THE SPEECH WRITING PROCESS

• SPEECH WRITING

    → method of conveying a thought or message to a reader using the correct punctuation and expression.
• TWO STAGES OF SPEECH WRITING

  1. PLANNING STAGE
  2. CREATING STAGE
• PRINCIPLE 1: ANALYZING AUDIENCE

  → Look into the profile of your target audience
• PRINCIPLE 2: DETERMINE THE PURPOSE OF YOUR SPEECH

     > to inform

     > to entertain

     > to persuade
• Informative speech provides the audience with a clear understanding of the concept or idea presented by the speaker.
• Entertainment speech provides the audience with amusement
• Persuasive speech provides the audience with well-argued ideas that can influence their own beliefs and decisions.
• PRINCIPLE 3: CHOOSING A TOPIC

    → Choose a subject that aligns with your purpose.
• PRINCIPLE 4: BRAINSTORMING FOR IDEAS

    → List down all possible angles, points, and subtopics related to your main topic.
• PRINCIPLE 5: NARROW DOWN THE TOPIC

    →  make your main idea focused
• PRINCIPLE 6: GATHERING DATA

   → collect ideas, information, sources, and references relevant or related to your specific topic
• PRINCIPLE 7: WRITING PATTERN

   → structures that will help organize the ideas related to your topic
• PRINCIPLE 8: OUTLINE

    → hierarchal list that shows the relationship of all your points in the speech
• PRINCIPLE 9: INTRODUCTION

    →  it is the foundation of your speech

    → catch the audience’s attention

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• PRINCIPLE 10: BODY

    → Contains the central ideas of the speech
• PRINCIPLE 11: CONCLUSION

    → restates the main idea of your speech
• PRINCIPLE 12: REVISING

    → involves correcting errors in mechanics such as grammar, punctuation, capitalization, unity, coherence and others
• PRINCIPLE 13: REHEARSAL

   → It gives you an opportunity to identify what works and what does not work for you and for your target audience.