How Michelle Obama addresses an audience
I can understand how rhetorical questions can be used to address an audience when delivering a speech.
How Michelle Obama addresses an audience
I can understand how rhetorical questions can be used to address an audience when delivering a speech.
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Lesson details
Key learning points
- Michelle Obama is an American lawyer and author who served as the First Lady of the United States from 2009 to 2017.
- Successful public speaking includes speaking loudly and clearly and engaging the audience.
- A speech is written for a specific audience in order to achieve its purpose.
- A speaker can engage an audience through a variety of techniques, including rhetorical questions.
Keywords
Audience - a group of people listening or watching a performance or speaker
Addressing - speaking to a person or group of people
Rhetorical question - a question asked that does not expect an answer, but rather makes a point or creates emphasis
Common misconception
Children may think that their speech should be purely made up of rhetorical questions.
Highlight and explain how rhetorical questions can be interspersed with statements and information that reinforce the point and help to achieve the purpose too.
Equipment
You will need access to the video clip of Michelle Obama’s speech at Eastern Kentucky University in 2013.
Licence
Lesson video
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Starter quiz
6 Questions
a group of people listening to or watching a performance or speaker
to get or hold the interest of
a key word or phrase said more than once in order to reinforce a point
Exit quiz
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