Question

A speech that seeks to change listeners' beliefs, behaviors or attitudes serves what purpose? informing entertaining persuading

Answer 1

Answer:

D). Persuading.

Explanation:

A speech is usually illustrated as a monologue or a long oral message, information, or expression of thoughts on a specified subject matter that intends to inform, entertain, or persuade the readers. Speeches are of different types like informative or instructive or persuasive, etc.

As per the question, a speech that intends to alter or change the listener's belief, behavior, or attitude would be exemplified as the 'persuasive speech' as it employs every possible technique like logos, ethos, or pathos that implies the appeal to logic, ethics or emotion respectively in order to convince the listeners to believe in the speaker's ideas and accept the point of view proposed by him/her which could alter the listener's previous beliefs or thoughts. Thus, option D is the correct answer as an informative speech merely informs while 'entertaining' speech intends to 'entertain'.