The three types of speeches most commonly used by company officers are persuasive, informative, and:

• A. Reactive
• B. Cognitive
• C. Disciplinary
• D. Instructional

Answer: (D)

Three primary speech styles officers use with crews are persuasive, informative, and instructional. Instructional speech is all about teaching—laying out the steps, techniques, and safety requirements needed to perform a task correctly. It’s the kind of talk you’d hear during a training briefing, a drill, or a safety walkthrough where the goal is to develop skills and ensure everyone understands how to execute a procedure.

Persuasive speech aims to motivate or persuade members to adopt a new procedure or behavior, rather than guiding them through a task step by step. Informative speech conveys facts to increase understanding but doesn’t necessarily walk the listener through performing an action. The other terms don’t represent standard officer talks—reactive relates to responding after events, cognitive concerns mental processes, and disciplinary focuses on enforcement. Instructional best fits the purpose of teaching crews how to perform tasks safely and effectively.