Speech: Form

Introduction

Begin your speech with a strong introduction that grabs the audience’s attention and sets the tone. This could be a startling statistic, a provocative question, a relevant anecdote or a bold statement.
Introduce the topic and purpose of your speech clearly to orient your listeners.
Establish your credibility. Why should the audience listen to you? This can be through your experience, skills, or passion about the topic.

Main Body

Structure the main body of your speech in a logical sequence. Each point should naturally lead on to the next, ensuring smooth transitions.
Make use of signposting phrases to guide your audience through your speech, indicating when you are moving to a new point or revisiting an earlier one.
Develop your points in depth, using supporting material such as evidence, examples, facts, statistics, quotes, or anecdotes.
Use rhetorical devices to heighten the impact of your speech. These could include repetition, tripling, rhetorical questions, direct address, emotive language, and vivid imagery.

Conclusion

Your conclusion needs to be powerful and memorable, offering a summary, rounding off your points, and returning to the central theme or purpose you defined at the start.
Make your call to action clear. What do you want your audience to think, feel, or do as a result of your speech?
Remember to signal the conclusion of your speech by using some sort of ‘Closing Signal’ such as ‘In conclusion’ or ‘Finally’.

Delivery

Bear in mind how your speech will sound when spoken aloud. Test this by practising delivery and reading through your work.
Vary your speech patterns to add interest and avoid monotonous delivery. This could involve changes in pace, pitch, and volume.
Think about emphasizing particular words or phrases to underline their importance.
Use pauses effectively to maintain engagement, give listeners time to absorb information, and add dramatic emphasis.

Through understanding and effectively applying these components of speech form, you can create compelling speeches that engage your audience, communicate your points effectively, and prompt action or change.