What is a Speech?

By: Sichula Mike

I have being stating the word speech in almost every article done so far; speech and public speaking are inseparable.

Today let’s find out what is a speech? Those that don’t know you have every reason to be happy because you will learn something new.

A Speech is a collection of ideas put together or something that you present to people in written or orally, a speech is a report of something.

A speech has three parts which include; an introduction, the main body and conclusion.

An introduction is the starting point and it serves the following;

It capture’s the attention of the listener, introduces your topic, shows the importance of the topic also previews the outcome.

The core of any speech is the main body, contains details of the speech, the real message you want your audience to hear.

When preparing your speech it is important to consider your purpose in the first place.

The purpose has a bearing in arranging your ideas, is it a speech to inform, Persuade, Entertain?

The main body is the longest part of the speech and it must be given the greatest amount of preparation.

If possible don’t make your speech too long, listeners find it difficult to follow everything and retention is hard.

Retention is the ability to recall what you just heard or read easily.

The last part of a speech is the conclusion, this is the summary you cannot finish your speech by just saying thank you or am through, you need to end in style.

A good conclusion does the following; informs the audience that you are about to end, summarizes the major points and leaves them with an idea to remember.

Lastly am looking forward for a time in Zambia when electing our leaders will strictly be based on good speech presentation.

Look out for part one in the series of (3) types of speeches that we hear on daily basis.