Informative Speech: The Purpose Of A Public Speech

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Everyone has different views, religion, values, and beliefs which may conflict with others or hold one more important than others. This leads them to biases in listening to speaker therefore not listening attentively or care about the speech. Thus as a speaker you must know your audience are as a person, their love, views, and beliefs to use it to entice them to listen and care. After all it is the only way you can get your audience to listen attentively, achieve the goal of them caring about it and get them to think or do what it is you want to do.

For example, if I have to give a speech about rising sea level in an audience of environmentalists, engineers or scientist, then I will have to give an informative speech with new, interesting,
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It gives the speaker the sense of type of speech you are to give or want to give whether it be persuasive, informative or to celebrate a celebratory event. Therefore, without the general purpose of your speech there is no speech because the base of the speech is left out. The general purpose of an informative speech is to educate the audience about a specific topic. The general purpose of a persuasive speech is to bring the audience into the way of thinking, views, beliefs, and values you want to enlist in the audience. The general purpose of a special occasion is to celebrate, bring enjoyment, motivate or set up a communal agenda.

The specific purpose is the second item you need answered which is the exact ideas you want to get across in the audience. It adds depth to the general purpose as it goes beyond it. The specify purpose is what you want the audience to get from the speech.

For example, if I am at a conference to give information to engineers, scientist and government officials on how we can save the Earth and keep it protected, my general purpose would be to inform. My specific purpose could be how do we stop sea levels from rising as perhaps different speakers talk about different issues and their solutions.

Another example is in this class the students are required to give a how to informative speech. Thus the general purpose would to be inform and a specific example could be how to have

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