How to Decorate your
Speech!
Often, students are asked to
write a speech and deliver it. A well-decorated speech is just a fulfilling
piece of work that every student should be able to write and deliver.
An example
of a speech that is well decorated will be presented on this blog entry. As
illustrated by Phyllis Moir on Winston Churchill’s I Was Winston Churchill’s
Private Secretary:
“I can see him now, pacing slowly up and
down the room, his hands clasped behind his back, his shoulders hunched, his
head sunk forward in deep thought, slowly and haltingly dictating the beginning
of a speech or an article. I wait, my pencil poised in mid-air, as he whispers
phrases to himself, carefully weighing each word and striving to make his thoughts
balance. Nothing may be put down until it has been tested aloud and found
satisfactory. A happy choice brings a glint of triumph to his eye; a poor one
is instantly discarded. He will continue the search until every detail – of sound
rhythm and harmony is to his liking. Sometimes there are long halts, during
which he patiently sounds out a phrase a dozen times, this way and that, making
the cigar in his hand serve as a baton to punctuate the rhythm of his words.”
We can
see from this that eloquence does not happen overnight. It is a product of
practice, tenacity and hard work for brilliant ideas translated to sentences
for expression in brilliant speeches.
Here
are numerous tools of effective speaking that will enable students to give out
memorable and well-decorated speeches:
1.
Pay special attention to your introductions.
Insert suitable funny anecdotes and amusing definitions.
2.
Use a series of short sentences.
3.
Use figures of speech like similes. For example
and ordinary sentence will be, “Lisa examined all the food.” You can use a simile
to make it more interesting such as, “Lisa, feeling like she deserves it, went
through all the food like a seasoned foodie.”
4.
Use antonyms to intensify contrasts. An antonym
is a word whose meaning is opposite to that of another word. The choice of good
antonym is important to be able to send a strong message.
5.
Don’t forget to use questions. This is to serve
as a challenge and pushes your audience to think in their seats for an answer.
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