A valedictory speech is a farewell speech, and their most common form appears at graduation ceremonies. These speeches are usually intended to provide parting sentiments of gratitude or calls to action in addition to stating a formal farewell. There are a number of site that provide sample valedictory speeches that expected valedictorians can review in order to compose their own speech by using
. these sample speeches as models. Persuasive-SpeechesNow.com provides a clear and methodical description of valedictory speeches as well as explanatory examples at http://www.persuasive-speechesnow.com/graduation-speech.html. This site provides visitors with a section concerning each part of a valedictory speech, a description of the section's objectives and samples from speeches that accomplish these objectives. This site advocates the IBC method of speech writing, which organizes the parts of the speech into three sections, the introduction, body and conclusion. The introduction, according to this site, should include an attention-getter, the goals of the speech and a summary of the speech's primary points. The body of the speech should detail at least three major points. This site advocates organizing the speech's points into observation of the past, present and future in that order. The conclusion should summarize the main points detailed in the body, and then it should connect these points to the goal or objective that was detailed in the introduction before making a final parting remark.In addition to sites with samples constructed for the purpose of providing an example of a valedictory speech, it is also possible to find examples of valedictory speeches that were delivered in the past. At http://sfc.edu/about/ValedictorianSpeeches, St.Francis college makes the speeches of their past valedictorians available for visitors to the site to read. In addition to the text of speeches, St. Francis College also provides videos of some of the speeches being delivered by their authors at their graduation.
