Speech Writing

Speech Writing

Introduction - Speech writing is a tool used to outline your thoughts and ideas for a speech. It assists with cognitive learning and critical thinking, and allows you to organize your thoughts into full sentences or phrases. Speech writing helps you to really think about what you want to say, and allows you to recognize gaps within your speech where you might need more information, or parts of your speech that you might want to reduce
Purpose of speech

• To make your audience feel, think and act on the issue
• To make them learn
• To spread awareness
• To convince/ persuade

BEGINNING/INTRODUCTION :

  Opening your speech with a relevant and arresting quote sets the tone for the rest of your speech. Its  like a hook when you are fishing. Engage your audience right in the beginning by using something interesting such as-

• An anecdote
• A story/an incident
• A question
• A couplet
• A personal experience

Main Body

• Provide arguments and reasons  to develop your theme.
• Make use of few logical and relatable points instead of too many confusing ideas.
• Structure your points/arguments in a sequence to reach the conclusion.
• Make reference to current issues in public domain.
• Make use of engaging examples, quotes, etc. to emphasize.
• Use a slogan /a phrase that you can repeat to make an impact   

Conclusion

• Keep it brief
• Don’t just summarize. Make a powerful stirring statement that will leave the audience thinking.
• Consider ending your speech with an additional quote that captures the theme.
• Provide a call to action.

IMPORTANT THINGS TO REMEMBER WHILE WRITING SPEECH

1. A good speech is made for a good reason: to inspire, to instruct, to rally support, to lead to action, etc. These are noble purposes -- and not merely to sound off; feed the speaker's ego; or to flatter, intimidate, or shame anyone 
2. Get persuasive. If your points are illogical, don't attempt to pad them with other reasons. Make sure your reason is sound, and then you can try to add persuasive techniques
3. Making Speech Effective-

• Make use of rhetorical questions
• Avoid long sentences
• Use imperatives
• Use quotes, statistics etc. for impact
• Make use of personal pronouns
• Illustrate
• Repeat
• Narrate relatable situations
• Be specific and provide a concrete plan of action