I chose speeches because I think they are interesting as they cover a wide range of topics and show the speakers true feelings about a specific subject and it allows them to say it to a particular audience. Also the majority of speeches are very passionate and discuss important and relevant topics whilst calling for change. I also chose my topics from my speeches as they are two things that I feel strongly about.
Speeches – There are three main types of speeches, but what kind a speaker delivers depends upon the speaker’s objective. The three main types of speeches are the informative, the persuasive, and the special occasion.
A speech is a formal address, delivered to an audience, that seeks to convince, persuade, inspire or inform. From historic moments to the present day, the English language has given us some extraordinary examples of the spoken word.
1. Pick Your Main Ideas. Don’t try to put too many ideas into your speech. 2. Write Like You Talk. Remember that you’re writing a speech, not an essay. 3. Use Concrete Words and Examples. Concrete details keep people interested. 4. Get Your Facts Together. 5. Persuade With a Classic Structure. 6. Simplify.
•What do you want the audience to learn or do? •If you are making an argument, why do you want them to agree with you? •If they already agree with you, why are you giving the speech? •How can your audience benefit from what you have to say?
- Powerful opening as she begins with examples of verbal abuse such as ‘you’re so stupid’ without context
- Uses statistics ‘everyday in the US three women are murdered by a partner or loved one’ to put emphasis on the topic and raise awareness
- ‘no one is immune to domestic violence’ suggests that it is a common occurrence and you may think it would never happen to you but she wants people to understand this
- Includes everyone ‘no matter what race, gender, socio economic background, level of education, religion or sexual orientation’ connecting everyone in the audience, as well as online viewers, making it feel personal
- She is talking about a sensitive subject (abuse) but highlights the damage verbal and psychological abuse, which is often disregarded, can cause to someone
- ‘I feared for my life’ displays the severity of some situations that may not be physical but the treat is still prevalent
- ‘I have a dream’ is repeated for emphasis to show his intense feelings for the topic
- Lots of nouns which have positive meanings and connotations e.g. faith and hope
- Semantic field of religion ‘hope’, ‘faith’, ‘god’ and ‘glory of the lord’
- ‘state sweltering with the heat of injustice’ not literal, play on words
- Not angry but sad and disappointed ‘free at last’ ‘not be judged by the colour of their skin’
- wants equality ‘will be able to sit down together’
Plan:
Proposed genre – Speech
Text 1 – I wanted to do a TED talk about the innocence project in the US which is a non-profit legal organization that is committed to exonerating wrongly convicted people through the use of DNA testing and to reforming the criminal justice system to prevent future injustice. I thought I could do it in point of view of someone who has been exonerated (male)
Audience: Anyone interested/passionate about the subject
Function: To educate people on wrongful convictions
Text 2 – I wanted to do a speech about the history cruelty of marine mammals in captivity and the cruel captures/breeding, the killings of marine park employees and premature deaths of the animals. I wanted to do this in either the point of view of someone who used to be a SeaWorld trainer or just as myself who cares about this subject.
Audience: animal activists/protestors or people who agree
Function: To raise awareness of the cruelty that is happening all over the world, stop people from supporting marine parks e.g. SeaWorld and marine land
Nyah Laverty 