Question

The author's purpose in writing this speech is to

Answer 1

Th authors purpose for writing something is either or inform, entertain, persuade, describe, explain (steps). The main ones are inform, entertain, and persuade. If this isn’t what you’re asking for, then just comment it and I’ll try to answer

Answer 2

usually any of the three below
Persuade
Inform
Entertain
remember it as PIE