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The goal of your speech should be to share something with an audience in an interesting way.
Step 1 - choose a topic that you will find interesting to write about
Step 1 - choose a topic that you will find interesting to write about
Make a list of all the things you could talk about
*Ask yourself, “What do I want to talk about?”*
Choose a topic that:
- Interests you
- You know something about
Write down everything that you know about your topic...use your WRITER'S NOTEBOOK
Finding Your Information
- Personal Experiences
- People that you know or have met
- Current events
- Television
- Magazines
- Radio
- Internet
- Ask your parents, friends, teachers or librarian
*USE your WRITER'S NOTEBOOK to gather all your notes*
Step 2 - Decide if your speech will entertain, persuade, inform or describe
Step 2 - Decide if your speech will entertain, persuade, inform or describe
Entertain - 1. to hold the attention of pleasantly or agreeably; divert; amuse
funny, grab attention of audience, opposite of boring, interesting
Inform - 1. to give or impart knowledge of a fact or circumstance to:
He informed them of his arrival. 2. to supply (oneself) with knowledge of a matter
to let you know, to tell, explain, teach, give info
Persuade -
to cause to do something by reasoning, urging, or inducement; prevail upon; to induce to believe something; convince
tell people to stop/do something, want to hear, convince, make someone believe, offering something to someone
Describe - 1. to tell or depict in written or spoken words; give an account of: He described the accident very carefully. 2. To convey an idea or impression of
give someone a clear view of what's happening, explain to audience, give detail about a topic
Step 3 - Think about some interesting 'things' you could share about your speech topic
Step 3 - Think about some interesting 'things' you could share about your speech topic
EXAMPLE
If you are writing about why the colour RED should be considered the number one colour of all time you might write about:
- the colour red can take you on a mental vacation and let you dream of warm places
- red is in a lot of the colours of Pro Sports teams, so if the colour red is good enough for a pro team then it must be good enough for me
- the best condiment of all time is the colour red...conincidence...I think not
SO,
Three BIG IDEAS are:
- dream of warm places
- Pro Sports teams
- best condiment
All those ideas could persuade someone of the importance of the colour RED, which obviously means it's the best...right :)
Those ideas COULD persuade someone to like RED more....Good, since I want to write a persuasive speech
**Decide on the angle you want to take** See Step 2
The structure of every speech is the same.
Every speech needs to have an introduction, a body and a conclusion. Most professional speakers write the body (main points) first and then write an effective introduction and conclusion. The body of the speech is the longest part. The introduction and conclusion are usually about the same length. Step 1: What is your Speech Topic going to be? (*your topic of interest* SEED IDEA from your Writer’s Notebook)
Step 2: Decide if you will: inform, entertain, describe, persuade
Step 3: Big Ideas and Supporting Details
"You tell them what you are going to tell them.
You tell them –
Then you tell them what you told them."
Every speech needs to have an introduction, a body and a conclusion. Most professional speakers write the body (main points) first and then write an effective introduction and conclusion. The body of the speech is the longest part. The introduction and conclusion are usually about the same length. Step 1: What is your Speech Topic going to be? (*your topic of interest* SEED IDEA from your Writer’s Notebook)
Step 2: Decide if you will: inform, entertain, describe, persuade
Step 3: Big Ideas and Supporting Details
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