Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address

What is the definition of a speech?

• Formal address or discourse delivered to an audience
• A short amusing or interesting story about a real incident or person
• An account regarded as unreliable or hearsay

Select all of the following scenarios which are benefits or advantages of making a speech rather than writing:

• While you can “speak to” your audience while writing, you can “speak with” your audience when delivering a speech
• Unlike most authors, speakers can physically see and receive real-time response from their audience
• The audience can also see and hear the author; more personal, engaging and memorable

What are the three purposes of speech?

• Inform, persuade and convince
• Inform, entertain and sell
• Inform, persuade and entertain

Which 3 combined philosophical typologies of speech form Abraham Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address?

• Forensic, Epideictic and Demonstrative
• Epideictic, Deliberative and Forensic
• Deliberative, Demonstrative and Epideictic

A student speaking in front of the school board change the dress code policy would have a purpose of...

• Persuade
• Entertain
• Inform

A student speaking in front of the school board change the dress code policy would fit the philosophical typology of...

• Forensic
• Epideictic
• Demonstrative

A student presenting in class about the best way to make a chocolate cake would have a purpose of...

• Persuade
• Entertain
• Inform

A comedian performing a scripted stand-up comedy routine would have a purpose of...

• Persuade
• Entertain
• Inform

In a speech, what is the importance of using repetition?

• Audiences don’t always listen very closely to the exact words you’re saying, so you need to repeat your key messages/ideas early and often
• The audience may not understand complex language, it may make the speaker sound like they are “droning on and on,” and the speaker needs time to breathe!
• A speaker should choose words which further relay their main idea and that the audience will understand and remember

In a speech, what is the importance of using limited complex sentences/phrases?

• Audiences don’t always listen very closely to the exact words you’re saying, so you need to repeat your key messages/ideas early and often
• The audience may not understand complex language, it may make the speaker sound like they are “droning on and on,” and the speaker needs time to breathe!
• A speaker should choose words which further relay their main idea and that the audience will understand and remember