Types of Speeches
A speech delivered during a holiday or another significant event.
Special occasion speech
Eulogy
3–5 minutes
Looking directly at your audience with confidence
Eye contact
The final section that wraps everything up
Conclusion
A game where students use body language to help describe an object
What’s My Gesture?
A speech that explains a topic using facts and examples.
Informative speech
Farewell speech
2–4 minutes
Changing your voice to show emotion
Tone
A section in the Body of the speech that supports the main idea
Main Point
A game that tests knowledge using clues or images
Quiz
A speech meant to amuse or delight the audience with stories or humor.
Entertaining speech
Motivational speech
2–5 minutes
Speaking clearly so each word is easy to understand
Enunciation / Articulation
The beginning section that grabs the audience’s attention and explains what the speech is about
Introduction
A word game used to build vocabulary
Wordle
A speech that gives instructions or shows how to complete a task.
Demonstrative speech
Persuasive speech
5–9 minutes
Using hand and body movement to support meaning
Gestures
The main section where ideas and evidence are developed
Body
A geography game that helps build descriptive language
WorldGuessr
A persuasive business-style speech used to present an idea or product to investors.
Pitch speech
Campaign speech
3–5 minutes
Using silence in specific moments for emphasis
Pausing
A final statement that asks the audience to do something in order to make change
A game where students try not to get voted out of the group
Survivor’s Last Chance