IMPORTANCE OF

SPEECHES
Impromptu, Extemporaneous, Manuscript, Memory
 Speech is the process to address
and interact with audience to
deliver some message.
WHY
It is a process to convince the
ENGAGE IN audience towards some particular
SPEECHES? agenda.

It is a very important part of

human development.
Speech enable a person to directly connect to
a large number of people.

It is a very effective way to change the

mentality of large number of people, or
strengthening their believe in speaker.
 For example, think
about speech given
They had some Imagine the way to
by Abraham Lincoln vision which was spread their vision
or Martin Luther King essential to the but not by speech, to
or some other human the common people
visionaries. development. who clearly did not
have that kind of
thinking.
• Human development is possible only
when all humans or majority of them
are in consensus in doing some
change.
• So to enable them to think or
understand what these visionaries
were thinking, they use speech.
TYPES OF SPEECHES
Impromptu, Extemporaneous, Manuscript, Memory
 TYPES OF SPEECHES

On the Spot Speech Impromptu

Manuscript
Prepared Speeches Memorized
Extemporaneous
IMPROMPTU
• Impromptu - the speaker is given no time to prepare for the
speech; he or she is given a topic and must immediately begin
speaking on it.

• This speaking style involves thinking on one's feet and being

able to plan the flow of the speech as the speaker is giving it.

Source: Boundless. “Key Differences between Prepared and

Impromptu Speeches.” Boundless Communications. Boundless,
19 Jan. 2015. Retrieved 20 Jan. 2015 from
https://www.boundless.com/communications/textbooks/boun
dless-communications-textbook/delivering-the-speech-
12/methods-of-delivery-62/key-differences-between-
prepared-and-impromptu-speeches-250-4208/
 • The most common type of speech is a prepared
speech.
• For a prepared speech, the speaker has been
• given the topic in advance,
• had time to do background research on it,
• and has practiced delivering the speech.
• preparation does not necessarily mean
memorizing every word.
PREPARED
SPEECHES Source: Boundless. “Key Differences between
Prepared and Impromptu Speeches.” Boundless
Communications. Boundless, 19 Jan. 2015. Retrieved
20 Jan. 2015 from
https://www.boundless.com/communications/textb
ooks/boundless-communications-
textbook/delivering-the-speech-12/methods-of-
delivery-62/key-differences-between-prepared-
and-impromptu-speeches-250-4208/
 PREPARED SPEECHES

Extemporaneous - An extemporaneous speech is

often delivered with the aid of note cards to help the
speaker remember key points and content order.

Memorized - recited from memory without the aid

of scripts or cue cards

Source: Boundless. “Key Differences between Prepared and Impromptu Speeches.”

Boundless Communications. Boundless, 19 Jan. 2015. Retrieved 20 Jan. 2015 from
https://www.boundless.com/communications/textbooks/boundless-communications-
textbook/delivering-the-speech-12/methods-of-delivery-62/key-differences-between-
prepared-and-impromptu-speeches-250-4208/
 • Manuscript - the entire speech written out
for reference. The speaker reads the
speech verbatim from a prepared written
text containing the entire speech. An
example of this type of speech would be a
presidential address or a commencement
address.

PREPARED Source: Boundless. “Key Differences

between Prepared and Impromptu
SPEECHES Speeches.” Boundless Communications.
Boundless, 19 Jan. 2015. Retrieved 20 Jan.
2015 from
https://www.boundless.com/communication
s/textbooks/boundless-communications-
textbook/delivering-the-speech-
12/methods-of-delivery-62/key-differences-
between-prepared-and-impromptu-
speeches-250-4208/
• Speakers delivering an extemporaneous speech
prepare well by having an outline to practice in
advance, giving full attention to all the facets of the
speech—content, arrangement, and delivery.
Use a keyword outline.

HOW DO YOU
EXTEMPORIZE?
Arrangement & delivery
refers to presentation cues
such as: “pause,” “transition,”
or “talk slowly.”

Because a keyword outline

uses only limited words, it
helps you speak
extemporaneously because
you aren’t tied to specific
wording.
 Below is an example of a keyword outline.

Topic: Reality TV is harmful to society

• Main Point One: Violence

a) Constant fighting
a) House wives, Bad Girls Club
a) John Gerbner: “see violence—
practice it”
b) Sub-Point Two: “Happy Violence”

SAMPLE a)
syndrome
Gerbner: problems solved by

OUTLINE violence – think its “okay”

• Main Point Two: Negative influence to young

audiences
• Young women

• The University of Southern Mississippi Speaking

Center www.usm.edu/speakingcenter