Writing a Speech
1. Begin your speech in a formal address to the audience,
guests and fellow speakers.
“Good morning to respected Principal, teachers
and my dear friends.” OR “Good Morning to one and all.”
2. Introduce yourself.
“I’m Neha, a student of XII Humanities” OR
“My name is Neha and I’m a student of XII humanities.”
3. Introduce your topic in a catchy manner.
“We all like to eat fast food. Don’t we?”
OR “Road accidents are reported everyday.”
4. Use a conversational tone. Use proper intonation,
pauses and punctuation as if you are talking to the audience.
“What do you think when you read about
killing of girls for dowry?” OR “Remember! The last time you saw a lion in a
park.”
5. Use quotations, anecdotes, news paper reports and data
to make your speech effective.
“Early to bed and early to rise makes a
man healthy, wealthy and wise.” OR Mahatma Gandhi said,”
An eye for eye only ends up making the
whole world blind.”
6. Use rich language and expressions.
“Teen age —even under the best of
circumstances—can be a turbulent time.” OR “Misuse of entrusted funds and power
for private/individual gain is termed as Corruption.”
7. Stick to word limit while writing. (If you are
delivering a speech keep the time limit in your mind.)
8. Conclude your speech in no hurry.
9. End your speech saying/writing ‘thank you’.
10. If you are provided with a visual or verbal in-put.
You don’t need to describe that. It must work as a stimulus for you. Your
speech must be based on the idea illustrated in verbal/visual in-put.
Illustrative Example:
Write a speech in 150-200 words on
‘Benefits of Early Rising’ to be delivered by you in the morning assembly of
your school. You are Karuna, Head Girl.
“Early to bed and
early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise”
Respected principal,
teachers and my dear friends, I,Karuna of class XII Humanities, am standing in
front of you to express my views on benefits of early rising.
The great advantage of early rising is
the good start it gives us in our day’s work. In the early morning the mind is
fresh and there are few sounds so that work done at that time is generally well
done. The early riser also finds time to take some exercise or to go for a walk
in the fresh morning air, and‚ this supplies him with a fund of energy that
will last until the evening. By beginning so early, he knows that he has plenty
of time to do thorough all the work he can be expected to do, and is not
tempted to hurry over any part of it. All his working being finished in good
time, he has a long interval of rest in the evening before he goes to bed.
My friends early
rising is the secret for a happy life. We
all wish to live long but we cannot. Why? We go against Nature. Nature likes us
to work during day and to rest at night. But we do not obey this law of Nature.
We do not go to bed early. We read or write late into night. Some of us keep
playing, dancing and watching TV whole night. So, we do not rise early. What is
the result? Our health breaks down and
we fall ill. Nature takes revenge. We have to suffer for our disobedience.
I hope my views will
inspire you to rise early in the morning.
Thank you and have a
wonderful day.
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