Informative Speaking vs. Persuasive Speaking
12/13/12
Informing and persuading are two different things. When it comes to informative speaking the goal is to educate, make the person or audience understand how something works, an event or explaining a concept using facts. It isn’t trying to advocate a cause. Speaking to persuade is the process of creating, reinforcing, or changing people’s beliefs or actions while using opinion. Informing and persuading speaking are used in everyday situations but it’s important to know the differences between the two, the factors that make them distinct from one another.
There are many types of informative speeches such as speeches about processes, about events, concepts, but they all use the effective method of analyzing and organizing informative speeches. When it comes to informing about an object it’s always better to focus on one aspect of your subject. If the object is a car then it’s better to narrow it down by only talking about the engine so that the audience can stay on topic and not be overwhelmed by the million other parts of the car you might want to talk about. It’s good to limit the speech to have between two-five main points, making sure to devote enough time and information to each main point. Choosing a topic and specific purpose, analyzing the audience, gathering materials, choosing supporting details, organizing the speech and using words to communicate meaning must be done to have a successful informative speech.
Speeches about a process focus on the major principles or techniques involved in performing the process. The speech needs to be organized in a topical order; each step in the process needs to be clear and easy to follow. Once again three main points are easier to follow and understand than 10 main points.
Speeches about events are to recount the history of an event. The organization in these types of speeches needs to be in a chronological order, relating the incidents one after another in the order they occurred. Other ways to talk about an
Informing and persuading are two different things. When it comes to informative speaking the goal is to educate, make the person or audience understand how something works, an event or explaining a concept using facts. It isn’t trying to advocate a cause. Speaking to persuade is the process of creating, reinforcing, or changing people’s beliefs or actions while using opinion. Informing and persuading speaking are used in everyday situations but it’s important to know the differences between the two, the factors that make them distinct from one another.
There are many types of informative speeches such as speeches about processes, about events, concepts, but they all use the effective method of analyzing and organizing informative speeches. When it comes to informing about an object it’s always better to focus on one aspect of your subject. If the object is a car then it’s better to narrow it down by only talking about the engine so that the audience can stay on topic and not be overwhelmed by the million other parts of the car you might want to talk about. It’s good to limit the speech to have between two-five main points, making sure to devote enough time and information to each main point. Choosing a topic and specific purpose, analyzing the audience, gathering materials, choosing supporting details, organizing the speech and using words to communicate meaning must be done to have a successful informative speech.
Speeches about a process focus on the major principles or techniques involved in performing the process. The speech needs to be organized in a topical order; each step in the process needs to be clear and easy to follow. Once again three main points are easier to follow and understand than 10 main points.
Speeches about events are to recount the history of an event. The organization in these types of speeches needs to be in a chronological order, relating the incidents one after another in the order they occurred. Other ways to talk about an