TYPES OF SPEECHES

ACCORDING TO PURPOSE
 1 - INFORMATIVE SPEECH
INFORM
PROVIDES KNOWLEDGE, ESPECIALLY
INTERESTING INFORMATION.
AIM IS TO HELP THE AUDIENCE UNDERSTAND
THE TOPIC TO ALLOW THEM TO MAKE AN
EDUCATED CHOICE OR DECISION.
REPORTS, LECTURES, AND DEMONSTRATIONS.
 TYPES OF INFORMATIVE SPEECHES

A. SPEECH ABOUT OBJECTS

WHEN THE SPEAKER TALKS ABOUT THINGS THAT
CAN ENTHUSE THE SENSES.
B. SPEECH ABOUT EVENTS
CONCENTRATES ON IMPORTANT INCIDENCES,
PERSONAL, OR HISTORICAL, AND SEEKS TO
ENLIGHTEN THE LISTENERS ABOUT THE SAID EVENT.
C. SPEECH ABOUT THE PROCESS
PROCESS IS A SERIES OF ACTIONS OR STEPS TAKEN
IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE THE DESIRED OUTCOME.
D. SPEECH ABOUT CONCEPT
FOCUSES ON THEORETICAL PHILOSOPHIES AND
VIEWS
-POVERTY, WORLD PEACE, GENDER SENSITIVITY
AND ETC.,
 2 - PERSUASIVE SPEECH
 AIM IS TO CONVINCE THE AUDIENCE TO
CHANGE THEIR VIEWS.

 2 CATEGORIES OF PERSUASIVE SPEECH:

A. ACCORDING TO TOPIC
B. ACCORDING TO THE PURPOSE
 PERSUASIVE SPEECHES ACCORDING
TO TOPIC

 FACTUAL PERSUASIVE SPEECH

VALUE PERSUASIVE SPEECH

POLICY PERSUASIVE SPEECH

 FACTUAL PERSUASIVE SPEECH
BASED ON THE QUESTION “IS IT TRUE?”
THE SPEECH DETERMINES WHETHER OR NOT A
PARTICULAR ISSUE IS TRUE AND IS BACKED UP BY
CONCRETE EVIDENCE

-EXAMPLE TOPICS
• FACTS ABOUT PLUTO AS PLANET
• FACTS ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE
 VALUE PERSUASIVE SPEECH

CENTERS ON ARGUING SOMETHING WHICH IS RIGHT,

MORAL, OR ETHICAL.

-EXAMPLE TOPICS
• IS DIVORCE IN THE PHILIPPINES JUSTIFIABLE OR NOT?
• WHETHER THE DEATH PENALTY IS MORALLY RIGHT OR
WRONG.
 POLICY PERSUASIVE SPEECH

 TO CONVINCE AN AUDIENCE TO EITHER SUPPORT

OR REJECT A RULE, REGULATION, OR PROGRAM.

-EXAMPLE TOPICS
• MANILA BAY ISSUE (PUTTING SAND) DO YOU AGREE?
• POSTPONEMENT OF THE 2022 NATIONAL ELECTION.
DO YOU AGREE?
 PERSUASIVE SPEECHES ACCORDING
TO PURPOSES

 SPEECHES TO ACTUATE

SPEECHES TO INSPIRE

SPEECHES TO CONVINCE
 SPEECH TO ACTUATE
 INCLUDES ESTABLISHING BELIEFS, BUT IT ALWAYS
CALLS FOR THE AUDIENCE TO ACT.
DESIGNED TO INFLUENCE THE LISTENER’S BEHAVIOR.

-EXAMPLE
• WHEN THE SPEAKER DELIVERS SPEECH DURING
MEETING-DE AVANCE, (CAMPAIGN PERIOD)
 SPEECH TO INSPIRE

 HOW LISTENERS FEEL

-EXAMPLES
• COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS
• EULOGIES
• COMMEMORATIVE SPEECHES
 SPEECH TO CONVINCE

 TO ESTABLISH CONVICTION
CAN INFLUENCE PEOPLE’S CHOICES

-EXAMPLE
• VLOGGERS TALKING ABOUT THEIR TRAVEL
EXPERIENCE
 3 – ENTERTAINMENT SPEECH

 ENTERTAINING SPEECHES ARE SPEECHES

DESIGNED TO CAPTIVATE AN AUDIENCE'S
ATTENTION AND REGALE OR AMUSE THEM
WHILE DELIVERING A CLEAR MESSAGE.
 WHAT ARE THE TIPS FOR
ENTERTAINMENT SPEECH?

1. DON’T FORGET YOUR THESIS/YOUR MAIN IDEA.

2. PAINT WORDS THROUGH WORDS. (BE CREATIVE)
3. GET ORGANIZED (INTRODUCTION, BODY,
CONCLUSION)
4. MANAGE THE HUMOR

- THERE IS LEARNING EVEN IF IT IS ENTERTAINING.