Self-introduction speech

REQUIREMENTS:

Description: In this speech, youll 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 cant be a speech in which you
praise an institution; it cant 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 hes dead
now. Humor is acceptable, as long as its 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) representativeif you use company information about the product (e.g., from the
companys 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 websites 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 youd 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 MONROES 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 Monroes 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 clichd



0 1 2 3 4 5
TOTAL / 40

Deductions?


Comments:

Informative/intercultural speech



REQUIREMENTS:

Description: The intercultural speech is a chance to build your audiences 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 culturesfor 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 youre 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 websites 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 clichd

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 topicif
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 youre persuading your audience, you will need to be very cognizant of and sensitive to
your audiences 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 audiences 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 audiences 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 hearts position. That is Ok. The purpose of this assignment is to see the
world through your opponents eyes.

Ethics: For the reason that youre persuading your audience, you will need to be very cognizant of and
sensitive to your audiences 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 Monroes 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
Monroes 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 audiences 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 audiences 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