Types of public speaking delivery styles flashcards

Manuscript Delivery

A style where the speaker reads word-for-word from notecards or a script with little to no eye contact with the audience.

Pros and Cons of Manuscript Delivery

• Advantages: Easier to execute, no information is missed, and no memorization is required.
• Disadvantages: The audience feels disconnected; the delivery is dull, robotic, and lacks authenticity or confidence.

Audience Perception of Manuscript Delivery

It can be perceived as "not honest" or "not prepared" because the speaker is overly dependent on notes and fails to engage the audience.

Memorized Delivery

A speech delivery method involving no notes where the entire content is recited strictly from memory.

Pros and Cons of Memorized Delivery

• Advantages: Allows focus on improving delivery, looks professional, and establishes eye contact.
• Disadvantages: Difficult to memorize; high risk of forgetting or missing information; can sound robotic.

Impromptu Delivery

A style of speaking with no prior preparation, delivered "off the top of your head."

Pros and Cons of Impromptu Delivery

• Advantages: Honest and authentic; audience expectations are generally lower.
• Disadvantages: The speaker may not know the topic well due to a lack of preparation.

Quiz Tip: Impromptu Expectations

Audience expectations for Impromptu delivery are generally lower, which is a key concept for the quiz.

Extemporaneous Delivery

Considered the most important style, it is a combination of the other 3 delivery styles that balances preparation with spontaneity.

Pros and Cons of Memorized Delivery

• Advantages: Allows focus on improving delivery, looks professional, and establishes eye contact.
• Disadvantages: Difficult to memorize; high risk of forgetting or missing information; can sound robotic.

Impromptu Delivery

A style of speaking with no prior preparation, delivered "off the top of your head."

Pros and Cons of Impromptu Delivery

• Advantages: Honest and authentic; audience expectations are generally lower.
• Disadvantages: The speaker may not know the topic well due to a lack of preparation.

Quiz Tip: Impromptu Expectations

Audience expectations for Impromptu delivery are generally lower, which is a key concept for the quiz.

Extemporaneous Delivery

Considered the most important style, it is a combination of the other 3 delivery styles that balances preparation with spontaneity.

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Breakdown of Extemporaneous Delivery

• Uses notecards as a guide for approximately 10\% of the delivery.
• Utilizes memorization and eye contact for 90\% of the delivery.
• Incorporates impromptu elements.

Key Warning for Extemporaneous Delivery

Speakers must be careful not to start fully depending on their notes; they should only be used as a guide.

4 types of delivery styles

• Manuscript delivery

• Memory delivery

• Impromptu delivery

• Extemporaneous delivery