Parts of a Speech
Great Speech Examples
Attributes of Great Speeches
Speech Delivery
Revising and Editing
100
The part of a speech that comes at the end and reviews the main argument.
What is the close or conclusion?
100
This is the person who delivered the "I Have a Dream" speech?
Who is Martin Luther King, Jr.?
100
Therefore, before, and next are all examples of these kinds of words.
What are transition words?
100
Looking directly at audience members is an example of this speech delivery attribute.
What is maintaining eye contact?
100
This step in the speech writing process is when writers improve their writing technique, word choice, organization, and idea.
What is revising?
200
The part of the speech that comes at the beginning.
What is the introduction?
200
In his speech, Martin Luther King, Jr. clearly organizes his argument in order to present his speech to the audience better. What part of a speech uses clear organization?
What is the body?
200
An energetic finish is an attribute of what part of a speech?
What is a close?
200
Standing up straight is an example of this speech delivery attribute.
What is posture?
200
This step in the speech writing process is when writers fix mistakes in mechanics and grammar?
What is editing?
300
The part of speech that has an energetic finish and leaves the audience with a final point?
What is the conclusion?
300
In his speech to American students, President Barack Obama opens with a story about when he was a young student. What attribute of speech openings was he using?
What is connecting to the audience?
300
The tone of the speech is set in which part?
What is the opening?
300
Being able to speak loudly so that an audience can hear you is an example of this delivery attribute.
What is voice projection?
300
This is an attribute that we look for in revision that shows strong feelings or beliefs about the argument that the speech is making.
What is passion/passionate?
400
The main part of a speech that includes the important details.
What is the body?
400
This is the person who delivered the "Back to School" speech that we studied.
Who is President Obama?
400
TRUE OR FALSE: Strong language should ONLY be used in the opening and close.
What is false? Strong language should be used throughout.
400
Reading with an expressive voice is an example of this speech delivery attribute.
What is tone/pitch?
400
Language that is ______________ is powerful and clear.
What is strong language?
500
Which part of a speech is used to capture the audience's attention in what the speaker is saying?
What is the opening?
500
Dalton Sherman, the little boy from Texas, shouted this phrase to the room full of teachers: "Do you ____________ in me?"
What is "Do you believe in me?"?
500
This is an attribute that helps the audience to remember a point by saying a phrase or word over and over.
What is repetition?
500
Using the stage and engaging the audience is an example of this delivery attribute.
What is stage presence?
500
Information that is relevant and _____________ is connected to events in the speech that the audience will care about.
What is important?