Find the full name of the presenter and the title of the speech. If the speech does not have a title, find out the occasion for which the talk was given, such as commencement address, keynote speech or guest lecture. Also make note of where the speech was presented and the date on which it occurred as you will need the place and date information later when you complete your Works Cited page.
Integrate the speaker's name and title into the point your paper is making about the speech. As an example, writing about a speech entitled "Love and Hate in Shakespeare" given by Harold Bloom, write "In the speech 'Love and Hate in Shakespeare,' literary scholar Harold Bloom creates a controversial view of some of Shakespeare's most loved characters."
Pass up the parenthetical page citation as there is no page information for a speech. For example, if "Love and Hate in Shakespeare" was an article written by Harold Bloom rather than a speech, you would include a page number in parenthesis, as "In the article "Love and Hate in Shakespeare," literary scholar Harold Bloom creates a controversial view of some of Shakespeare's most loved characters (34)." However, according to the "MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers," when research sources have no page numbers, it is always preferable to include author and title information in the text, rather than in a parenthetical citation.
Find ways to reference the speech without continually repeating the full name after you have cited it the first time. Substitute other words, for example, "Bloom's remarks," "Bloom said" or "Bloom's ideas."