Types of Speech According to Delivery

Speaking with limited preparation

Guided by notes or outline

Delivered conversationally

Most popular type

• Extemporaneous

• Impromptu

• Manuscript

• Memorized

-When you are a candidate for a post in a student government and you deliver your campaign speech before a voting public

- When you are assigned to report a topic in class

• Extemporaneous

• Impromptu

• Manuscript

• Memorized

Helps you look confident

Engages the audience

but, May not have adequate time to plan, organize, and rehearse

• Extemporaneous

• Impromptu

• Manuscript

• Memorized

Speaking without advanced preparation

Unrehearsed speech

Spoken conversationally

• Extemporaneous

• Impromptu

• Manuscript

• Memorized

In an event where you are asked to say a few words

First day at work or in class, or during an interview

• Extemporaneous

• Impromptu

• Manuscript

• Memorized

Spontaneous or natural speaking

More focused and brief

• Extemporaneous

• Impromptu

• Manuscript

• Memorized

Tendency to be disorganized

Lacks connection with the audience

Nerve-racking for inexperienced speakers and beginners

• Extemporaneous

• Impromptu

• Manuscript

• Memorized

Speaking with advanced preparation

Planned and rehearsed speech

Reading aloud a written message

• Extemporaneous

• Impromptu

• Manuscript

• Memorized

Newscasting with a TelePrompter or an autocue device

Presenting the legal proceedings and verdict in court

Reading the rules and criteria in a contest

• Extemporaneous

• Impromptu

• Manuscript

• Memorized

Exact repetition of the written words

Guided speech

• Extemporaneous

• Impromptu

• Manuscript

• Memorized