SPEECH
What is a speech? Speech refers to a formal address or discourse delivered to an audience. The main difference between a paragraph and speech is that while paragraph can be read only whereas speech is delivered to a live audience. Before writing a speech, make sure you are writing to inform people, to persuade them, to convince them, or to entertain them. Clarity of purpose will ensure clarity in the choice of style and vocabulary. In the writing section (Section-B of Class 12 English paper ), Speech writing comes as a Very long answer type question (10 marks) with the maximum prescribed word limit of 150-200 words. Generally, there is a choice (internal) between the following as per cgbse syllabus. Article writing Speech writing Talking about marks, it comes as a 10 marks question. The breakup of marks for class 12 English writing skills - speech writing (as per CGBSE Marking scheme for 2020-21) is as follows:- Format (opening address and conclusion)