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5 Tips on How to Write a Speech for Any Occasion
When figuring out how to write a speech, the essay form can offer a good foundation for the process. Just like essays, all speeches have three main sections: the introduction, the body, and the conclusion. However, unlike essays, speeches must be written to be heard as opposed to read.
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What is a speech?
Just like essays, speeches have three main sections:
- Introduction
- Body
- Conclusion
However, unlike essays, speeches must be written to be heard as opposed to read. It should contain some color, drama or humor.
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Tips on How to Write a Speech Essay
- Determine the type of speech you're writing. Is it to inform people? Persuade? Entertain?
- Craft a creative speech introduction with an attention-grabber, statement on your topic and a strong transition to the body.
- Determine the flow of the body of the speech depending on the information consisting the body.
- Write a memorable speech conclusion by restating the main points and ending with a memorable speech.
- Address the key objectives by using some clever quotes, inspirational stories, meaningful transitions and a good ending.
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Types of Speeches
- Informative and Instructional Speech - Used to inform people about a certain topic, event or area of knowledge.
- Persuasive Speech - Used to persuade people to join one side of an argument.
- Entertaining Speech - Used to entertain audience, and topics may not be practical.
- Special Occasion Speech - Used in special occasions to entertain or inform audience such as graduation, toasts, etc.
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Patterns of Organization in Writing
The body of your speech can be arranged depending on your topic:
- Chronological: Provides the order of events in time.
- Spatial: Gives an overview of physical arrangement or design.
- Topical: Presents information one subject at a time.
- Causal: Shows cause and effect pattern.
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Bonus Tips in Writing Speeches
- Pay attention to your audience and their interest.
- Gain inspiration from others' speeches by reading them and looking how they are constructed.
- Begin and end your speech with something the audience will not forget.
- Practice on the tone you should use in giving the speech.
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- Kind of speech - What is this speech for?
- Audience - Who are they and what are their interests?
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Simple Framework to Follow When Giving a Speech
- Attention-Getting Introduction - Use something that will quickly grab your audience. A quote, story, question, or statistic
- Preview - Tell your listeners what's coming in your speech.
- Points 1 Through 3 - branch out your topic and include some evidences or expert citations for it to resonate.
- Recap - A short review of what you told them.
- Q&A -This is to help you deal with anything that comes up from your audience and be able to conclude on your own terms.
- Closer - End with a stirring statement that's memorable
A speech is an effective medium to communicate a message you feel strongly about. Speech writing is a skill that has many advantages whether you are a student or a young professional. Like other skills, speech writing can be learned too. My stint as a public speaking trainer for two years helped me discover the pitfalls in speech writing.
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Write a Well-structured Speech
- Don't write without a plan. Think, research and brainstorm of what central idea will be in your speech and the topics and hooks you will integrate.
- Begin with the end in mind. Ask yourself what would be the message you want to retain to your audience to make the writing easier.
- Divide and conquer by breaking down the general message into smaller. It will be easier for you to write and the audience will not have a hard time understanding the theme.
- Read and rewrite the speech, then repeat. The most important in every speech is having a smooth flow so that people could follow to where you're going
Writing speeches for graduation, class assignments, or other purposes consists of a lot more than finding a few inspirational quotes and possibly a funny story or two. The key to writing good speeches lies in using a theme. If you always refer back to this theme, the audience will respond positively and remember your words.
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Effective Speech Writing
- Choose a theme. You must know who your audience are and think of ONE thought you want to leave your audience so that they will have a greater tendency to remember it.
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