One of the primary jobs of an informative speech is to:
a. appeal to the emotions of the audience.
b. ask them to do something with the information.
c. communicate information accurately and clearly.
d. entertain the audience.

compare & contrast informative essay/speech

when speaking or writing for the sole purpose of providing information in order to give audience members a good basis for making a decision, you would present an informative speech or essay.   because you wouldn’t want to be persuading the audience by arguing for one type of exercise over the other, you wouldn’t choose a persuasive/argumentative technique.   to fairly, and without bias, present information about the pros and cons of each type exercise, a compare/contrast, informative speech/essay would be the best bet.

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