Wedding Toast Speech Template: Aligning Your Audience, Purpose And Thesis

A1.

What is the correct context for the speech?  Where and when will it be given?

The speech is a wedding toast which will be said to audience and the bride and groom at the wedding reception after the marriage ceremony.

A2.

Who is the audience and what are their characteristics?

The audience are the friends and family of the bride and groom

A3.

Why has the audience come to hear the speech?

The audience has come to hear the speech to hear the bride and groom be congratulated o the matrimony.

A4.

What are the interests of the audience?

The interest of the audience is to listen to the stories of the bride and groom and see their marriage come to fruition

A5.

What does the audience know about your topic?

The audience know about the nature of the speech but is unaware of its contents

A6.

What is the audience’s point of view on the topic?

The audience all agree with the marriage and thus will be expected to relate ot the speech

A7.

How will the audience likely react to your speech?

the audience is likely to react with laughter and agreement to the speech.

P1.

What do you want your audience to know?

I wish the audience to know about my connection to the bride and groom and about my congratulations on their wedding

P2.

What do you want your audience to think?

I wish the audience to think that I am appreciative of the love the bride and groom have found in each other

P3.

What do you want your audience to feel?

I wish the audience to feel entertained and equally thankful for knowing the bride and groom

P4.

What do you want your audience to do?

I want the audience to know about come of the special moment that i have shared with the bride and/or groom

T1.

What is the most important message of your speech?

The most important message in my speech would be expression of gratitude and well-wishing for the future of the couple.

             T2.

Why should/will your audience care about your message?

The audience will all be related or connected to the bride and groom. As such they will have incentive to care for the message.

R1.

Are your audience, purpose and thesis aligned?  Why or why not?

Yes. The audience, purpose and thesis are aligned. This is due to the fact that all are aspects are connected to the bride and groom as the theme.

R2.

What did you learn from this experience?

From this, I learned that in order to make a speech impactful and meaningful, there needs to be connection and cohesion between the thesis, purpose and audience of a speech.