Ibrahim Ibrahimli
Ibrahim Ibahimli
Professor Abbas Abbasov
Public Speaking and Persuasion
Take-Home Exam
20.04.13
1. Discuss various types of public speaking situations and analyze their distinct purposes and characteristics. Please provide at least one example to support each of your points.
There are three types of public speaking situations, which are informative speech, persuasive speech, and ceremonial speech. Each of them has features that define it differently from others. First of all, a speech that is designed to educate or inform people is called informative speech. According to the book “The Challenge of Effective Speaking”, an informative speech is “one whose goal is to explain or describe facts, truths, and principles in a way that stimulates interest, facilitates understanding, and increases the likelihood that audiences will remember” (Verderber, 2012). Informative speeches commonly are intellectually stimulating and should be creative in order to be memorable. In order to perform an informative speech we can compare or contrast something, define or describe it, or the common one, describe it. According to the book, there are two main kinds of informative speeches: process and expository speeches. Process speeches the steps of making the speeches or doing it are shown, while expository speeches are “well-researched explanations of complex ideas” (Verderber, 2012). There are some types of expository speeches, which are explaining political, social or ethical issues, explaining events or history events, explaining theory or law, and explaining a creative work. An excellent example for an informative speech could be the lectures given by professors. Most of them are informative, some are describing and explaining. And, of course, some may differ with good quality, while others can be poor performances.
The next type of public speaking speeches is persuasive speeches. According to Verderber persuasive speeches “are designed to influence the attitudes, beliefs, values,
Professor Abbas Abbasov
Public Speaking and Persuasion
Take-Home Exam
20.04.13
1. Discuss various types of public speaking situations and analyze their distinct purposes and characteristics. Please provide at least one example to support each of your points.
There are three types of public speaking situations, which are informative speech, persuasive speech, and ceremonial speech. Each of them has features that define it differently from others. First of all, a speech that is designed to educate or inform people is called informative speech. According to the book “The Challenge of Effective Speaking”, an informative speech is “one whose goal is to explain or describe facts, truths, and principles in a way that stimulates interest, facilitates understanding, and increases the likelihood that audiences will remember” (Verderber, 2012). Informative speeches commonly are intellectually stimulating and should be creative in order to be memorable. In order to perform an informative speech we can compare or contrast something, define or describe it, or the common one, describe it. According to the book, there are two main kinds of informative speeches: process and expository speeches. Process speeches the steps of making the speeches or doing it are shown, while expository speeches are “well-researched explanations of complex ideas” (Verderber, 2012). There are some types of expository speeches, which are explaining political, social or ethical issues, explaining events or history events, explaining theory or law, and explaining a creative work. An excellent example for an informative speech could be the lectures given by professors. Most of them are informative, some are describing and explaining. And, of course, some may differ with good quality, while others can be poor performances.
The next type of public speaking speeches is persuasive speeches. According to Verderber persuasive speeches “are designed to influence the attitudes, beliefs, values,