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Speech writing
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- 2. Objectives • Use registerappropriate to audience and context • Use features of speech writing to develop an engaging content
- 3. Section 1: DirectedWriting You are advised to write between 200 and 300 words. Total marks for this section: 30 • You will be awarded up to 15 marks for following the task instructions. • You will be awarded up to 15 marks for the language you use. • Your best friend is a popular person at school and is very successful both inside and outside the classroom. Your friend is leaving the school to move overseas. Your teacher, Mr Johnson, asks you to make a speech to your classmates on the last day of term wishing your friend goodbye and good luck. Write your speech. You must include the following: • the name of your friend and where your friend is going • why your friend is moving • what you and your classmates will miss about your friend. Cover all three points above in detail. You should make sure your speech is both polite and friendly. Start your speech, ‘Mr Johnson and friends…’
- 4. STARTER ACTIVITY • Howis speech different from other types of directed writing?
- 5. Speech Writing Format Ladies& gentlemen, (for general audience) / Honourable Principal, respected teachers & dear fellow students,(for school audience. Introductory Paragraph Leave a line Development of First Content Point Leave a line Development of second Content Point Leave a line Development of second Content Point Leave a line Concluding lines Leave a line Thank you
- 6. Home Assignment • Watchthe speech and identify which rhetoric devices she has used in her speech. https://youtu.be/XHHmgWRaA-0
- 7. Linguistic features ofspeech writing and rhetoric • Rhetorical questions • Quotes • Rule of three • Anecdote • Parallelism • Use exclamation marks • Use personal pronouns- I , We ,You to develop conversational tone
- 8. What is arhetorical question? • A rhetorical question is a question that is asked for effect with no answer expected. The answer may be immediately provided by the questioner or obvious. The question may have an obvious answer The question may not have an answer The question may be answered immediately by the questioner
- 9. Why do weuse rhetorical questions? • Engage the audience • Persuade the audience • Evoke emotions • Predict the audiences’ questions • Emphasize a statement
- 10. Identify which onesare the rhetorical questions? • a) Don’t you ever think about anyone else? b) Do you want any cake? c) Are you hungry? d) Are you interested in having more homework? e) Are you expecting visitors? f) Do you want your children to live in poverty? g) When will this madness end? h) When will you go to school? i) If we don’t stop now, what will be next?
- 11. Why do weuse Rule of 3? • Rule of Three allows a speaker to express a concept, emphasize it, and make it memorable. Examples: Julius Caesar “Veni, vidi, vici” (I came, I saw, I conquered) Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar “Friends, Romans, Countrymen. Lend me your ears.“ “Government of the people, by the people, for the people“ Barack Obama, Inaugural Speech “we must pick ourselves up, dust ourselves off, and begin again the work of remaking America“
- 12. Repetition • It helpsemphasize your point to your directly to your audience. The audience is more likely to remember something that has been repeated.
- 13. AFL: Which rhetoricdevices are used in the following paragraph? How often do we read content that surprises and delights? How often are we really inspired by a blog post? Life is too short for monotone voices. Life is too short for wishy-washy writing. Life is too short to regurgitate ideas without adding value. It’s time to have fun, infuse your content with your personality, and dazzle your readers with your words.