Self-introduction speech

REQUIREMENTS: Description: In this speech, you’ll introduce yourself to the class. Please bring three objects to help you do so: one object to represent your past, one object to represent your present, and one object to represent your future. Time limit: The time limit is 2 to 3 minutes. If you are within the time limit, you will receive one point. If you miss the time limit by less than 15 seconds either way (e.g. 1:46 or 3:14), you will receive 0.5 points. If you miss the time limit by more than 15 seconds, you will receive no “Time” points. Question-and-answer: At the end of your speech, there will be a brief a question-and-answer period. Visual aids: Please bring THREE objects. Photographs do NOT count! Note cards: You may use note cards if you like, but you are not required to. What you may not do is fully write out your speech: you may not read from a prepared text. Each note card should have only a few major points written, for ease of reading. Outline: Your outline is due before the speeches begin. Dress: Comfortably. The Points Breakdown is on next page.

Self-introduction speech

GRADING: Name: _______________________________________________________________________________________ Points Breakdown:

TOPIC (appropriate) & uses THREE objects 0 0.5 1

Delivery (AURAL)

clear voice 0 1 2

good volume 0 1 2

friendly/ not monotone 0 1 2

good rhythm/ good rate 0 1 2

no verbal fillers 0 1 2

Delivery (VISUAL)

good eye contact 0 1 2

natural facial expressions 0 1 2

flexible movement/ natural gestures 0 1 2

good posture/ attire appropriate 0 1 2

TIME 0 0.5 1

TOTAL / 20 Comments:

Tribute speech

REQUIREMENTS: Description: In the tribute speech (also known as a speech of encomium or as a panegyric) you must offer praise for a person. This is a special occasion speech: Any context or setting in which this could happen is acceptable. The speech could be a eulogy, a speech of introduction, a wedding toast, etc. However, it can’t be a speech in which you praise an institution; it can’t be a speech in which you roast the person. This person you praise must be a REAL person whom you PERSONALLY know. A family member, a friend, or a mentor would all be acceptable choices. The person can neither be me (Russell Hanes) nor can it be you. Emotion: It is crucial that the speech is sincere but not overly emotional. Of course, there should be emotion involved. You should attempt to rouse an emotion (mournful or jubilant) in the audience. Strive for the middle ground between no emotion and too much emotion. You can tell both the good and the bad side of your person, but in the main, you should be praiseful. A bad way to start: “Well, the best thing I can say about him is that he’s dead now.” Humor is acceptable, as long as it’s contextually appropriate! Time limit: The time limit is 3 to 4 minutes. If you are within the time limit, you will receive one point. If you miss the time limit by less than 15 seconds either way (e.g. 2:46 or 4:14), you will receive 0.5 points. If you miss the time limit by more than 15 seconds, you will receive no “Time” points. Question-and-answer: At the end of your speech, there will be a brief a question-and-answer period. Visual aids: No visual aids are required. A LARGE photograph of the person is okay. Note cards: You may use note cards if you like, but you are not required to. What you may not do is fully write out your speech: you may not read from a prepared text. Each note card should have only a few major points written, for ease of reading. Outline: Outlines, in proper outline format, are due before the speeches begin. Dress: Comfortably. The Points Breakdown is on next page.

Tribute speech

GRADING: Name: _______________________________________________________________________________________ Points Breakdown:

TOPIC (appropriate) & OUTLINE (provided) 0 0.5 1

Delivery (AURAL)

clear voice 0 1 2

good volume 0 1 2

friendly/ not monotone 0 1 2

good rhythm/ good rate 0 1 2

no verbal fillers 0 1 2

Delivery (VISUAL)

good eye contact 0 1 2

natural facial expressions 0 1 2

flexible movement/ natural gestures 0 1 2

good posture/ attire appropriate 0 1 2

TIME 0 0.5 1

TOTAL / 20 Comments:

