Senior High School

Grade 11 (First Semester)

CORE SUBJECT

Oral Communication in Context

Quarter 2
(Week 6)

Module 5: Purpose of the Speech

(Word Choice)

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About the Module

This module discusses the importance of having a clear purpose in speaking

to guide you with your choice of words and tone of language for a higher probability
of success in communication. Moreover, this module provides tips in preparing and
delivering a speech for a specific purpose.

Lesson Purpose of the Speech

What I Need To Know

Objectives: At the end of the lesson, you are expected to:

a. identify the different purposes of speech;
b. classify sample texts according to purpose: and
c. compose and record your own speech for every purpose.

Day 2

What’s In
Directions. Read and understand the questions. Then, write your answers on a
separate sheet of paper.

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Activity 1
What would you do if you discovered or thought of something which nobody
has ever thought of or discovered before? Would you keep it to yourself or share it?
What information would you include in your sharing?
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How about when your distant relatives visit you in your home. What do you
usually do to make them enjoy their visit? Would you just leave them on their own or
would you entertain them? How would you entertain them?
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What if somebody questions or challenges your long-held belief? Would you

not defend it? If you would, how would you do it?
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How about if you were selling something, how would you make the other
person buy your product? What pieces of information would you include in your sales
pitch?
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What’s New

It must be noted that along with the speaker’s knowledge of the audience,
he/she must also be aware and certain of his/her purpose for speaking. He/she must
have a clear reason for talking about such thing to a certain group of audience.
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With a clear purpose in mind, the speaker will be guided as to the tone of
voice, the kind of language, and the type of information to include to achieve such
purpose.

The purposes of a speech can be classified into three.

▪ to inform
▪ to entertain
▪ to persuade

INFORMATIVE SPEECH
Informative speech provides the audience with a clear understanding of the
idea presented by the speaker. This speech is designed to impart knowledge, clarify
some points, and seal understanding. It answers the WH questions- “Who, What,
Where, When, Why, and How.”

Examples:
A Science teacher discussing photosynthesis
A tour guide informing tourists about Fort San Pedro in Cebu City. A
doctor talking to a group about ways to prevent heart disease.

When do we usually deliver informative speeches?

✓ When we define a term, topic, or issue;
✓ When we compare and contrast;
✓ When we analyze data or a phenomenon; and
✓ When we provide a how-to guide on a subject

Sample Informative Speech

Snippet from an article published in the World Health Organization’s website Source:
https://tinyurl.com/y4xs8kk8

Coronavirus disease (COVID-19): Similarities and differences with influenza

As the COVID-19 outbreak continues to evolve, comparisons have been drawn to

influenza. Both cause respiratory disease, yet there are important differences between
the two viruses and how they spread. This has important implications for the public
health measures that can be implemented to respond to each virus.
Firstly, COVID-19 and influenza viruses have a similar disease presentation. That
is, they both cause respiratory disease, which presents as a wide range of illness from
asymptomatic or mild through to severe disease and death.
Secondly, both viruses are transmitted by contact, droplets and fomites. As a
result, the same public health measures, such as hand hygiene and good respiratory
etiquette (coughing into your elbow or into a tissue and immediately disposing of the
tissue), are important actions all can take to prevent infection.

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Sample Informative Speeches
▪ Securing Connection https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=StPSgqwCnVk

▪ Importance of Sleep https://www.youtube.com/watch?

v=iZc4n8Bwa7A

ENTERTAINING SPEECH
Entertaining speech provides audience with amusement. This speech is
designed to captivate or amuse the members of the audience or sometimes arouse
them emotionally in some way.

Examples:
A guest speaker sharing her unforgettable experiences
A student reciting or performing spoken poetry
A story of a poor person becoming rich with just faith and perseverance

Tips in preparing for and delivering an entertaining speech 1. Choose a Topic

While you can just memorize a ready-made entertaining speech, although it is
better if you modify it to suit to the context or occasion; however, when given the
freedom to choose a topic, pick the ones related your experience and worldview in
order to sound more convincing.

2. Gather best ideas from other sources

Watch movies and read articles whose themes relate to the idea of your
speech, then generate best ideas from these sources that you can use to associate
to your topic.

3. Make an outline
You do not want to regret for missing out on some points during your speech,
do you? So, it is best to prepare the order of the ideas in your speech in an outline to
ensure essential points are not missed out.

4. Provide examples
Develop your point with examples for excitement and better understanding.
Your examples may include real-life stories, scenes or lines from movies or books to
help you explain your point.

5. Inject humor while maintaining professionalism

Entertaining speech is not all about getting the audience to laugh but also to
amuse them and sustain the amusement until the end of the speech. The speaker
must avoid making fun or insulting a particular group just to sound or appear
entertaining because using of insults does not have a place in public speaking.

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6. Practice and mind your gestures and body language
Rehearse your speech in front of the mirror and make sure you apply the
appropriate gesture and body language to help make your message consistent and
more understandable.

7. Be mindful of the time

Not everyone has the luxury of time to listen to your speech, however
interesting it may be. So, it is best to take note of the duration, especially during
practices to ensure you do not go beyond the limit.

