Speech

English B HL - fifth semester

SPEECH

Text Types

SPEECH

formal address or discourse delivered to an audience

How to write a speech

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Speech Structure

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SPEECH

1. Introduction
2. Body
3. Conclusion
4. Maintain contact
5. Rhetoric

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Introduction

• Greeting
• Hook - grab the audience attention
• One sentence summary - thesis
• Your point of view

• Credibility
• Key points
• Benefits

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Hook Transition to topic Self-intro and preview Audience benefit

Body

• link between introduction and body
• transition through paragraphs
• paragraphs with topic sentences and
• supporting ideas with examples and details
• use 3-5 main points throughout the speech

CONCLUSION

Restate main arguments Summarize main points End with a BANG!

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Call to action Summarize Tell a story Close with inspiration

Maintain contact and audiences' attention

use emotional inflections

shock your audience

tell a joke

use the power of loud and softs

RHETORICAL DEVICES

Repetition

List of Three

" That's the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth."

"I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up ... I have a dream that my four little children ... I have a dream today! "

Facts or Statistics

Opinion

"He claimed that, .... The report argues that, ... Many scientists suspect..."

" In 2008, 7.3 million people died of heart disease."

Ask not what your country can do for, ask what you can do for your country

John F. Kennedy

There's nothing to fear but fear itself

Franklin D. Roosevelt

RESOURCES

https://www.grammarly.com/blog/how-to-write-a-speech/

https://www.lovelearningtutors.com/main-blog/2018/4/30/how-to-write-a-speech-english-gcse-exam

https://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffschmitt/2013/07/16/10-keys-to-writing-a-speech/#650892e34fb7

THANKS!

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