Sales/persuasive speech

REQUIREMENTS: Description: In the sales speech, you will persuade your audience to buy your product. However, the sales speech also demands excellent ethos: Your audience must trust you completely. Focus on your credibility as a speaker, in every word, gesture, and in your entire manner. Choose a REAL product or process to sell to your audience. For those of you who dislike the idea of selling something, there is second option of giving a straight persuasive speech. You may give a persuasive speech to encourage your audience to make charitable donations or to volunteer time (to a not-for-profit organization). Ethics: Please do not make up a product or process or charity, or lie about the product or process or charity. Please also openly and honestly address any problems with the product or process, if necessary. Please note: You are NOT the company (or charity) representative—if you use company information about the product (e.g., from the company’s website), then you must CITE the source appropriately. Citations: You need at least ONE oral citation of from where you got your information. A proper oral citation will include both the SOURCE (or author) and the YEAR; for a website, this includes the website’s name and when you downloaded the information. (See the reading from Letteri on proper format and use of an oral citation.) You must also have a WRITTEN CITATION on your outline in APA style. Time limit: The time limit is 4 to 5 minutes. Time will work differently with this speech. You will receive a proportional deduction. If you speak for 3:00 or 6:00, you missed the time limit by 1 minute, and so your speech grade will be multiplied by 0.77 to calculate your final grade. If you speak for 2:30 or 6:30, you missed the time limit by 1.5 minutes, so 0.55 will be multiplied to calculate your grade. Question-and-answer: At the end of your speech, there will be a brief question-and-answer period. Visual aids: No visual aids are required. If you’d like to bring in a LARGE photograph of the object that you are selling, that is okay. Note cards: You may use note cards if you like, but you are not required to have them. What you may not do is fully write out your speech: you may not read from a prepared text. Each note card should have only a few major points written. It is easier to read. Outline: Outlines, in proper MONROE’S MOTIVATED SEQUENCE format, are due before the speeches begin. Please attach your written citation(s), in proper APA style, to your outline. Dress: It is best to dress as you would for a real sales speech: professionally. The Points Breakdown is on the next page.

Sales/persuasive speech

Name: _______________________________________________________________________________________ Points Breakdown: (Please note: There are no points for delivery!) ORGANIZATION

verbal organization clues preview of main points in the intro. review of main points in the concl. transitions clear and smooth

0 1 2 3 4 5

proper Monroe’s Motivated Sequence each stage clear and properly done proper outline turned in

0 1 2 3 4 5

level of information appropriate to audience oral citation contains YEAR and SOURCE

0 1 2 3 4 5

time allocation (about same time on each stage or main point) 0 1 2 3 4 5

STYLE

speech is attention-getting introduction catchy conclusion integrative topic is interesting

0 1 2 3 4 5

speech is ethical: problems clearly acknowledged 0 1 2 3 4 5

speech is relevant: why the audience cares is clearly established 0 1 2 3 4 5

speech is vivid language is visual language is concrete language is new, not clichéd

0 1 2 3 4 5

TOTAL / 40 Deductions? Comments:

Informative/intercultural speech

REQUIREMENTS: Description: The intercultural speech is a chance to build your audience’s knowledge base about another culture. It is an informative speech; in a sense, you are teaching the class new material. Even within the U.S., there are many different cultures—for example, deaf culture is very different from the mainstream U.S. culture. What you may not do is cover a culture with which we can reasonably expect the class to already be familiar (e.g., it is not acceptable to talk about mainstream U.S. culture). You must also talk about a culture of which you are NOT a part. For example, if you are a skater, you may NOT talk about skater culture. Ethics: For the reason that you’re introducing a new culture to the class, you will need to be very cognizant of your audience and be culturally sensitive to the new culture. Citations: You need at least SIX oral citation of from where you got your information. A proper oral citation will include both the SOURCE (or author) and the YEAR; for a website, this includes the website’s name and when you downloaded the information. (See the reading from Letteri on proper format and use of an oral citation.) You must also have a WRITTEN CITATION on your outline in APA style. Time limit: The time limit is 5 to 6 minutes. You will receive a proportional deduction. If you speak for 4:00 or 7:00, you missed the time limit by 1 minute, and so your speech grade will be multiplied by 0.82 to calculate your final grade. If you speak for 3:30 or 7:30, you missed the time limit by 1.5 minutes, so 0.73 will be multiplied to calculate your grade. Question-and-answer: At the end of your speech, there will be a brief question-and-answer period. Note cards: You may use note cards if you like, but you are not required to have them. What you may not do is fully write out your speech: you may not read from a prepared text. Each note card should have only a few major points written. It is easier to read. Visual aids: At least ONE visual aid is required. It needs to be information-rich. A picture is not information-rich. A graph, chart, map, table, etc. could all potentially be information-rich. It must also be clearly visible! Outline: Outlines, in proper outline format, are due before the speeches begin. Please attach your written citation(s), in proper APA style, to your outline. Dress: Comfortably. The Points Breakdown is on the next page.

