SPEECHES ACCORDING

TO DELIVERY
Relative to the previous lesson, speeches can also be further
categorized into a different set of classifications. Aside from
the purposes or intention that these speeches serve, the
ways they are delivered are also taken into consideration.
Regardless of the predefined intention that the speaker has,
whether it is to inform, persuade, or entertain, speeches
may be delivered in various forms of execution.
There are various ways in which speeches are
communicated. The manner in which these are conveyed
may depend on the speaker or on the call of the situation.
Below are the different types of speeches according to the
manner of delivery.
1. Reading from a Manuscript
According to communication expert Terrence Doyle,
reading from a manuscript is the most formal type of
delivery. It is also an effective choice when you want
to have the greatest control of the wording of your
speech.
You will probably use a manuscript when speaking on a highly
sensitive topic for which it is important to have precise wording.
Or, if you have spent special effort embellishing your speech with
stylistic elements, reading from the manuscript will ensure that
you speak the phrases just as you wrote them.
Often, however, reading your speech will rob the presentation of
spontaneity and the conversational dynamics that effective
speakers strive to achieve.
To compensate for that, you will need to practice your reading to
give it the feeling of being spoken for the first time. Skillful
manuscript readers will also make spontaneous changes in their
speech at the moment of delivery.
2. Memorized Speech
Unless you have had training and practice
memorizing long passages of text, the memorized
mode is the hardest to pull off. Freed from a
manuscript or notes, you are likely to have the
added anxiety of forgetting what you wanted to say.
•A memorized speech can also sound "canned" and
lacking in spontaneity. After many months of
campaigning, a politician's talk will become a
memorized talk.
•Some speakers are extremely skillful at
memorizing. Others, who have presented the same
ideas a number of times, will memorize their lines
whether they intended to or not. Each time they
speak on that or a similar topic, they can draw from
memory. This is true for many preachers and
teachers.
3. Extemporaneous Speech
When you speak extemporaneously, you are
delivering a speech that is planned, but the words
are spoken in a conversational manner. This can be
achieved by preparing notes or an outline which will
serve as a guide, but still, you are making up the
words of your speech as you go. The speaker works
from a list of key points that reminds him or her of
the progression of ideas in the speech.
4. Impromptu Speech
The hardest speech to pull off is an impromptu
speech, especially if the person is not adept in
conveying a public message. An impromptu speech is
another word for an on-the-spot speech wherein a
person is caught off-guard. He or she is invited to
speak all of a sudden, without or next to little
preparation. No time is given, not outline is prepared,
and no script is written. The speaker simple says
whatever he or she knows about the topic
spontaneously.