Speaking Types
This kind of public speaking aims to share information with the audience
WHAT IS INFORMATIVE/INFORMATIONAL?
“It ain’t how hard you hit” is a famous line from this boxing movie
WHAT IS "ROCKY?"
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. gave this famous speech at the march on Washington in 1963.
WHAT IS I HAVE A DREAM?
This type of public speaking aims for the audience to have fun and enjoy themselves.
WHAT IS ENTERTAINING?
This Star Wars character’s speech/message is carried by R2D2 and says, “Help me, Obiwan, you’re my only hope.”
WHO IS PRINCESS LEIA?
This assassinated American president famously said in one of his speeches, “Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country.”
WHO IS JOHN F. KENNEDY/JFK?
This type of public speaking tries to influence opinions, often with logical claims and evidence.
WHAT IS PERSUASIVE/PERSUASION?
This movie stars Brad Pitt as Tyler Durden, who gives speech that begins, “The first rule of fight club is you don’t talk about fight club.
WHAT IS FIGHT CLUB?
“Government of the people, by the people, and for the people” is a phrase from this speech delivered by Abraham Lincoln.
WHAT IS THE GETTYSBURG ADDRESS?
This type of public speaking is often done in pairs or teams and is a formal discussion on a topic in a public meeting or legislative assembly, in which opposing arguments are put forward.
WHAT IS A DEBATE/DEBATING?
When he gave his acceptance speech for a VMA award in 2016, this singer included Taylor Swift in his acceptance speech.
WHO IS KANYE WEST?
She delivered her famous speech, “Ain’t I A Woman” in 1851.
WHO IS SOJOURNER TRUTH?
Used to praise or blame in a special occasion speech.
WHAT IS EPIDEICTIC ORATORY?
Dorothy Gale made a final "speech" at the end of The Wizard of Oz. What did she say?
WHAT IS THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE HOME?
This former First Lady delivered a groundbreaking speech on "Women's Rights are Human Rights" in Beijing in 1995.
WHO IS HILLARY CLINTON?
King Leonidas famously spoke in this movie, “Tonight, we dine on victory!”
WHAT IS 300?