2. Great Speech Analyses & Delivery Doris L. W. Chang

3. Learn from Great Speakers

4. Presentation Outline Def. of a “Great Speech” Def. of a “Great Speech” Def. of a “Great Speech” Def. of a “Great Speech” Requirements Requirements Requirements –8 Parts to Be Included 8 Parts to Be Included8 Parts to Be Included –Sample Speech Structural Analyses Sample Speech Structural AnalysesSample Speech Structural Analyses –Sample PS Skills Sample PS SkillsSample PS Skills –Application Application –Reference Reference Lesson Review Lesson Review Lesson Review Lesson Review Sample Student Analyses Sample Student Analyses Sample Student Analyses Sample Student Analyses

5. Definition of an A Speech (Fletcher) An “A” means An “A” means –superior content, –outstanding organization, and –distinctive delivery. An A speech An A speech –gets almost everyone in the audience thinking, excited, concerned, really wanting to hear more, read more, and do something about what you said. –And most in the audience remember most of what you said.

6. Requirements 1.Choose a speech you think is great 1.Choose a speech you think is great –You can consult the URL on page 2 of our reader –Key in “speech” or “great speech” on Google to search for a speech to analyze 2.Prepare for your presentation 2.Prepare for your presentation –Read the speech, analyze it, discuss, and prepare a Power Point presentation of your analysis 3.Total Presentation Time: 10—12 min. 3.Total Presentation Time: 10—12 min.

7. 8 Parts to Be Included 1. Title and speaker of the speech 2. Intended audience and occasion 3. Purpose of the speech 4. Main message(s) 5. Organization (structure) of the speech How does the speaker achieve his/her goal 6. Highlight passages that impress you Analyze why (famous quotes) Analyze why (famous quotes) 7. Practice delivery of the passage(s) 8. List skills you can apply to your own speech

8. Sample GA Manuscript Analyses By Bernard Mannes Baruch, American elder statesmen (1870-1965) A speech given at the opening session of the Atomic Energy Commission of the United Nations, New York City, June 14, 1946 New York City, June 14, 1946 Analyzed by Doris L. W. Chang “ CONTROL of ATOMIC WEAPONS ”

9. Sample Analysis Outline 1. Title: “Control of Atomic Weapon” 2. Speaker Bernard Mannes Baruch, 3. Audience & Occasion Analysis 4. Purpose 5. Structural Analysis 1)Overview 2)The speech with close reading 3)Detail structure 1, 2, 3 4)Organization Strategy 6. Style Analysis 7. Delivery of a Key Passage 8. Application & Recommendation 9. References

10. Background Information 1. Title: “Control of Atomic Weapon” 2. Speaker: Bernard Mannes Baruch, USA elder statesman 3. Intended Audiences: UN delegates in the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) 4. Occasion: AEC meeting 5. Purpose: to persuade the delegates to initiate an international law that can effectively control the use of atomic weapons

11. Structural Analysis—Overview I. Introduction Attention Getter—Shocking Intro. 1-3 II. Body Key Issue—International Consensus 4-6 Call for action—an Int’l law with teeth in it 7 Possibilities and Advantages 8-9 III. Conclusion Lasting peace to be done only by understanding & agreement fortified by sanctions Review Punch line that leaves the speech on a high note

12. 1. We are here to make a choice between the quick and the dead. 2. That is our business. 3. Behind the black portent of the new atomic age lies a hope which, seized upon with faith, can work our salvation. If we fail, then we have damned every man to be the slave of fear. Let us not deceive ourselves: We must elect world peace or world destruction. Sample Manuscript (Copeland )

13. 4. Science has torn from nature a secret so vast in its potentialities that our minds cower from the terror it creates…. Science, which gave us this dread power, shows that it can be made a giant help to humanity, but science does not show us how to prevent its baleful use. So we have been appointed to obviate that peril by finding a meeting of the minds and the hearts of our peoples. Only in the will of mankind lies the answer. In this crisis we represent…the peoples of the world…. We must answer their demands; we must answer the world’s longing for peace and security.

14. 5. …In our success lies the promise of a new life, freed from the heart-stopping fears that now beset the world… Only by a lasting peace are liberties and democracies strengthened and deepened. War is their enemy…The peoples of the [worlds’] democracies gathered here have a particular concern with our answer, for their peoples hate war…

15. 6. The basis of a sound foreign policy, in this new age, for all the nations here gathered, is that: anything that happens, no matter where or how, which menaces the peace of the world, or the economic stability, concerns each and all of us. That, roughly, maybe said to be the central theme of the United Nations. It is with that thought we gain consideration of the most important subject than can engage mankind—life itself.

16. 7. Now, if ever, is the time to act for the common good. Public opinion supports a world movement toward security. If I read the signs aright, the peoples want a program, not composed merely of pious thoughts, but of enforceable sanctions—an international law with teeth in it. 8.We of this nations, desirous of helping to bring peace to the world and realizing the heavy obligations upon us, …are prepared to make our full contribution toward effective control of atomic energy… It must have a guarantee of safety, not only against the offenders in the atomic area, but against the illegal users of other weapons— bacteriological, biological, gas—perhaps—why not?—against war itself.

17. 9. If we succeed in finding a suitable way to control atomic weapons, it is reasonable to hope that we may also preclude the use of other weapons adaptable to mass destruction. When a man learns to say “A” he can, if he chooses, learn the rest of the alphabet, too.

