Key Elements of a Speech
The people who the speech is intended to speak to; who is listening?
What is an audience
Pointing, lifting arms and calling people to rise, putting a fist in the air to show power, etc
What are hand gestures?
Showing that the speaker is someone worth trusting.
What is Ethos?
When the speaker uses exaggeration to emphasize a certain point.
What is Hyperbole?
What are coordinating conjunctions?
The background, which provides a reason for the speaker to give the speech.
What is context?
Don’t be monotone! A speaker can highlight what is most important and cause the listener to listen deeper by changing the tone and volume of his/her voice.
What is inflection?
Trying to make the listener feel strong emotions.
What is Pathos?
When the speaker repeats a certain word or phrase multiple times in his or her speech.
What is Repetition?
Words that tell how ideas in sentence are related. They tell where or when something happens. Example: Carol works at the bank. The word in italics.
What is a preposition?
Typically what you are trying to accomplish with the speech. The general purpose of any speech will be either to Inform; Motivate/Persuade; or Entertain your audience.
What is Purpose?
Your posture as you give your speech on stage or at a podium as well as your clothing.
What is Physical Aspect?
The facts or logic that support a speaker’s message.
What is Logos?
When the speaker asks a question, and then answers the question?
What is Hypophora?
The words: since, when, once, even though, because
Example We declined the invitation since we already had plans.
What are subordinating conjunctions?
The central idea that the speaker is trying to communicate to the listener.
What is the Message?
Don’t just stare at the paper in front of you. Look to the person you are speaking to.
What is eye contact?
The algorithms have been run in a thousand different ways, and the math continues to check out. This is example of which Mode of Persuasion.
What is Logos?
I’m so tired that I could sleep for a million years, is an example of which rhetorical device.
What is Hyperbole?
My friend lives up the street. Up the street is the prepositional phrase. Street is the
What is the object of the preposition?
Clues in the text that help you determine the meaning of new or unfamiliar words.
What is context clues?
I Believe in You! Do You believe in Me? Is an example of which non-verbal aspect of a speech.
What is Inflection?
"If we don't move soon, we're all going to die! Can't you see how dangerous it would be to stay? This is an example of which Mode of Persuasion.
What is Pathos?
Do you know what it means to have power? What it means to have power is that you can influence others around you to do good. This is an example of which rhetorical device.
What is Hypophora?
The sick man in the midst of pain and weariness was obliged to listen to the treading of feet of the neighbor above him.
What is the synonym for obliged? forgotten, compelled, unseen
What is compelled?