FREE ESSAY ON THREE TYPES OF SPEECHES

THREE TYPES OF SPEECHES

To answer this question I will use three types of speeches. Of those three types of
speeches I will create three speeches to give. The speech formats that I will use are
speeches to entertain, speeches to inform, and speeches to persuade. For my speech to 
entertain, I will talk about my life. For my speech to inform, I will talk about drums.
For my speech to persuade, I will talk about how television violence has negative effects
on children. 
To organize my speech to entertain, I would start by making an outline to go by. 
On the outline, I would separate into groups the most important parts of my life. The
first group of my life that I would talk about is about me growing up and where I lived.
The second group I would talk about is my interests and hobbies. The last thing I would
talk about is my life right now. I would also include an introduction and a conclusion. 
In order to better help the listeners to visualize what I am talking about, I would bring
pictures of things that have to do with my life. I would also make an overhead with the
outline on it so they could follow along with the speech better. I would be sure to move
around and use hand gestures to make points more clearly. This would also hold the
interest of the listeners better. I think this format would be helpful to my listeners
because it is very organized, and it includes many things to hold their interest. 
To organize my speech to inform, I would again start by making an outline. To start off,
I would begin by explaining the basic parts of a drum set and what they do. I would then
explain who makes the parts of the drums and cymbals. Next I would talk about how drums
and cymbals are made. I would then explain what they are made of. I would again use an
introduction and a conclusion. 
My visual aid that I would use would be an overhead containing the basic parts to a drum
set. This would be so the listeners could see what I was talking about. I would also
bring pictures of different drum sets. During my speech, I would be sure to move around
the front of the room and use my hands while talking. I think that this format and the
visual aids would be the best way to help the listeners understand the speech. 
For my speech to persuade, I would talk about television violence and the effects it has
on children. I would start out by making an outline containing the parts of my speech.
The first part would be to talk about how television violence triggers aggression in
children. The second part would be how it puts fear in children. The third part I would
talk about would be how children become desensitized to real world violence by watching
violence on television. I would include an introduction and a conclusion in my speech as
well.
For a visual aid, I would use an overhead containing statistics to prove my theory. I
would be sure to include in my speech the references from which I derived my information.
This is important especially in a persuasive speech because the listeners are more likely
to be persuaded if they can see actual statistics from authority figures. I would be sure
to use hand gestures and be energetic to hold the attention of the listeners. It is very
important that I hold their attention so they can see the problem as it is. 
To conclude this half of the assignment, I will go over the things I have just talked
about. First I talked about how to do a speech of entertainment and what would make it a
successful speech. Second I talked about how to do a speech of information and how to
make it a successful speech. Then I talked about how to do a speech of persuasion and how
to best persuade the listeners. Thank you and have a wonderful day!!!!
Question 3
This question to me is a lot harder than the first one. It is one that needs a lot more
in depth answer to the problem. The four challenges in personal relationships are dealing
with distance, managing dual career relationships, resisting violence and abuse between
intimates, and negotiating safer sex. The one that I will break down is managing dual
career relationships. Managing dual career relationships is balancing by both partners
the demands and pressures of two careers with investment in the relationship itself. 
Managing dual careers in relationships can be hampered by pseudolistening.
Pseudolistening is pretending to listen. It is when we appear to be attentive, but our
minds are really somewhere else. This can be very unhealthy for the relationship because
when we pretend to listen but think of other things, we can miss some of the things that
the other partner is saying and not hear or do the things that they want us to. It can
cause problems when they have had a bad day and just need someone to listen to them, then
when they ask you what you think and you have no answer, you get in trouble. It is also
bad that if they ask you to pick something up for you and you don't hear that, then you
get into trouble for not listening to them or paying attention to what they are saying. 
Another bad form of listening is monopolizing. Monopolizing is the hogging of the stage
by continuously focusing the communication on ourselves instead of the person who is
talking. It is the old trick to turn the conversation around. It is used like you think
you have it bad, well listen to all of my problems. It can be bad for relationships
because both partners will almost start to argue over who had the worst day. It is almost
an immature way to fight. Instead of venting your "steam" for the day, you can build more
up in an argument with your partner. 
The last bad form of listening I will talk about is defensive listening. I am guilty of
this one. Defensive listening is the perceiving personal attacks, criticisms, or hostile
undertones in communication where none is intended. It can be bad for the dual career
relationship in that one partner might think that the other is getting after them to pull
more "weight" around the house when really they are just asking a simple question like if
they took the garbage out. I am guilty of that when asked if I am keeping my apartment
clean or if I have my homework done. 
Now I would like to start to give solutions on how dual career partners can keep from
using pseudolistening. This is a hard accomplishment. It takes the work of both of them
to work this one out. This is very hard to do if one partner needs to talk and you are
watching an interesting program on television. All you have to do is take five minutes
and let them explain what is wrong and offer advise or even just a hug. It can be
difficult but if you actually listen to them there is a good chance that they will then
do something nice for you. 
I will now offer a way to help with the problem of monopolizing the conversation.
Monopolizing of conversations can be worked out by setting back a time when you can go
one at a time and talk about your day. You could do something like that at the supper
table while eating. You could also practice this by both of the partners help make the
meal and you could talk about the day that you had one at a time. The main thing to do
here is to listen carefully to each other and try your best not to interrupt the other
person who is talking. 
The last that I will offer advice on how to fix is defensive listening. Defensive
listening is a bad think because you can upset the other partner if constantly take their
comments the wrong way. This is a hard problem to fix overnight. It could take months of
listening to everything that they have to say and then try not to take it in the wrong
way. You almost have to put yourself in their shoes and try to look at the situation like
they do. This is something that I struggle with every day. I can't figure out why I do
this but I do. Like I said you have to look out for yourself, and be careful how you
respond to the situation at hand and try not to read anything negative into the comments.

I am now finishing up this paper on listening problems of the dual career relationships.
I went over the listening problems that can arise in a dual career relationship. They are
pseudolistening, monopolizing, and defensive listening. Then I gave suggestions on how to
get past the problems that those types of listening cause. Now that I am done I wish you
a wonderful day and good luck in the future. Thank you.