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Understanding the features of a successful speech

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Key learning points

  1. A speech should have a clear purpose.
  2. A speech may use techniques such as rhetorical questions or repetition.

Keywords

  • Features - Features are the parts or characteristics that make something unique.

  • Repetition - Repetition means doing or saying something over and over again.

  • Rhetorical questions - Rhetorical questions are questions that do not require an answer.

Common misconception

All speeches must include all of the features included in this lesson.

A good speech may include some of these features but it is not essential that all are used.

You may be able to make links to previous writing lessons where these features may have been used.
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6 Questions

Q1.
What is the name for the group of people a speech is delivered to?
audition
Correct answer: audience
auditorium
Q2.
What could a teacher, a politician and a sports coach all make as part of their profession?
Correct answer: speeches
lesson plans
training routines
Q3.
A view or belief that a person has can also be referred to as what?
their fact
Correct answer: their opinion
their story
Q4.
To have an impact on an audience is the purpose of doing what?
writing a diary
going for a walk
Correct answer: making a speech
Q5.
When making a speech, the speaker will often try and do what to the audience?
Correct answer: persuade them
make them confused
lose their interest
Q6.
Which skill is it important for all children to have?
the skill of being able to write long stories
Correct answer: the skill of being able to give their opinion
the skill of being able to hop on one leg

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6 Questions

Q1.
What is the name for the parts or characteristics that make something unique?
pieces
Correct answer: features
chapters
Q2.
Which three of these are features of a successful speech?
Correct answer: anecdotes
rhyming words
Correct answer: statistics
Correct answer: quotations
images
Q3.
What does repetition mean?
telling a funny story
saying something once
Correct answer: saying or doing something over and over again
Q4.
What is a rhetorical question?
Correct answer: a question which doesn't require an answer
a question to more than one person
a question that nobody knows the answer to
Q5.
What would be a suitable amount of times to repeat a particular type of rhetorical question?
1
2
Correct answer: 3
4
5
Q6.
Why is it effective to use rhetorical questions at the start of a speech?
Correct answer: because they can engage an audience straight away
because the audience may not stay till the end
because a speech can be timed