Today, you will take the first steps towards creating your Who Am I? speech. To do this, be sure you have thoughtfully completed the five questions that were handed out last week. These are due by the end of the hour for Workshop points.
Use the answers to these questions to begin thinking about what you want your speech to be about. Create a thematic statement. Remember your thematic statement is the lesson that you want your audience to learn by the end of your speech. This will be the driving force behind your speech; although, at this point, it is only a rough draft. By the time you finish your speech, you may need to alter your thematic statement.
After you have competed your thematic statement, begin thinking about how you will express this lesson to your audience. You may want to use the events and experiences from the five questions answered, but you are not required to. By the end of class today, you must have your thematic statement and speech topic approved.
Elements you should consider using in your speech:
- anecdote
- rhetorical question
- anaphora/repetition
- metaphor/simile
- extended analogy
- quote
- aphorism
