Eng B Text Type Talk or Speech
Eng B Text Type Talk or Speech
Eng B Text Type Talk or Speech
People give speeches and talks in all sorts of settings and situations: school, clubs and the workplace to name
just a few.
Audience
Audiences are as varied as the settings and situations. It is really important for a speaker to write his or her
speech in a way that is interesting and connects with the specific audience.
Purpose
Again purposes vary with the context and audience. General categories of speech include communication of
information, persuasion, entertainment, celebration, instruction and a mix of these purposes.
Format
All talks or speeches will have an introduction, body and conclusion. But above all, it must be clear to an
examiner reading the speech or talk you have written for Paper 2 that you are speaking to an audience.
structure
rhetoric
• use of personal pronouns to connect with the audience – “you, we, our”
• use of a variety of structures that maintain audience interest such as:
Application – Analyze audience, purpose and content before you write your talk.
Write the text of a short 300 word talk you are going to give at a student assembly about the dangers of
accepting a car ride from a friend who has been drinking at a party. Your talk has a serious message, but you
must engage the audience's attention and not put them off by preaching to them. Before you write your talk,
quickly research some statistics on drink driving accidents among teens in an Anglophone country. Use these
statistics to support your argument. Your talk text will be peer checked and you may be asked to present your
talk to the class next week.