Speeches

One of my writing pieces that I am proud of is my speech. My speech was about why people should read books. This is one of the middle paragraphs and the conclusion.

Reading can help boost your intelligence level, but even though I read a lot I ain’t a genius. Still many people who do read have a higher intelligence level then those who don’t. When you read books they can boost your brainpower but with magazines and newspaper they don’t. If you are reading a book you are more likely to read it properly but with magazines and newspaper you normally just skim read the headlines instead of taking everything in. Also when you read a novel you are more likely to notice when things in the book are related to actual things that are happening in real life or in another book. Some people also think that if children as young as 6 months read with their parents that they will have better literacy skills then those who don’t. When you read you often learn words you have never heard of before such as carbolic acid which is an acid that is used as disinfectant. I don’t think I would of learnt that word if I didn’t enjoy reading so much.

Thank you for listening to this speech, and for tolerating me well I’m talking about books, of course! I’ve been told that when I’m talking about books that I don’t notice if people are listening or not because I’m to distracted from talking about the book! I hope I’ve encouraged you to read more, and if I haven’t you should read anyway. This is a quote from Dr. Seuss ‘The more that you read, the more things you will know, the more that you learn the more places you’ll go’.

I hope you enjoyed reading my speech and also make sure to read a lot.

Do you like writing speeches? If so what topic have you written about and why?