In crafting and delivering speeches, you are expected to have :

help in enhancing the quality of performance so that the objectives and standards of the speaking engagement are met (Sanders, 2008.)

refers to the mastery of a "system of speaking" (Hymes, 1975)

Being able to use communication skills and competence effectively in different instances leads to?

refers to the speaker's ability to produce reliable results consistently by enhancing communication skills and ensuring that communicative competence is always applied in any speaking engagement.

To speak is to

is defined as "the reflective practical art of strategic utterance in context from the point of view of the participants, both speaker and hearer, writer and reader" (Bazerman, 2013).

refers to the speaker's credibility as perceived by the audience. The audience will be persuaded by a message if they believe in the credibility of the speaker

refers to the emotional appeal of the speaker and his or her speech during public speaking. The speaker is expected to understand the audience and appeal to their emotions

refers to the logical appeal of the speaker during speech delivery. The speaker's logical argument must be in line with how the audience thinks

5 Rhetorical functions

The speaker should reflect on the most effective words to use to achieve the goal of persuasion

The speaker has a specific goal in any speaking engagement, and he or she uses the communication codes and rules of interaction to achieve his or her purpose, depending on the concrete situations that he or she faces during interaction

The speaker should harness the language and its meaning-making processes so that it can be turned into concrete actions

The goal in rhetoric is to persuade the audience to act

The speaker should survey the audience, their language, their systems of meaning, the available resources, and the potentials of the situation to bring about persuasive change

While practical solutions are offered by the speaker, the goal in public speaking is for the audience to ponder upon the concepts posed by the speaker

thus refers to persons, events, objects, and relations presenting an actual or potential problem that can be solved when the audience members act upon the messages presented in the speech activity.

is a problem that needs urgent solution. It is an occurrence that is waiting to be resolved.

is distinguished as only those people who have the capacity to act on the change that the exigence needs.

refer to any reason that might hinder the audience from performing actions that will affect the exigence positively

provides knowledge about objects, topics, events, or concepts

provides a detailed explanation about a systematic series of actions about how something happens, how something is made or done, or how something works

tips that you can follow when writing and delivering informative and expository speeches:

aims to affect the attitudes, values, beliefs, and actions of the audience toward the opinion that is similar to that of the speaker

Some speeches for special occasions

This type of speech is delivered to present the main speaker in the event.

This type of speech is used when a person is to be given an award, recognition, special citation, and other forms of honor

The speaker here expresses his or her gratitude for being given the recognition.

This type of speech is delivered when a speaker wants to pay tribute to a specific person, a group of people, an institution, a historical figure or event, and other celebrations.

These are special kinds of commemorative speeches that can be done separately or combined together, depending on the focus of the event and the nature of the audience.

is delivered based on a prepared written or printed document. It is also called manuscript speaking.

the message is recited based on what the speaker committed to memory. It is also dependent on a written work that is prepared before the speech delivery

are delivered without preparation in advance

combines the rigorous preparation of read speeches, committing to memory of memorized speeches, and the spontaneity of impromptu speeches