Speech Techniques and Planning

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🎯 Part 1: Identifying Speech Techniques

Read this speech excerpt from Greta Thunberg:

"How dare you! You have stolen my dreams and my childhood with your empty words. We are in the beginning of a mass extinction, and all you can talk about is money and fairy tales of eternal economic growth."

1. Which language technique is used in "How dare you!"?

Rhetorical question

Exclamation

Repetition

2. What technique is shown in "stolen my dreams and my childhood"?

Metaphor

Alliteration

Simile

3. Which delivery methods would make this speech more powerful? (Tick all that apply)

Speaking loudly and clearly

Using hand gestures

Reading from notes without looking up

Making eye contact with the audience

4. Why do you think Greta uses the phrase "fairy tales" to describe economic growth?

📝 Part 2: Planning Your Speech

Choose ONE topic for a 2-minute speech:

• Why mobile phones should/shouldn't be allowed in school
• The importance of protecting the environment
• Why everyone should learn a new skill

5. My chosen topic: ________________________________

6. Write your opening sentence (use an exclamation, question, or shocking fact):

7. List THREE main points you will make:

Point 1: _________________________________________________

Point 2: _________________________________________________

Point 3: _________________________________________________

8. Choose TWO language techniques you will use and explain how:

Repetition - I will repeat the phrase: ________________

Rhetorical questions - I will ask: ___________________

Personal stories - I will share: ____________________

Statistics/facts - I will mention: ___________________

9. Write your closing sentence (make it memorable!):

⭐ Success Criteria & Extension

Success Criteria - I can:

Identify at least 2 language techniques in speeches

Explain why certain delivery methods are effective

Plan a speech with a clear structure (opening, 3 points, closing)

Choose appropriate language techniques for my speech

10. Extension Task: Research a famous speech (Martin Luther King Jr., Winston Churchill, Emma Watson). Write down ONE powerful quote and explain what makes it effective:

Support: If you need help, use the word bank: repetition, rhetorical question, metaphor, alliteration, personal anecdote, statistics, emotive language