Informative/intercultural speech

Name: _______________________________________________________________________________________ Points Breakdown: INFORMATION

audience adaptation information interesting to audience information not overwhelming to audience

0 1 2 3 4

information is well-qualified information does not contain fallacies information is balanced information is comes from reputable sources

0 1 2 3 4

information properly cited each of the six citation contains a YEAR and a SOURCE each citation is clear

0 1 2 3 4

information is integrated information/citations smoothly done all information that should be cited is cited information/citations add to speech, rather than detract

0 1 2 3 4

other considerations visual aid clearly visible, information-rich question-and-answer handled with intelligent, knowledgeable answers

0 1 2 3 4

ORGANIZATION

verbal organization clues preview & review transitions clear and smooth

0 1 2 3 4 5

proper outline 0 1 2 3 4 5

level of information appropriate to audience 0 1 2 3 4 5

time allocation (about same time on each stage or main point) 0 1 2 3 4 5

STYLE

speech is attention-getting introduction catchy conclusion integrative topic is interesting

0 1 2 3 4 5

speech is ethical: culturally senstive 0 1 2 3 4 5

speech is relevant: why the audience cares is clearly established 0 1 2 3 4 5

speech is vivid language is visual, concrete, not clichéd

0 1 2 3 4 5

TOTAL / 60

Controversy I speech

Description: The controversy speech is a persuasive speech. You need to pick a controversial and timely topic—if you are having trouble, look to the news for a current dispute in local, national, or international politics. It is not a requirement that your topic be a political dispute: It could be a social or legal controversy, too. The topic, however, must have broad social dimensions. After you have chosen your topic, pick which side you support in the controversy. Then, you will try to persuade your audience to believe that this is the correct side. You will construct arguments and provide information to do persuade them. Ethics: For the reason that you’re persuading your audience, you will need to be very cognizant of and sensitive to your audience’s prior beliefs. Also, because you are building arguments, you may not present fallacies as true. Fallacies are arguments which appear to be true but are not. Whether you intend to make fallacious arguments or not, points will be deducted for them. Citations: You need at least THREE oral citation of from where you got your information. Time limit: The time limit is 5 to 6 minutes. Time points will work as for the tribute, sales, and intercultural speeches. If you are within the time limit, you will receive one point. If you miss the time limit by less than 15 seconds either way (e.g. 4:46 or 6:14), you will receive 0.5 points. If you miss the time limit by more than 15 seconds, you will receive no “Time” points. Cross-examination: At the end of your speech, there will be 1 minute for a cross-examination by the audience. Note cards: You may use note cards if you like, but you are not required to have them. What you may not do is fully write out your speech: you may not read from a prepared text. Each note card should have only a few major points written. It is easier to read. Visual aids: ONE visual aid is required. Your visual aid can not be a PowerPoint slide. However, charts, graphs, diagrams, even photographs are appropriate, because they are information-rich. Make sure your visual aid is LARGE. Outline: Outlines, in proper outline format, are due before the speeches begin. Please attach your written citations, in proper form, to your outline. Dress: Comfortably. Points Breakdown:

VISUAL AID (information-rich & visible) 0 0.5 1

CROSS-EXAMINATION 0 0.5 1

ARGUMENTATION

speech purpose/ topic is persuasive 0 1 2 3

claims: clearly stated speech purpose/topic is main claim

0 1 2 3 0 1 2 3

evidence: supports claims sufficiently researched

0 1 2 3 0 1 2 3

warrants: controversial argued persuasively, but ethically

0 1 2 3 0 1 2 3

counterarguments: both sides of issue addressed counterarguments answered

0 1 2 3 0 1 2 3

INFORMATION & ORGANIZATION

outline (provided) / topic and main points (3-5) clear 0 1 2 3

introduction: catches audience’s attention previews main points

0 1 2 3 0 1 2 3

conclusion: integrates the message in some way summarizes the main points

0 1 2 3 0 1 2 3

transitions: used between main points smooth and fluid

0 1 2 3 0 1 2 3

oral citations: 1. 2. 3.

