16 Questions
Which speech style is characterized by the use of slang, colloquial words, and informal contractions?
Casual Speech Style
In which speech style are words carefully chosen, and grammar rules are followed, often used in formal situations and academic writing?
Formal Speech Style
Which speech style is typically used for religious services, state affairs, and court proceedings, using prescribed and highly formal language?
Frozen Speech Style
What type of conversation does the Intimate Speech Style usually involve?
Private conversations between close individuals
Which speech style involves ordinary or routine transactions with some careful word choice but still having an instantaneous flow of conversation?
Consultative Speech Style
What distinguishes the Formal Speech Style from other styles in terms of planning ahead the utterances?
Careful selection of words
What type of speech aims to provide the audience with information or expand their knowledge about a topic?
Expository/Informative Speech
Which type of speech aims to influence the audience to accept the speaker’s position or stand on an issue?
Persuasive Speech
What does an Entertainment Speech aim to do?
Amuse the audience and put them in a jovial mood
Which type of speech involves preparing an outline or notes before delivery?
Extemporaneous Speech
In persuasive speeches, which rhetorical appeal appeals to the audience's emotion?
Pathos
Which classification of speech act pertains to what is done in uttering the words?
Illocutionary Act
What does a locutionary act refer to?
The act of producing meaningful utterance
What is the primary focus of an impromptu speech?
To be delivered with little or no preparation
What does an extemporaneous speech involve?
Preparing an outline or notes before delivery.
Which type of speech does not need to be funny at all times and all throughout?
Entertainment Speech
Study Notes
Speech Styles
- Casual Speech Style: characterized by the use of slang, colloquial words, and informal contractions
- Formal Speech Style: words are carefully chosen, grammar rules are followed, often used in formal situations and academic writing
- Frozen Speech Style: typically used for religious services, state affairs, and court proceedings, using prescribed and highly formal language
Conversation Types
- Intimate Speech Style: usually involves intimate conversations, shared only between close friends or family members
- Consultative Speech Style: ordinary or routine transactions with some careful word choice but still having an instantaneous flow of conversation
Speech Characteristics
- Formal Speech Style: distinguished from other styles by planning ahead and preparing utterances
- Informative Speech: aims to provide the audience with information or expand their knowledge about a topic
- Persuasive Speech: aims to influence the audience to accept the speaker's position or stand on an issue
- Entertainment Speech: aims to entertain and engage the audience
Speech Preparation
- Extemporaneous Speech: involves preparing an outline or notes before delivery, but the speech itself is not written out in full
- Impromptu Speech: involves speaking without prior preparation, focusing on the content and ideas rather than the exact wording
Rhetorical Appeals
- Pathos: appeals to the audience's emotion in persuasive speeches
Speech Acts
- Locutionary Act: refers to the act of saying something, the actual utterance of words
- Illocutionary Act: pertains to what is done in uttering the words, the effect of the speech on the audience
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