Tribute Speech

The   T ribute   S peech  

3-­5   m inutes  

 

Choose   a   p erson,   l iving   o r   d ead,   f amous   o r   n ot,   w ho   h as   h ad   a   t remendous   i mpact  

on   y our   l ife.     W ho   i s   a   h ero   o r   h eroine   f or   y ou?     W ho   d o   y ou   a dmire?     W hen   y ou   a sk  

yourself   t hese   q uestions   y ou   s hould   r eadily   d iscover   t he   p erson   t o   w hom   y ou  

should   p ay   t ribute.  

 

INTRODUCTION  

Attention   G etter:      

Be   s ure   t o   s et   t he   m ood.     T hese   d o   n ot   n eed   t o   b e   d eathly   s erious   s peeches.     B ut,   a  

certain   f ondness   a nd   s ense   o f   a ffection   s hould   p ermeate   t he   m ood   t o   t he   o pening   o f  

the   s peech.  

 

I.     T hesis  

 

Perhaps   s omething   l ike:     “ If   m y   m om   h adn’t   h ave   b een   s uch   a   s trong   i nfluence   i n   m y  

life   I   w ould   p robably   b e   a   d ismal   f ailure   b y   n ow,”  

 

BODY  

In   t he   b ody   o f   t he   s peech,   y ou   m ay   u se   t he   f ollowing,   o r   a   c ombination   t hereof:  

I.     B ackground   o f   t he   p erson  

 

A.     T heir   u pbringing  

 

B.     A ccomplishment   a nd   A chievements  

 

C.     V alues   a nd   M orals  

 

D.     H ardships   a nd   S truggles  

 

II.     E xamples   o f   h ow   t his   p erson   h as   i nfluenced   y ou.  

 

A.     W hat   t he   p erson   h as   d one   t o   y ou   o r   f or   y ou.  

 

B.     W hat   t he   p erson   h as   d one   f or   o thers.  

 

III.     H ave   y ou   g rown   a s   a   r esult   o f   t his   p erson’s   i nfluence?  

 

IV.     I n   w hat   w ay   w ill   y ou   t ry   t o   e mulate   t his   p erson   i n   l ater   y ears?  

 

CONCLUSION  

I.     S ummarize   t he   p erson’s   i nfluence.  

 

II.     C lincher:     S hould   b e   s omething   v ery   s pecial.  

 

A.     A   v ery   a ppropriate   q uote  

 

B.     A   p oem  

 

C.     A   l etter   y ou   w ould   w rite   t o   t he   p erson  

 

D.     A n   e xpression   o f   g ratitude