Speech Analysis Worksheet

Objectives, Audience, Context, Content & Structure

Name/s: Cy Chelsea Sara Nalasa Date: February 25, 2020

Grade and Section: 10 – Mapagkalinga Group: 1

Directions: Based on the speech video you have watched, fill in with the appropriate responses
as required by the questions.

“An Unbelievable Story” by Aaron Beverly

I. The Speech Objectives

A. What is the speaker’s The speaker’s goal is to motivate.
goal? Is it to educate, to
motivate, to persuade, or to
entertain?

B. What is the primary message To motivate people to accept and embrace each and every
being delivered? person behind their identity and differences.
C. Why is this person deliveringThe person is delivering his speech to show everyone that
this speech? Are they the right there are still people who can accept and tolerate each other’s
person? differences. I believe that he is the right person to deliver the
speech because black people are often being discriminated.
Was the objective achieved? Yes, the objective was achieved.
II. The Audience and Context for the Speech
The speech is being delivered last August 25, 2019 at the
A. Where and when is the 2019 Toastmaster International World Champion of Public
Speech being delivered? Speaking.
B. What are the key No information can be gathered about the audience in
relation to the question.
demographic features of the
audience? Technical?
Students? Elderly? Athletes?
Business leaders?

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 C. How large is the N/A
audience?

D. In addition to the live The message he wants to deliver encompasses more than
just the live audience but to every individual out there,
audience, is there an whether they use internet as a medium or not.
external target
audience? (e.g. on the
Internet or mass media)

III. Speech Content and Structure

A. Before the Speech
1. Were there other speakers
before this one? Were their
messages similar, opposed, or
unrelated?
There were no other speakers who opposed the agenda of
Aaron. Although, the speeches from the other groups were
somehow related in a way that they also try to inspire and
motivate other people in terms of acceptance and tolerance
to diversity.

2. How was the speaker
introduced? Was it appropriate?
3. Did the introduction establish
why the audience should listen
to this
speaker with this topic at this
time?
The speaker was appropriately introduced, where his name
was called in a respectful manner, in addition to the cheers
that he received from the audience even before he officially
starts.
No. The introduction did not emphasize the importance of
acceptance. Rather, it focused on encouraging everyone to
listen carefully to the speaker.

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 4. What body language was The speaker had a high level of confidence right before he
entered the stage. He had a good body language; chin up and
demonstrated by the speaker good posture, ready to face the audience.
as they approached the
speaking area? Body language
at this moment will often
indicate their level of
confidence.

B. The Speech Opening

I would not say that it was the strongest hook that he could
1. Was a hook used effectively
have given, but it was great enough that he started his speech
to draw the audience into the with the story connected to the topic.
speech? Or did the speaker
open with a dry “It’s great to
be here today. “

The speech opened with a story.

2. Did the speech open with a
story? A joke? A
startling statistic? A
controversial statement?
A powerful visual?

3. Did the speech opening No, the opening did not really give a clear establish the
intent of the presentation.
clearly establish the intent of
the presentation?

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 4. Was the opening No, the opening was not memorable.
memorable?

C. The Speech Body

1. Was the presentation The performance was focused because the arguments,
stories, and anecdotes relate back to the primary objective.
focused? I.e. Did all
arguments, stories, anecdotes
relate back to the primary
objective?

2. Were examples or No statistics were provided. Rather, the speaker used his
own experience as evidence to support his arguments.
statistics provided
to support the arguments?

3. Were metaphors and Yes, symbols were used to improve understanding. In his
symbolism use to improve case, he used the shoes and the events that surrounded the
understanding? situation he had been.
4. Was the speech Yes, the speech was organized logically and was very easy
to follow.
organized
logically? Was it
easy to follow?

5. Did the speaker transition Yes, he was able to have a good transition from one part of
the presentation to the next.
smoothly from one part of the
presentation to the next?
D. The Speech Conclusion
1. Was the conclusion Yes, the conclusion was concise.
concise?

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 2. Was the conclusion Yes, the conclusion was impactful and very memorable.
memorable?

3. If appropriate, was there a Yes, there was a call to action. He encouraged everyone to
embrace and accept each and every individual behind
call-to-action? differences.

Adapted and modified from: http://sixminutes.dlugan.com/speech-evaluation-1-how-to-study-

critique-speech/

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