Making a speech

Audience

• Refer to the audience deliberately - at the start, throughout and the end.
• Remember that is this format, the second person (you, we, our) is a way of getting the audience interested.
• The age/status of the audience will define your tone.

Direct address

Use one of these in each paragraph:

• “I am sure we all agree that…”
• “Are you all aware?”
• “Surely ladies and gentlemen no one believes?”

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Top tips

• Do not use filler - um, oh, etc.
• Brief welcome
• Outline topic
• One key point in each paragraph with connectives
• End with something memorable
• Use DAFOREST and SPAMO
• Address the audience - ‘you’ and ‘we’

Structure

1. Open with a welcome to your audience. This will be brief and simple.
2. Outline the subject of the speech.
3. Mark three or four key points (one for each paragraph, 5-6 sentences) to support your argument.
4. Sum up your argument and acknowledge your audience.

DAFOREST

Direct address - you, your

Alliteration - two or more words next to one another starting with the same letter sound

Fact - information used as evidence or as part of a report or news article

Opinion - a formal statement of reasons for a belief held

Rhetorical question - a question without an answer

Emotive language - language used in order to have a greater emotional impact on their audience

Statistics - numerical data representing a large number of people

Three adjectives in a row - using three describing words together

Sentence starters

Using these sentence starters will improve your writing.

• Start with an ‘ly’: “Carefully, john picked up the package.”
• Start with a ‘ing’: “Moaning, the teenaged walked off.”
• Start with an adjective: “Shocked, I couldn’t move.”
• Start with two adjectives: “Bored and exasperated, I started at his exam.”

Connectives

Sequencing

To begin with…

In the first place…

First and foremost…

Primarily,

Firstly,

Secondly,

Thirdly,

Lastly,

Finally,

Therefore,

Counter arguing

Others might argue

However…

Whereas,

On the other hand...

Nevertheless...

In opposition to this…

In comparison…

On the contrary…

Nonetheless…

Conversely…

Yet...

Furthering a point

Many people believe

In addition to this…

Similarly,

Equally,

Likewise,

Furthermore,

In the same way,

For example,

For instance,

Subsequently,

3 things I would put in room 101

Messy kitchen

Power cuts

Leaky roofs

Introduction

Hello everybody,

Do you ever get annoyed by something so much you feel like your head will explode? I am going to talk about the things I would happily put into Room 101. Let me straight to the point: we need to destroy these things forever and make them vanish from Planet Earth.

Conclusion

In summary, the terrible trio that needs to go into Room 101 are: messy kitchens, leaky roofs and power cuts. I am absolutely sure you’ll all agree with what I have said. I want to leave you now by asking, what would you all put into Room 101?

Thank you for listening.

Exam question

You have been asked to give a talk to your class on the topic ‘Things I would happily put in Room 101’.

Try to be entertaining and explain why you would want to get rid of the things you hate. [20]

Introduction

Hello everybody,

Do you ever get annoyed by something so much you feel like your head will explode? I am going to talk about the things I would happily put into Room 101. Let me straight to the point: we need to destroy these things forever and make them vanish from Planet Earth.

Content

Catastrophic kitchen caused disgusting smells. If there are little bits of food on the floor, and on the table as well, the food would go all mouldy. The mouldy food would poison you. Even if someone tries to clean the kitchen it won’t work. This is because the bits of food won’t come out as there are stuck to the surface. We should keep our kitchens clean.

Conclusion

In summary, the terrible trio that needs to go into Room 101 are: messy kitchens, leaky roofs and power cuts. I am absolutely sure you’ll all agree with what I have said. I want to leave you now by asking, what would you all put into Room 101?

Thank you for listening.

Exam question

Your school/college is planning to put on the show at the end of the year.

You have been asked to give a talk encouraging students to get involved.

Write what you would say. [20]