18. 10. Let this be anchored in our minds: 11. Peace is never long preserved by weight of metal or by an armament race. Peace can be made tranquil and secure only by understanding and agreement fortified by sanctions. We must embrace international co-operation or international disintegration.

19. 12. Science has taught us how to put the atom to work. But to make it work for good instead of for evil lies in the domain of dealing with the principles of human duty. We are now facing a problem more of ethics than of physics. 13. The solution will require apparent sacrifice in pride and in position, but better pain as the price of peace than death as the price of war.

20. 12. Science has taught us how to put the atom to work. But to make it work for good instead of for evil lies in the domain of dealing with the principles of human duty. We are now facing a problem more of ethics than of physics. 13. The solution will require apparent sacrifice in pride and in position, but better pain as the price of peace than death as the price of war.

21. Detailed Structure 1 1.Brief, yet powerful opening—key decision 2-3.Punch line— 2.significance of meeting 3.Choice between world peace or war 4.Background—what science can & can’t do 5.Consensus—peoples hate war 6.Consensus—answer opposite opinion Sound foreign policy is based on the consensus of the inter-connectedness of all peoples and all nations

22. Detailed Structure 2 7. Consensus to Action 7. Consensus to Action –an international law with teeth in it 8.Possibilities & Advantages 8.Possibilities & Advantages –Effective control of atomic weapons prevent even war itself 9.Future Prospects 9.Future Prospects 10. Lasting peace—the only choice 10. Lasting peace—the only choice –It can only be secured by agreement fortified by sanctions

23. Detailed Structure 3 Detailed Structure 3 12. Review—what science can/can’t do and the meeting’s key task 12. Review—what science can/can’t do and the meeting’s key task 13.Conclusion— 13.Conclusion— –Understanding of difficulties (pride & position) –A better choice vs a worse choice »Pain as the price of peace »Death as the price of war

24. Organizational Strategy I. Introduction Get attention with a shocking intro. 1-3 II. Body Focus on the key issue—International Consensus 4-6 Call for action—an Int’l law with teeth in it 7 Refute oppositional concerns Establish possibilities and Advantages 8-9 III. Conclusion—Review & Punch-line Restate the choice and thesis statement: --lasting peace can be done only by agreement fortified by sanctions --the sacrifice/compromise will be worthwhile Punch line that leaves the speech on a high note

25. Style Analyses 1 --Brief Statements with Contrasts Highlight Samples Highlight Samples –We are here to choose between the quick and the dead. –We must elect world peace or world destruction. –We must embrace international co-operation or international disintegration. –We are now facing a problem more of ethics than of physics –Better pain as the price of peace than death as the price of war. Effects Effects –Highlight the consequences of causes, effects, and importance –Lead to the intended choice—peace –Repetitions with variations

26. Sharp and Vivid Images & Metaphors 1. Sharp image ….the peoples want a program, not composed merely of pious thoughts, but of enforceable sanctions—an international law with teeth in it 2.Effective metaphor [effective control of atomic weapon] must have a guarantee of safety, not only against the offenders in the atomic area, but against the illegal users of other weapons— bacteriological, biological, gas—why not?—against war itself. When a man learns to say “A,” he may, if he chooses, learn the rest of the alphabet, too.

27. Possible Applications 1. We are now facing a task of how you say it than what you say. 2. To speak, or not to speak, that is a question! 3. We must choose between suffocating silence and interactive eloquence! 4. Public speaking is not only about what you say, but more importantly, about how you say it! 5. We refuse to be drowned in the sea of silence when effective communication is in every way a better solution. 6. If one can learn the basics of public speaking, he may, if he chooses, learn the rest kinds of speech applications.

28. Reflection and Recommendation We can learn the following from the speech 1. How to persuade a specific group of audience at UN by analyzing the audience and occasion 2. With a clear purpose in mind, the speaker can begin with a shocking yet brief statement, use contrasts and speech style effectively to achieve that purpose. 3. World peace is never easy, but the speaker manages to form a consensus with the power of speech and get the audience to think and act. 4. We can apply the strategy, style, and even insights of the speech in our own speeches in the future.

29. References Copeland, Lewis, and Lawrence W. Lamm. The World’s Great Speeches. Third Ed. Mineola, N. Y.: Dover, 1973. Fletcher, Leon. How to Design and Deliver a Speech. 6th ed. New York: Longman, 1998. Barack Obama Inaugural Address Video, Photos | Shallow Nation Barack Obama Inaugural Address Video, Photos | Shallow Nation

30. Lesson Review: 8 Items to Include 1.Title and speaker of the speech 2. Intended audience and occasion 3.Purpose of the speech 4.Main message(s) 5.Organization (structure) of the speech How does the speaker achieve his/her goal 6.Highlight passages that impress you & analyze why (famous quotes) 7.Practice delivery of the passage(s) 8.List skills you can apply to your own speech

31. 1.Choose a speech you think is great 1.Choose a speech you think is great –You can consult the URL on page 2 of our reader –Key in “speech” or “great speech” on Google to search for a speech to analyze 2.Prepare for your presentation 2.Prepare for your presentation –Read the speech, analyze it, discuss, and prepare a Power Point presentation of your analysis 3.Total Presentation Time: 10—12 min. 3.Total Presentation Time: 10—12 min. Assignment