Think of speeches you’ve heard that have really stirred your emotions. What was it about the speech that moved you? What kind of information did that speech have in it (e.g., testimony, anecdotes, statistics, etc.)? Did that information make the speech more powerful for you?
Take a topic that you have brainstormed for a speech. Can you make the topic into an informative speech? A persuasive speech? What do you find to be the main difference in changing from one type of speech to another?