M2A1 Project: Evaluating and Critiquing a Speech: Speech Evaluaton 1

Part of learnin" rel="nofollow">ing how to speak in" rel="nofollow">in public is learnin" rel="nofollow">ing how to give and receive feedback. Feedback is valuable in" rel="nofollow">in that it provides the speaker with in" rel="nofollow">information on what he or she is doin" rel="nofollow">ing well and where improvements can be made. Evaluatin" rel="nofollow">ing a speech is equally important in" rel="nofollow">in public speakin" rel="nofollow">ing. In essence, it is an art form. In this writin" rel="nofollow">ing activity, you will learn how to give and receive feedback as well as how to evaluate a speech. Begin" rel="nofollow">in by first readin" rel="nofollow">ing the article, Rules of Constructive Feedback. Then, I’d like you to go to the website, American Rhetoric and fin" rel="nofollow">ind a speech that is of in" rel="nofollow">interest to you. Usin" rel="nofollow">ing the Peer Feedback Form, view and evaluate the speech. Next, based on the in" rel="nofollow">information from the Rules of Constructive Feedback article and the Peer Feedback Form, you are to write a critique on the speech you chose. Address the followin" rel="nofollow">ing in" rel="nofollow">in your critique: Introduce the topic of the speech and explain" rel="nofollow">in why you chose this particular speech. Describe the speaker’s delivery. What was effective and what was in" rel="nofollow">ineffective. Describe the speech’s construction. Critique the in" rel="nofollow">introduction, conclusion, main" rel="nofollow">in poin" rel="nofollow">ints, and organizational pattern. Identify what the speaker did well and why. Identify what you thin" rel="nofollow">ink the speaker could improve upon and why. Explain" rel="nofollow">in what you learned about speech makin" rel="nofollow">ing from watchin" rel="nofollow">ing this speech and what you could use from what you have learned in" rel="nofollow">in your own speech makin" rel="nofollow">ing. Your essay should be between 250-300 words and must in" rel="nofollow">include an in" rel="nofollow">introductory paragraph, direct answers with evidence in" rel="nofollow">in the body, and a concludin" rel="nofollow">ing paragraph. Please submit your completed Peer Feedback Form along with your essay. Before you submit this assignment to the dropbox below, be sure to upload a copy to the "Fin" rel="nofollow">inal" dropbox for this assignment on Turnitin" rel="nofollow">in.com. A "Draft" dropbox is also available so that you can use the origin" rel="nofollow">inality report provided as a learnin" rel="nofollow">ing tool to improve your work prior to fin" rel="nofollow">inal submission. This is part of your evaluation grade, which is 30% of your overall grade and will be graded usin" rel="nofollow">ing the SLA Non-Research Written Assignment Rubric [240.3 KB PDF file]. When you are ready to submit your work, select Browse My Computer or Browse Course below and upload your Word .doc or .docx and click Submit.