English Oral Speech

[nexwapp]

How do you properly structure an oral speech? I am struggling a lot with this and cannot start my speech. 

[JG97]

Hey nexwapp,
My top tip is to start with a hook. A hook can be a question to engage the audience, or a surprising statement. My Year 12 oral was on vaccination, so my question was: Have any of you had experiences of whooping cough, polio and diptheria? The answer was mostly negative, as they had all been vaccinated against them, therefore the diseases weren't around much here anymore. Then you can lead into your first point.
Hope this helps.
-Jonathan

[FallingStar]

Here's a suggested structure of the speech.

1. As JG97 has said, you start with a hook. This can be something interesting, that engages the audience. It apart from what JG97 said, it could also be a story/scenario. I did mine on American gun laws, and I started with this:

"Imagine that insert what you'll normally do in English classes. Suddenly, you hear the lockdown alarm. There is a shooter rampaging at school.

Scary right."

2. State your contention. This was mine:

"Clearly, America needs to control their gun owners. They need stronger gun laws."

3. Your arguments.

• Argument 1
• Argument 2

And so forth

4. Rebuttals (if any)

5. Conclusion. Make it interesting. Don't just repeat the contention. Conclude the speech with an interesting question or statement.
Mine was:

"It is so fortunate that after the 1996 massacre, that we, as Australians said no more to mass shootings. Don't you think America should do the same?"

[nexwapp]

These both help a lot, thank you! 

[Cornrow Kenny]

An important note would be that you shouldn't structure it like an essay.

You should try have certain arguments per "body" paragraph etc, but it should be understandable, persuasive, and flow nicely.