What About You? Informative or Persuasive?

what about you?

image Informative or Persuasive?

Speakers sometimes have a hard time clarifying the general purpose of their presentation topic. Does the speech intend to impart information (informative speech) or to suggest a change in attitudes, belief, or behavior (persuasive speech)? Consider the speech topics that follow, marking “I” for those that seem informative and “P” for those that could be persuasive.

  1. _____ How therapy dogs are trained
  2. _____ Why you should add omega fatty acids to your diet
  3. _____ How omega fatty acids modulate inflammatory responses
  4. _____ Title IX harms male athletes and eliminates important programs
  5. _____ Why you should become an organ donor
  6. _____ The importance of restricting handguns
  7. _____ How fracking works
  8. _____ The benefits of volunteer reading programs for at-risk children
  9. _____ How to cut the cable cord
  10. _____ Why athletic scholarships should be banned

Answers: 1. I; 2. P; 3. I; 4. P; 5. P; 6. P; 7. I; 8. I; 9. I; 10. P