Speech, Speech!

SPEECHES, addresses, etc.; BROADCASTING industry; ORAL communication; ORATORY; LECTURES & lecturing; COMMUNICATIONS industries

This article presents information on how to write a good speech. Imagine yourself delivering your speech on a radio or TV broadcast that echoes across the land. Picturing your audience as you write will give you a head start to achieving a professional edge. While writing, keep your listeners at the center of your thoughts. A speech you give at graduation should be entirely different from a eulogy you deliver at your grandfather's funeral. Picturing your audience as you write will give you a head start to achieving a professional edge. Dynamite speeches have three things in common, a strong opening, a meaty body that makes a good argument by citing evidence and examples, and a powerful conclusion that sparks a crowd's interest. INSETS: BAD SPEECH;GOOD SPEECH.