Starter quiz
- What information should you pick out from a task before beginning it?
- Figurative language
- Purpose ✓
- Audience ✓
- Form ✓
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- Match the rhetorical device to the example.
- Direct address⇔"If you are religious, then remember that this..." ✓
- First person collective pronoun⇔"we must work . . . not wait." ✓
- Rhetorical question⇔"Who on earth conducted those opinion polls?" ✓
- Rule of three⇔"the most anti-democratic, anti-national, anti-human," ✓
- Anecdote⇔"I was named after the inspirational Malalai of Maiwand" ✓
- Call to action⇔"Let’s begin this ending now." ✓
- What is the purpose of considering the "audience" of a piece of writing?
- to impress readers with elaborate language
- to ensure language is appropriate and adapted to the reader ✓
- to create a unique, unconventional writing style
- to express the writer's personality and emotions
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- Which of these uses a declarative followed by a simile?
- Society is about to erupt. We need to act now.
- Society is about to erupt - like a volcano precariously spewing lava. ✓
- Like a volcano, society is about to erupt.
- Society is about to erupt and we need to consider how to make it better.
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- What is the purpose, form and audience of this task: “Society needs to change.” Write a speech for your class in which you persuade your listeners to be a force for change.
- persuade, speech and students ✓
- entertain, email and friends
- inform, speech and general public
- advise, article and newspaper
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- Which devices has this engaging sentence used: "Society's challenges continue to rumble. You may think you are safe from the debate, but you are wrong. When will you act?"
- simile
- declarative sentence ✓
- direct address ✓
- rhetorical question ✓
- statistic
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Exit quiz
- Which word beginning with 'I' can describe something as creating admiration or awe. It also means something is really good and makes you go wow!
- 'impressive' ✓
- If you elaborate you are:
- being complex or refined
- ensuring your language is suitable for audience and purpose
- adding more detail or information to something ✓
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- What is the purpose, audience, form and subject of this task: 'Write a speech for a group of world leaders in which you argue for urgent action on climate emissions.'?
- persuade, letter, world leaders, urgent action
- argue, world leaders, speech and climate emissions ✓
- explain, world leaders, speech, climate change
- entertain, world leaders, speech, climate emissions
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- Which of these are the most effective persuasive speech titles:
- Should more green spaces be protected from development? ✓
- Music helps me concentrate.
- Why basketball is the greatest sport.
- Video games: cause of violence or creative output? ✓
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- Which one of these topic sentences uses first person pronouns and a rule of three?
- We must act now if we want to see a better future.
- We are a global community; we are one community; we are not a divided society. ✓
- The current situation is violent, aggressive and unjust.
- When will you decide to put a stop to these terrible actions?
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- Which one of these topic sentences is an imperative sentence?
- Like a dumper truck, the millions of pounds just keep pouring off.
- You must change where the millions of pounds, dollars and yen are invested. ✓
- Where do the millions of pounds, dollars and yen go?
- Millions of pounds, dollars and yen are put into weapons of destruction.
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Key learning points
- Speeches should be impressive, which means presenting complex ideas clearly and using sophisticated vocabulary.
- You need to consider the purpose, audience and form of your speech.
- Speech topics should be appropriate and enable you to present a speech with layers of complexity and interest.
- Topic sentences should include a range of sentence structures and rhetorical devices.
- It is useful to consider the order of your topic sentences to make sure they are impactful.
Common misconception
Talking about why you like something is a good topic for a speech.
Although it is important to choose something that interests you, you need to ensure the topic that you choose will enable you to present some complex ideas and use sophisticated vocabulary.
Keywords
Impressive - causing admiration or awe- it means something is really good and makes you go 'wow!'
Elaborate - to add more detail or information to something
Appropriate - suitable for a particular purpose or situation
Sophisticated - to be complex, advanced or refined
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