Speech
SPEECH WRITING
Format of a Speech:
1. Salutation
2. Introduction of the speaker and the topic as the case may be.
3. Expression of one’s views
4. Compare and Contrast your views with others
5. Use of illustrations to impress meaningful pictures on the minds of the audience, and thereby, stimulate interest, highlight important ideas, and facilitate learning. 6. Summing up or Conclusion
Purpose of a Speech:
To convey information orally to a large gathering of people, forcefully and convincingly.
To make the listeners understand the speaker’s point of view.
To pass on a wider range of information to a wider range of audience orally.
To express an opinion, share a point of view, experience, observation, etc.
However, the principle purpose of a speech will generally fall into one of four basic types:
Informative:
This speech serves to provide interesting and useful information to your audience.
Examples of informative speeches:
A teacher telling students about earthquakes
A student talking about her research
A travelogue about the Tower of London
A computer programmer speaking about new software
Demonstrative Speeches:
This has many similarities with an informative speech. A demonstrative speech also teaches you something. The main difference lies in including a demonstration of how to do the thing you’re teaching.
Examples of demonstrative speeches:
How to start your own blog
How to bake a cake
How to write a speech
How to… just about anything
Persuasive Speech:
A persuasive speech works to convince people to change in some way: they think, the way they do something, or to start doing something that they are not currently doing.
Examples of persuasive speeches:
Become an organ donor
Improve your health through better eating
Television violence is negatively influencing our children
Become a volunteer and change the world
Entertaining Speeches
The after-dinner speech is a typical example of an entertaining speech. The speaker provides
Format of a Speech:
1. Salutation
2. Introduction of the speaker and the topic as the case may be.
3. Expression of one’s views
4. Compare and Contrast your views with others
5. Use of illustrations to impress meaningful pictures on the minds of the audience, and thereby, stimulate interest, highlight important ideas, and facilitate learning. 6. Summing up or Conclusion
Purpose of a Speech:
To convey information orally to a large gathering of people, forcefully and convincingly.
To make the listeners understand the speaker’s point of view.
To pass on a wider range of information to a wider range of audience orally.
To express an opinion, share a point of view, experience, observation, etc.
However, the principle purpose of a speech will generally fall into one of four basic types:
Informative:
This speech serves to provide interesting and useful information to your audience.
Examples of informative speeches:
A teacher telling students about earthquakes
A student talking about her research
A travelogue about the Tower of London
A computer programmer speaking about new software
Demonstrative Speeches:
This has many similarities with an informative speech. A demonstrative speech also teaches you something. The main difference lies in including a demonstration of how to do the thing you’re teaching.
Examples of demonstrative speeches:
How to start your own blog
How to bake a cake
How to write a speech
How to… just about anything
Persuasive Speech:
A persuasive speech works to convince people to change in some way: they think, the way they do something, or to start doing something that they are not currently doing.
Examples of persuasive speeches:
Become an organ donor
Improve your health through better eating
Television violence is negatively influencing our children
Become a volunteer and change the world
Entertaining Speeches
The after-dinner speech is a typical example of an entertaining speech. The speaker provides