8. Vary your intonation

Audience wants to listen to a human being, not to a robot. Vary your tone.
Slow down to emphasize some points. Use your voice to sustain the interest of the
audience.

9. End with a motivating or memorable statement

Audience members will probably remember the ending, so end your speech
with a bang. Something they cannot easily forget.

Sample Entertaining Speech

A snippet from the Acceptance Speech by Lizzo upon winning the Grammy’s Best
Solo Pop Performance for her hit song “Truth Hurts”

What the! One second. Thank you. Thank you to the Academy, first of all. This is
really sick. Unexpected, really cool. But I want to say, this whole week, I’d be
lost in my problems, stressed out, and then in an instant all of that can go away,
and your priorities really shift. And today all of my little problems that I thought
were big as the world were gone, and I realized that there’s people hurting right
now. And you guys create beautiful music. You guys create connectivity. And as
I’m speaking to all you all in this room, we need to continue to reach out. This is
the beginning of making music that moves people again. Making music that
feels good, that liberates people.

…Yes. And if I hadn’t reached out, I wouldn’t have met my best friends, Quinn
and Lauren. I don’t know where I would be right now. Sleeping in my car. If I
hadn’t reached out, I wouldn’t have met Nice Life and Ricky. If I hadn’t reached
out, I wouldn’t have met Kevin and Full Stop. If I hadn’t reached out, I wouldn’t
have met Atlantic Records. So thank you so much for lifting me up. Let’s
continue to reach out, hold each other down and lift each other up. God bless
you. Thank you so much.

Sample Entertainment Speeches

Camping - 2015 State Champion Entertainment Speech by Adam Perry - YouTube
Funniest Graduation Speech of All Time - YouTube
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PERSUASIVE SPEECH
Persuasive speech provides the audience with arguments or details that
influence their beliefs, decisions, and actions. This speech is designed to make the
audience adopt or take the same sight or stand as you do.
Examples:
A nutritionist trying to persuade students to eat healthy food
A salesperson trying to get the customer to buy the product
An advertisement that makes the audience feel the need for the product

Tips in Making a Persuasive Speech

1. State your position

Start with your stand and what you intend to argue. Do not let your audience
guess which side of the issue you are taking.

2. Organize your thoughts

Arrange your arguments in a manner that can be easily followed by the
audience. It must start with a clear argumentative statement. From there, you can
develop your argument in logical format, backed with evidence, analyses, and
counterarguments.

3. Argue with Passion

If given the freedom to choose a topic, pick the one closest to your heart
because you are most likely to construct good arguments if your passionate about
the topic. However, if you don’t have the choice, then RESEARCH the topic and try
to connect it to your passions to establish a sense of ownership in the argument but
still keep your emotions in check even when channeling your passion. Make sure
you do not allow anger or biases to get in the way of a persuasive argument.

4. Know your audience

Always keep your audience in mind. Imagine how you would persuade them if
you were already delivering the speech before them. Have a clear understanding of
where the members of the audience are coming from to guide you with your
arguments in such a way that they fit or suit to the needs of the audience since every
group of audience has its own unique needs. What works for one group may not
work for the other group.

5. Research

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Anchor your arguments on solid evidence. Consider all the possible angles of
the issue. Do not just focus on the side you are taking. It also pays to have an idea
about the other side to prepare yourself for potential counterarguments. Get
information from various reputable sources and cite your sources properly.

6. Persuade with Integrity

While your main goal is to get people to your side, it is unethical to achieve
your purpose through misleading them. Your goal is to persuade the audience with
accurate arguments free of fallacious, misleading, tricky information, and threatening
tactics and devices just to get what you want. With this, you are establishing trust
with your audience and making a good name for yourself.

7. Organization of an Argumentative (Persuasive) Speech

Before delivering any speech, it is always best to prepare an outline of the

ideas you intend to include in the speech to ensure key points are properly taken.
In the case of a persuasive speech, the following parts are suggested to
comprehensively establish and tackle the claim made in the thesis statement. The
number of parts in your speech depends on the number of arguments you have for
your stand.

Paragraph 1: Introduction (Thesis Statement)

Paragraph 2: Argument 1
Supporting Idea 1
Supporting Idea 2
Supporting Idea 3
Paragraph 3: Argument 2
Supporting Idea 1
Supporting Idea 2
Supporting Idea 3

Paragraph 4: Argument 3 (Rebuttal)

Supporting Idea 1
Supporting Idea 2
Supporting Idea 3

*In law, rebuttal is a form of evidence that is presented to contradict or nullify other
evidence that has been presented by an adverse or an opposing party.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebuttal

Paragraph 5: Conclusion
(Must reflect your thesis statement)

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Sample Persuasive Speech

This persuasive speech expresses a negative stand toward Abortion.

