Informative speech: An informative speech is one that intends to educate the audience on a particular topic. 

Informative speech examples

• How to adopt a dog
• The history of motorcycles
• The best sales tactics
• The differences between male and female communication
• America’s fastest growing cities
• The importance of education for the economy
• Different stages of poverty
• How to cook vegetarian
• How to keep your skin looking young and wrinkle-free
• The different types of poetry

Persuasive speech: A persuasive speech is a specific type of speech in which the speaker has the goal of convincing the audience to accept his or her point of view.

Persuasive speech examples

• alternative energy                                
• bullying                                    
• education policy                        
• vaccines for kids                      
• water use OR water rights and California
• Common Core                          
• public health and privacy and Ebola
• genetically modified foods    
•  texting and driving
• immigration and children
• fracking and oil exploration