How to Write a Good Speech

Having a good speech is a lot like making a good cake. Having the right ingredients is key for it's success. Follow these quick steps to make sure you can deliver a successful speech.

Difficulty: Moderate

Instructions

1. Before you start a speech first you have to ask yourself what your main idea is. Outline the key components of your main idea and the ultimate goal for your speech. It should look something like this :Main idea :What is the main idea I want to get across?Goal :What do I want people to learn from my speech?This should be simple, people generally learn two or three key points, it is better to do a speech which is clear and well thought out with a couple simple points than a long speech which confuses people.

2. A basic speech consists of three main elements ( just as in a commentary or paper)Introduction – A summary of what the points you want to get across. This gets the attention early on and it sets the tone for your speech. If you begin early on with a long introduction or a confused introduction people will start to “ tune out”."The following speech is about sailing. I wish to talk to you about this because it has been an important part of my life, and it made me the person today. Maybe you wont ever sail in your life but you might become more open to the idea of sailing. "An introduction should be interesting, to the point and not too long. Your voice should be confident and loud, which will engage the audience from the start.

3. This should have your main ideas within the speech. Again, it should be a couple of points for a ten minute talk. For example :1. What sailing is2. Why I like it3. The freedom I get from sailing.4. some of the drawbacks of sailing.Within those points you should have sub points like this :What Italian food is :It is a food that came from italyIt includes many pastasOne of the main ingredients are cheese and sauceBread and sauce made one of the more famous dishes called pizza.Now you have a paragraph of one of your key points. After you have made the categories, you simply make them full coherent sentences

4. Now you are ready for the Conclusion- This should sum up all of your key points and serves as a reminder of what you just talked about.“ Finally, I would like to say that Italian food for me is one of the most delicious and satisfying foods in the world. There are many types of pasta and sauce and it has served to give my family a sense of unity through food... if you haven’t tried Italian food you have no idea what you are missing!”

Tips & Warnings

• Avoid retelling the speech again, simply point out your key points in different words.
• Try not to be too long, and sometimes it is a good idea to have something witty or funny at the end of a speech.
• Make sure that your key points are related to each other, find a way to relate them to each other.
• Don’t make points that have nothing to do with your main idea or speech.
• Avoid repeating yourself over and over, if you have said “ My mother is an inspiration, we don’t need to hear it again in your speech.
• Remember to speak slowly, loudly and clearly.
• Don´t sound rehearsed, try to be natural .
• Avoid using words like “ um”, “ It’s like” or “ I don’t know” which make you sound doubtful of what you are saying.
• Understand and know your topic, if you don’t understand your audience certainly wont.
• Avoid words that you don’t understand just to sound interesting.
• Be interested in your topic, even the most boring topic can be interesting if you make it engaging!
• Don't go off in tangents, stay focused on your main points if not you can easily confuse your audience.

[rockish]

on 9/14/2009 I MENT COULDN'T NOT OCULENT


SORRY

[rockish]

on 9/14/2009 I LOVED IT AND ILL BE SHER TO USE IT
MAN I THOUGH YOU OCULDENT GET ADVISE ON HOW TO WRITE A GOOD SPEECH BUT I GUESS YOU PROVED ME WRONG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Rockney]

on 4/2/2009 Great advice!