Techniques resources

Students read statements from a debate then provide nine short written answers to demonstrate their understanding of common debating techniques.

The language of debating is assessed as students provide explanations of emotional argument, limited example, empathy, empty argument, rebuttal, refutation, and irrelevant conclusion.

Students identify different speech techniques in a range of extracts of motivational talking from a coach.

This resource assesses knowledge of speaking techniques and students answer questions on the speech opening, control of audience, speech notes, and closing of speech.

This oral language resource has students matching debating terms and their definitions with extracts from a debate.

This assessment has students match seven common debating terms with meanings and examples.

From a list of language techniques that writers use to emphasise a word or idea, students identify which ones have been used in some sentences and then write their own examples.

Student read an extract from a speech that contains examples of a rhetorical question, exaggeration, understatement, allusion, and contrast. Using the examples from the speech to help them, students write a definition of each language feature..

Students study a short transcript of part of a debate and answer six short questions on debating techniques and procedures.