to congratulate,
appreciate or remember.
• Can be delivered for the purpose of
congratulating someone for an honor, new
job, getting married,etc.
• We toast people to remember them and
what they have accomplished.
• Given during the middle of some kind of
festivities (wedding,farewell
party,retirement party,etc)
EXAMPLES of CEREMONIAL SPEAKING
• ROASTS
• A very interesting and peculiar speech
because it is designed to both praise and
good-naturedly insult a person being
honored.
• A tribute to a guest of honor, recognizing
his faults and misadventures while
wrapped into humorous jokes.
• The roast is meant to poke fun and
embarrass the roastee. A good roast
speech is delivered with punch lines and
leaves the audience laughing.
EXAMPLES of CEREMONIAL SPEAKING
• EULOGIES
• A speech given in honor of someone how
has died.
• a speech given at a memorial or funeral
service.
• It can be delivered by a family member,
close friend, priest, minister
• It commemorates and celebrates the life of
the deceased.
EXAMPLES of CEREMONIAL SPEAKING
• SPEECH OF FAREWELL
• Allows someone to say goodbye to one part
of his/her life as he/she is moving on to the
next part of life.
• Frequently expected when leaving a job to
take another and is given by the person
leaving or, to the person leaving by a
colleague, manager or boss.
• Other situations calling for farewell
speeches are graduations,retirements or
perhaps when a long-time member of your
club or neighborhood departs.
 INSPIRATIONAL SPEAKING
• The goal of an inspirational speech is to elicit or
arouse an emotional state within an audience
• Its intention is to create an uplifting emotional
experience that leaves the audience feeling
inspired.
• The goal of an inspirational speech is to
motivate an audience to take a specific action,
usually in regard to personal or professional
growth
TYPLES of INSPIRATION SPEAKING
• SPEECHES TO ENSURE GOODWILL
• PUBLIC RELATIONS
• Speaker is speaking to enchance one's
own image or the image of his/her
organization
• The Goal is to get people to like the
speaker and what he/she represents.
TYPLES of INSPIRATION SPEAKING
• SPEECHES TO ENSURE GOODWILL
• JUSTIFICATION
• Given when someone attempts to
defend why certain actions were taken
or will be taken.
• Speakers have already enacted some
kind of behavior and are now
attempting to justify why the behavior
is/was appropriate
TYPLES of INSPIRATION SPEAKING
• SPEECHES TO ENSURE GOODWILL
• APOLOGY
• Every time we turn around, a politician,
actor/actress, musician is doing
something reprehensible and getting
caught, hence the speech of apology.
• The goal is to accept the fact that you
did wrong and ask for forgiveness for
what has done.
TYPLES of INSPIRATION SPEAKING
• SPEECHES FOR COMMENCEMENTS
• Designed to recognize and celebrate the
achievements of a graduating class or other
group of people.
• The most typical form of commencement
speech happens when someone graduates
from school.
• The "commencement" is a ceremony in
which degrees or diplomas are conferred
upon graduating students.
 04
Public Speaking
 PUBLIC SPEAKING
• A presentation that's given live before an
audience. Public speeches can cover a wide
variety of different topics. The goal of the
speech may be to educate, entertain, or
influence the listeners.
• Is typically limited to a specific time or place.
IMPORTANCE of PUBLIC SPEAKING
• Public speaking has played a major role in
education, government, and business.
• Improves confidence
• Better research skills
• Stronger deductive skills
• Ability to advocate for causes
 PUBLIC SPEAKING TOPICS
• My biggest concern for the future is...
• Real wealth is never measured in money or
possessions.
• If I were an animal I'd be a...
• The more we communicate, the less we really
say.
• When I grow up...
• The most important lesson of my life so far...
• Color affects the way people feel.
• True wisdom comes from experience.
• What and who is an average person?
How to Become Better at Public Speaking
• Writing the speech
• Work on writing a well-organized,
engaging speech.
• Overcome the Fear of Speaking
• If you don't feel confident when giving
your speech, your listeners may pick up
on that, making your presentation less
effective.
How to Become Better at Public Speaking
• Practice the Speech
• By practicing your speech not only do you
improve your public speaking skills, but you
also increase your familiarity with the
presentation—making it more likely that your
speech will go smoothly.

• Give the Speech

• Will the audience be able the hear me?
• Does the venue have the equipment I need?
• Are there enough seats for all of my
listeners?
 THANKS!
Reference:
• https://www.slideshare.net/JAKEDAPOG/different-types-of-speeches#:~:text
=5.,mind%20when%20giving%20your%20presentation.
• https://business.tutsplus.com/tutorials/what-is-public-speaking--cms-31255

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