I work as a Customer Laison Complaints Case Officer at a major insurance company, where I have worked for 3 years. I left school when I was 17, as I had some very bad experiences at school and wanted to see what the real world had to offer.
I now live with my boyfriend of 3 years and spend my spare time reading, writing, socialising with friends or just watching some TV.
Times are still hard and I'm trying to cope with various health problems on a daily basis but I'm working my way through things and really want to stop it from getting me down.
I dream of some day going to America and watching a real baseball game (we don't have that at all in the UK) and perhaps finding a job I find creatively fulfilling. Until then, I'm happy trying to be me and making the best of what I have.
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I'm giving a speech tomorrow, and it's about "my basketball court" now ive wriiten everything im going to say - EXCEPT the introuction!
which, according to my teacher, is super important!
With that said, here comes my question..
I don't want to say "hey my name is.. and im going to talk about my basketball court" i want a fun way of introducing my speech!
something about the actual game, BASKETBALL, or the basketball court..
I know this is a total challenge for you,
but you're totally a good writer..so thats why im asking.
So thank you - you are truly amazing if you help me with this.
I've been brainstorming but it's not coming to me!
thank you so much :)
for any ideas AT ALL about introducing my speech. (link)
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Oh goodness!! Well, thank you very much first of all....I don't know if I can be much help if I am honest because I really don't know much about basketball.
When I was at school and we had to write some speeches for our exams and there were a few pointers we were given.
Metaphores. In the speech I gave, my opening line was "I will not address you today as people, or as students but as closed books, with secrets locked deep inside." Give the audience something to think about.
Alliteration. This is a great tool when giving speeches. Let me give you an example... "It was a nice evening for a barbecue but Peter prefers his peas."
Now, I forget what the other thing is called but basically, you write something like this "The air that night was wonderful; warm, light, comforting. Almost like listing a description of something but putting in an extra comma instead of 'and'. Another example; "He was the sort of person you could love. Positive, friendly, kind to everyone but he had one flaw."
Here's my idea......
Greet everyone first then go into it like this...
"It's a beautiful hot summers day. You can taste the air, feel it, smell it. You're outside on the asphalt, heart pumping with adrenaline while you stand inside the white lines, staring at the net before you. The crowd is watching, waiting with baited breath for you to miss, for you to score, for you to take the shot. Waiting.....
Moments like this are what make basketball the popular game it is today."
Then go into the rest of the speech.
I don't know if that's the sort of thing you're looking for. I hope it is and if it isn't, I hope you can use something from it!
Break a leg and let me know how it goes.
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AHH! wow! awesome! awesome! if you could hear me applaud - i would so do it!! I've asked this question to a few people i see as good writers, but this was great! AMAZING! WOW! i cant say anything but WOW! you totally caught my attention and i loved it! Ill tell you how it went tomorrow :D :D
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