0 1 2 3 0 1 2 3 0 1 2 3

AUDIENCE ADAPTATION

clear why audience should care about topic 0 1 2

audience concerns about topic addressed 0 1 2

appropriate level of information provided to audience 0 1 2

new ideas tied connect to older ideas for audience 0 1 2

speech is ethical and sensitive to audience’s prior beliefs 0 1 2

DELIVERY (aural and visual)

good eye contact/ natural facial expressions 0 1 2

clear voice/ good volume 0 1 2

friendly/ not monotone/ good rhythm/ good rate/ no verbal filler 0 1 2

flexible movement/ natural gestures/ good posture 0 1 2

attire appropriate 0 1 2

TIME 0 0.5 1

TOTAL / 80

Controversy II speech

Description: The second controversy speech is a persuasive speech. Remember the topic you picked for the first controversy speech? The second controversy speech will use the same topic. However, now, you must argue for the opposite side in the controversy. Try to persuade your audience to believe that this is the correct side. You will construct arguments and provide information to do persuade them. We all know that what you are arguing is not your heart’s position. That is Ok. The purpose of this assignment is to see the world through your opponents’ eyes. Ethics: For the reason that you’re persuading your audience, you will need to be very cognizant of and sensitive to your audience’s prior beliefs. Also, because you are building arguments, you may not present fallacies as true. Fallacies are arguments which appear to be true but are not. Whether you intend to make fallacious arguments or not, points will be deducted for them. Citations: You need at least FOUR oral citation of from where you got your information. Time limit: The time limit is 6 to 7 minutes. Time points will work as for the tribute, sales, and intercultural speeches. If you are within the time limit, you will receive one point. If you miss the time limit by less than 15 seconds either way (e.g. 5:46 or 7:14), you will receive 0.5 points. If you miss the time limit by more than 15 seconds, you will receive no “Time” points. Cross-examination: At the end of your speech, there will be 1 minute for a cross-examination by the audience. Note cards: You may use note cards if you like, but you are not required to have them. What you may not do is fully write out your speech: you may not read from a prepared text. Each note card should have only a few major points written. It is easier to read. Visual aids: TWO visual aids are required. Your visual aid can not be a PowerPoint slide. However, charts, graphs, diagrams, even photographs are appropriate, because they are information-rich. Make sure your visual aid is LARGE. Outline: Outlines, in proper outline format and in a Monroe’s motivated sequence, are due before the speeches begin. Please attach your written citations, in proper form, to your outline. Dress: Comfortably. Points Breakdown:

TOPIC

appropriate & ethical thesis 0 0.5 1

OUTLINE

Monroe’s motivated sequence 0 1 2 3

CROSS-EXAMINATION

audience questions answered intelligently 0 1 2

audience questions answered immediately 0 1 2

VISUAL AIDS

visible 1. 2.

0 1 2 0 1 2

information-rich 1. 2.

0 1 2 0 1 2

ARGUMENTATION

speech purpose is persuasive 0 1 2 3

claims: clearly stated speech purpose/topic is main claim

0 1 2 3 0 1 2 3

evidence: supports claims sufficiently researched

0 1 2 3 0 1 2 3

warrants: controversial connect evidence to claims argued persuasively, but ethically

0 1 2 3 0 1 2 3 0 1 2 3

counterarguments: both sides of issue addressed counterarguments answered

0 1 2 3 0 1 2 3

INFORMATION & ORGANIZATION

topic and main points (3-5) clear 0 1 2 3

introduction: catches audience’s attention previews main points

0 1 2 3 0 1 2 3

conclusion: integrates the message in some way summarizes the main points

0 1 2 3 0 1 2 3

transitions: used between main points smooth and fluid

0 1 2 3 0 1 2 3

oral citations: 1. 2. 3. 4.

0 1 2 3 0 1 2 3 0 1 2 3 0 1 2 3

AUDIENCE ADAPTATION

clear why audience should care about topic 0 1 2

audience concerns about topic addressed 0 1 2

appropriate level of information provided to audience 0 1 2

new ideas tied connect to older ideas for audience 0 1 2

speech is ethical and sensitive to audience’s prior beliefs 0 1 2

DELIVERY (aural and visual)

good eye contact/ natural facial expressions 0 1 2

clear voice/ good volume 0 1 2

friendly/ not monotone/ good rhythm/ good rate/ no verbal filler 0 1 2

flexible movement/ natural gestures/ good posture 0 1 2

attire appropriate 0 1 2

TIME 0 0.5 1

TOTAL / 100