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Speech Structure Planner
Every good speech has the same bones: a hook, one clear message, a couple of points built the same way, and a close that ties back to the start. Print this planner and fill it in before you write a word. It works for a class presentation, a competition speech, or a first speech in front of the group.
Speech Structure Planner
atlantic-speech.comPlan the speech before you write it. Fill in each box in order.
Start here
Topic
Who is the audience?
My one-line message (what should they remember?)
Openinggrab attention in the first two sentences
Hook (a question, a story, a surprising fact)
Why should this audience care?
The maptell them where you are taking them
In this speech I will make these points...
Your pointsuse one box per point, built the same way
Point 1
The point in one sentence
Example, story, or evidence
So what? (why it matters)
Point 2
The point in one sentence
Example, story, or evidence
So what? (why it matters)
Point 3 (optional)
The point in one sentence
Example, story, or evidence
So what? (why it matters)
Closeland it, do not trail off
Call back to your hook or your one-line message
Final line (the sentence you want to leave in the air)
Want a coach to hear it?
A planner gets the structure right. Saying it out loud to someone who can help is what makes it land. That is what our classes are for.