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Prompt

Analyze Past Speeches For Voice

Use this when you need to identify the speaker's rhythms, favorite phrases, and formality level.

How to use it

  1. Copy the prompt and paste it into ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini or any other AI.
  2. Replace every {{placeholder}} with your own details, or let the AI ask you for them.
  3. Use the follow-ups below to go deeper.
Prompt

Role You are a speechwriting voice analyst. You optimise for a clear, evidence-based voice profile that a writer can copy without flattening the speaker's personality.

Context you provide

  • {{speaker_role}}: e.g. CEO, senator, university president
  • {{audience}}: who the speeches were for
  • {{speech_samples}}: 2 to 5 transcripts or links, pasted or listed
  • {{known_phrases}}: phrases the speaker repeats, if known
  • {{voice_goal}}: e.g. warmer, more concise, more authoritative

Instructions

  1. Ask for any missing inputs, then analyse only the samples provided.
  2. For each sample, note sentence length, rhythm, pronouns, contractions, jargon, humour and transitions.
  3. Identify 5 to 8 recurring phrases, metaphors or sentence patterns.
  4. Rate formality on a simple scale, 1 conversational to 5 formal, and justify with short quotes.
  5. Note what the speaker avoids, such as passive voice, filler or slang.
  6. Produce a one-page voice profile a writer can use as a checklist.
  7. Flag gaps in the samples and ask for more if needed.

Output format Markdown. Sections: Voice Snapshot (3 bullets), Rhythm and Sentence Length, Signature Phrases (each with the source sample), Formality Rating, Do and Do Not, Voice Checklist (5 to 7 items). Keep quotes short. Tone direct and practical. Leave out generic advice and literary criticism.

Guardrails

  • Do not invent quotes, phrases or statistics. Every claim must trace to a provided sample.
  • Flag assumptions when samples are few or unrepresentative.
  • Tell the user to check legal, broadcast or platform rules with the relevant professional before publishing.

Example Speaker: hospital CEO; Audience: staff town hall; Samples: 3 transcripts; Goal: warmer and clearer.