Year 10 - English
Engaging your audience: creating effective opening and closing paragraphs
Spoken language: the language of change
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Unit Summary
In this unit, pupils look at powerful speeches and emulate them by writing their own speeches. They first read, analyse and compare powerful speeches. They then hone their craft by understanding the features that contribute towards creating a powerful speech. They finally plan and write a speech.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to craft an effective opening and closing paragraph for a persuasive speech.
Key Notes
- It is important to consider how the tone of a speech opening will engage the audience.
- An introduction should hook your audience in, regardless of the topic.
- The ending of your persuasive speech presents the last opportunity to influence your audience.
- At the end of your persuasive speech, your audience should know exactly how to help or what to think or feel.
- Using rhetorical devices can elevate your opening and closing paragraphs.
Vocabulary To Learn
- impactful: memorable and significant
- compelling: convincing and attention grabbing
- viewpoint: a person's opinion or perspective on something
- reinforce: to strengthen or further support something - in this context- an idea
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- I don't have time to write an effective closing, I just need to get my work finished!
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain this English learning goal in two key points.
It is important to consider how the tone of a speech opening will engage the audience. An introduction should hook your audience in, regardless of the topic.
2. Define this language term and use it in a sentence. 'impactful'
memorable and significant.
3. Correct this common English misunderstanding.
Mistake: I don't have time to write an effective closing, I just need to get my work finished! Correction: The ending is arguably the most important part of the piece of writing. You need to leave your audience with a clear message that is memorable. Writing effective closings will get quicker the more you practice using specific strategies.
More Lessons In This Unit
- Analysing a persuasive speech Study Guide
- Comparing non-fiction texts Study Guide
- Comparing tone and methods in non-fiction texts Study Guide
- Evaluating and improving model responses on non-fiction texts Study Guide
- Having productive discussions in response to a non-fiction text Study Guide
- Planning and writing a persuasive speech Study Guide
- Preparing to deliver a powerful speech Study Guide
- Proofreading and redrafting a speech Study Guide
- Spoken language: choosing a topic and developing ideas for a speech Study Guide
- Understanding and summarising perspectives Study Guide
- Understanding what makes a powerful speech Study Guide
- Using non-verbal features to present a speech effectively Study Guide
- Using rhetorical devices effectively Study Guide
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