4 Basic
Types of Speeches
The
four basic types of speeches are: to inform, to instruct, to entertain, and to
persuade. These are not mutually exclusive of one another. You may have several
purposes in mind when giving your presentation. For example, you may try to
inform in an entertaining style. Another speaker might inform the audience and
try to persuade them to act on the information. However, the principle purpose
of a speech will generally fall into one of four basic types:
- Informative
– This speech serves to provide interesting and useful information to your
audience. Some examples of informative speeches:
- A teacher telling students about earthquakes
- A student talking about her research
- A travelogue about the Tower of London
- A computer programmer speaking about new software
- Demonstrative Speeches – This has many similarities with an informative
speech. A demonstrative speech also teaches you something. The main
difference lies in including a demonstration of how to do the thing you’re
teaching. Some examples of demonstrative speeches:
- How to start your own blog
- How to bake a cake
- How to write a speech
- How to… just about anything
- Persuasive – A persuasive speech works to convince people to
change in some way: they think, the way they do something, or to start
doing something that they are not currently doing. Some examples of
persuasive speeches:
- Become an organ donor
- Improve your health through better eating
- Television violence is negatively influencing our
children
- Entertaining
— the after-dinner speech is a typical example of an entertaining speech.
The speaker provides pleasure and enjoyment that make the audience laugh
or identify with anecdotal information. Some examples of entertaining
speeches:
- Excuses for any occasion
- Things you wouldn’t know without the movies
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