Soapbox Challenge lesson 2

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 2,3

Lesson Aim

What elements make a great speech?

LET'S DISCUSS

Look at your speech aim

Discuss for 1 minute why this speech is necessary

Partner: what do you think? Give some feedback

what are the magic ingredients
for a persuasive speech?

Persuasive techniques...

  Facts and opinions - Checkpoint

  Emotive language - book

  Address the audience - discuss

  Repetition - book

  Rhetorical questions - book

  Rule of three - lets discuss

USE AT LEAST 3 TO WRITE A GREAT SPEECH!

Address the audience by:

* Addressing the audience and keep contact with them throughout 

* Catch the audience’s attention at the beginning, and leave a        clear impression at the end (eg use of “we” and “you” etc)

* Get the audience to react personally: including rhetorical questions, repetition etc.

Rule of three:

The rule of three is a storytelling idea that suggests people better understand concepts, situations, and ideas in groups of three. For example:

-blood, sweat and tears

- cool, calm and collected

-“Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness” – the American Declaration of Independence

“Government of the people, by the people, for the people” – the Gettysburg Address

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Martin Luther King speech "I Have A Dream"

listen to the speech. What kind of persuasive speech techniques does Martin Luther King use to persuade his audience. Why is it such a powerful speech?

  Facts and opinions 

  Emotive language 

  Address the audience 

  Repetition 

  Rhetorical questions 

  Rule of three 

IDENTIFY

- highlight or underline all the persuasive techniques mentioned in "I Have A Dream" making a note of which technique he used.

You try:

Using your speech aim think of an example of:

1 Repetition

2 Emotive language

3 Addressing the audience

4 Fact and opinion

5 Rhetorical questions

6 Rule of three

You will need to know the persuasive devices for tomorrows lesson  - MINI TEST!!!

imagine that....

name 2 ways to interpret
this topic

In what way do the words in this word cloud refer to the theme of the Junior Speaking Contest?

imagine that.......

imagine that.....
FUTURE