Source: https://tinyurl.com/y2vy8y85

Abortion is one of the most debatable and controversial topics that exist
today in our society. There are people who support the idea that it should be a
free choice of each and every woman – whether to do it or not, while others
claim that no one has a power to decide, whether to bring a life on the planet,
or put an end to it. As for me, I have done a certain research on the subject
and I found out that there is no other right variant for me, than to choose life. I
will explain what I mean in this persuasive speech outline on abortion. No
matter, how we persuade ourselves, every woman that decides to put an end
to her pregnancy understands that it is wrong. It couldn’t be another way, as
our instinct tells us that it is absolutely unnatural to decide for another human
being, whether they should live or die. Yes, they can come up with different
excuses, but it in no case changes the sense of their action, the action that will
cost life to their child.
It was scientifically proven that children in uterus start perceiving things
very early. Their heart starts beating on the sixth week, and brain starts
working at the same time. So, when an abortion is done, it is in fact the end
of life of a human being who already can feel and think.
If I were in such a situation, I just couldn’t have taken the responsibility for
someone else’s life. I know that I am responsible for myself – I can, for
instance, smoke, consume alcohol and spoil my own health in this way – it will
be my choice, and indeed no one can make me stop it unless I want it to stop.
But when we speak of unborn children – what kind of choice is this? This is
not.

*Rubric for grading persuasive speech is on the last page

Note:
While some speeches may both inform and persuade or inform and entertain at
the same time; however, authors always have their main purpose. Identifying the main
purpose takes a lot of effort on the part of the listener. This is where critical thinking
and listening comes in.

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What I Have Learned

Directions. Fill in the missing terms or ideas to complete the statement. Write the
complete statements on a separate sheet of paper.

1. A speech is informative when ________________________________________

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2. A speech is entertaining when ________________________________________

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3. A speech is persuasive when ________________________________________

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4. The speaker should know his or her purpose in order to ____________________

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5. Some speeches may be both informative and entertaining or informative and

persuasive but ____________________________________________________
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Day 3

What I Can Do
Task 1
Informative Speech
Directions. With your knowledge of the basic parts of a speech (introduction,
body, and conclusion), record yourself delivering a short speech on
any of the following topics. You need to do a research for some facts
and statistics to support your thesis.

▪ Importance of Education
▪ Impact of Lack of Sleep on the Person’s Mental Health
▪ The Health Benefits of (your favorite fruit) ▪ The Procedure in
Baking Cake
▪ How to Get the Most out of one’s Studies
▪ Difference between in-person class and distance learning
▪ How to respond when bullied
▪ How to Cope with the Stress during the Pandemic
▪ Any topic that you are familiar with that you want others to know

Task 2
Entertaining Speech
Directions. With your knowledge on the basic parts of a speech (introduction,
body, and conclusion), write a short entertaining speech on any of the
following topics. When done, record yourself delivering the speech.
▪ My Worst Date
▪ My Most Unforgettable Summer Vacation
▪ How I got my Nickname
▪ The Naughtiest Thing I Have Ever Done
▪ How I Became Fatter after a Slimming Diet
▪ The Funniest Joke I Have Ever Heard
▪ My Motto In Life
▪ Any topic that interests you

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Task 3 Persuasive Speech
Directions. Read and take a stand in any of the following issues. Make a
persuasive speech on your chosen stand and record yourself
delivering your persuasive speech.

▪ Should Euthanasia or mercy killing be made legal in the Philippines?

▪ Should homosexual couples be allowed to marry in the church?
▪ Should soda/soft drinks be sold in school canteens?
▪ Should English language be used as medium of instruction in all subjects
except in subjects that use Filipino as language of instruction in public
schools?
▪ Should swimsuit competition in beauty pageants be removed?
▪ Is finishing college a requirement for success?
▪ Should distance learning be continued even after the pandemic?

Rubric for Grading a Speech

*The teacher may modify the given rubric or use another rubric for grading similar tasks.

Point Value 4 points 3 point 2 point 1 point

Thesis Interesting, Clearly stated Acceptable Missing,

Statement original introductory introductory invalid, or
introductory statement statement inappropriate
statement, presents one presents one introductory
reflecting main idea. idea. statement; main
thought and idea is missing.
insight;
focused on
one interesting
main idea.

Supporting Interesting, Examples and Sufficient number Insufficient,

Details concrete and details relate to of vague, or
descriptive the topic and examples and undeveloped
examples and some details that relate examples.
details with explanation is to the topic.
explanations included.
that relate to
the topic.

Organization Thoughtful, Details are Acceptable No discernible

and logical arranged in a arrangement of pattern of

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Transitions progression of logical examples; organization;
supporting progression; transitions may be Unrelated details;
examples; appropriate weak. no transitions.
Mature transitions.
transitions
between ideas.

Style Appropriate Appropriate tone; Acceptable tone; Inconsistent or

tone, distinctive Clear sentences some variety in Inappropriate
voice; pleasing with sentence tone; Awkward,
variety in varied structures; structures; unclear, or
sentence Effective diction. Adequate diction incomplete
structure; Vivid and word choices. sentences; Bland
diction, precise diction, poor word
word choices. choice.

Mechanics Consistent Some errors, but A few errors in Distracting errors

standard none major, in usage, spelling, or in usage,
English usage, usage, spelling, punctuation spelling, or
spelling, and or punctuation. (3-4) punctuation
punctuation. (1-2)
No errors.

Rubric in Grading Persuasive Speech

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