I have chosen to deliver a speech for my project. This was a fairly easy genre to research, especially because of the recent elections. I have decided there are two components to every speech, the actual content of the speech and how the speech is delivered. I watched a lot of u-tube videos of famous and non-famous speeches. I feel that the speaker is what really sells a speech to most audiences and he/she is responsible for leaving a positive memorable impression. Many speeches, such as the infamous "I Have a Dream" speech keep the audiences attention by rallying them and getting them excited and energised about the topic.
I also researched speeches given by Quakers and saw a drastic contrast. As I had predicted, Quakers focus much more on the content of their speeches and do not attempts to rally their audience. They may issue a plea for support, but primarily they provide information in such a way that the audience makes many of the conclusions for themselves. Quaker speeches are not at all "in your face" or aggressive. I plan to put a lot of effort into the constructions of my speech so that the content is appealing, but I will also try to be entertaining and animated, since the majority of my audience will be high schoolers. I have considered making a PowerPoint of pictures to keep my audience entertained and possibly passing out a general outline of the speech for them to follow along with.
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I think your ideas for involving the audience are a good idea. It's smart that you are being intentional and thinking ahead to how you can keep your audience's attention. I think the PowerPoint presentation is an especially good idea. What sort of pictures would you use in your presentation? Maybe instead of handing out a general outline of your speech to your audience, you could include that general outline in your PowerPoint slides along with the pictures you mentioned? (But handouts work too, of course!)
I look forward to hearing your speech!
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