The persuasive speech attempts to effect a change. Its purpose will be to convince the audience to accept your views on a debatable issue. It goes futher to change beliefs and attitudes and request ...

Welcome to your column on public speaking. Last week, we started the discussion on persuasive speech. We defined persuasion as “the art of gaining fair and favourable consideration for our points of ...

We took a further plunge into the world of persuasive speech, last week. We considered some characteristics of the speech such as: urging the audience to choose one option above the others, not being ...

1. Write like you talk. There is no First Law of Speechwriting, but if there were, it would probably be something like this: a speech is meant to be spoken, not read. That simple (and obvious) fact ...

Poet Simon Armitage explores key features of some of the most memorable speeches from the last hundred years. This short film includes extracts of speeches from influential figures such as Martin ...