Public speaking · lesson 9 of 24 · free

The purpose of a speech — Public speaking for kids

Every speech has a main purpose. To inform: teach facts, like how a rainbow forms. To persuade: change minds or actions, like urging everyone to plant a tree. To entertain: make people enjoy and laugh, like a funny story about a pet goat. Persuasive speeches use both facts (which can be checked) and opinions (what someone thinks).

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Know, do or enjoy? — “decide what the audience should know, do or feel at the end”

  1. To inform: explain, describe, show how, report facts.
  2. To persuade: ask, urge, convince — words like “should”, “must” and “let us”, ending with a call to act.
  3. To entertain: funny stories, silly poems, comic scenes. A fact can be checked (“A week has seven days”); an opinion cannot (“Homework is boring”).

Use it for: Choosing speech topics for students, elocution and debate, and planning any talk.

Worked example: 🎯 What is the main purpose of a speech urging everyone to plant a tree? → to persuade

  1. The speaker wants the audience to DO something — plant a tree.
  2. Changing what people do is persuading, so the purpose is to persuade.

Check: Practise aloud: say one sentence about mangoes that informs, one that persuades and one that entertains ✓

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