Student Sample: 2021 Speech

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“In TEXT 3, Chadwick Boseman draws attention to the dangers of stereotyping.You have been asked to speak, as a representative of a national youth organisation, at the launch of a major campaign against stereotyping. Write the speech you would deliver.“ Good afternoon everyone, my name is Ally McElroy and today I am going to talk Read More …

Speech on the Value of Education

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Benjamin Franklin once said, ‘Investment in education pays the greatest interest.’  Good afternoon, my name is John Dowling and I am here today to talk to you about the importance of education in today’s world. As a student who has spent the last fourteen years of his life in the corridors of the Irish education Read More …

Elements of Speech Writing

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Use these eight points to help you write your own speech or to analyse a speech, for either Junior or Leaving Cert English. Engage your audience by addressing them in the introduction. Say who you are and explain what you are going to talk about. Structure: Speeches must have a beginning, a middle and a Read More …