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Year 8 · English · Speeches and rhetoric · Lesson 3

Writing your own speech

How to plan and write a persuasive speech: hooks, arguments, counter-arguments and rebuttals, and a call to action, with a model speech.

Whiteboard video lesson: Writing your own speech

20-minute video lesson

Teaching, worked examples and 20 practice questions solved step by step.

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What your child will learn

  • Plan a speech in six parts
  • Write an effective hook
  • Write a counter-argument and rebuttal
  • End with a call to action
  • Use rhetorical devices

The method

  1. Plan the six parts.
  2. Open with a hook.
  3. Use AFOREST and ethos, pathos, logos.
  4. End with a call to action.

Key words: hook, counter-argument, rebuttal, call to action, audience, tone, direct address.

Worked examples

The first three practice questions from the lesson, with every step.

Question 1

What should a speech's first sentence do?

  1. Step 1: Grab attention: a hook

Answer: Grab attention (a hook)

Question 2

Why include three main arguments?

  1. Step 1: Enough to convince
  2. Step 2: Easy to remember (rule of three)

Answer: Enough to convince, and easy to remember

Question 3

What should each argument paragraph include?

  1. Step 1: A clear point
  2. Step 2: Evidence: a fact, statistic, or example
  3. Step 3: Explain why it matters

Answer: A point, evidence, and explanation