What are different kinds of speeches?

Answer 1

If you mean "kinds of speeches that are delivered to an audience," then the one system of classification uses the following general goals:

1. to entertain -- the speech that has no purpose other than to get the audience's attention and to hold it;

2. to inform -- the speech that seeks to convey to the audience some information, understanding, or skill;

3. to persuade: (a) to convince the audience of the correctness of an intellectual position (uses mostly logical arguments); (b) to stimulate the audience to change attitudes or values (uses mostly emotional arguments); (c) to actuate the audience to take some course of action (uses both logical and emotional arguments).

Here are some examples of how those types of speeches can be used with one topic:

Photography.

1. to entertain the audience with an account of how you lost your camera, went through a series of adventures while looking for it, and eventually found that your cat had dragged into the hall closet and was repeatedly setting off the flash unit with its paw.

2. to inform the audience of the comparative features of film cameras and digital cameras.

3. (a) to convince the audience that paying for some specific features of a camera is a wise investment; (b) to stimulate the audience to value photographic art as highly as we generally value graphic art; to actuate the audience to pay more attention to the skill and art of taking family and vacation pictures.

Answer 2

Different kinds of speeches include informative speeches, persuasive speeches, special occasion speeches, and entertaining speeches. Informative speeches aim to provide new information or educate the audience on a topic. Persuasive speeches are meant to convince the audience to adopt a certain viewpoint or take a specific action. Special occasion speeches are delivered during specific events or ceremonies, such as graduation or weddings. Entertaining speeches are focused on engaging and entertaining the audience through humor or storytelling.