Persuasive speech on preventing teen pregnancy
_____ (10 points) During the first 30-90 seconds, student indicated connection to the public issue.
_____(15 points) During the first 30-90 seconds, student provided a public issue statement in sentence format in a way that established issue position.
_____(30 points) AUDIENCE CENTERED in that Student provided the following
- A preview statement
- Transition statements
- A superior organizational pattern
- A summary statement
_____(30 points) Ability to communicate effectively with the audience
- Student’s first statement to audience was direct and attention-getting
- Student answered the WIIFM question within the first 30-90 seconds
- Student’s nonverbal behavior conveyed preparation and commitment
_____(15 points) Ability to integrate digitally produced visual aids to enhance your talk.
- Speaker used 5-7 slides
- All slides clearly were readable
- Slides added a visual impact that illustrated speaker’s points
_____(20 points) Ability to analyze a social problem, identify what the ISSUE is, and convey a clear understanding to the audience. This demonstrates that you read the text and/or got the point from listening in class.
(a) Clearly a well-stated public issue presented in an audience-friendly manner
(b) Audience understands the decision they will have to make
_____(20 points) Ability to develop good arguments and to support these with appropriate and credible evidence (Speaker used real evidence from credible sources).
_____(20 points) Ability to do research to locate credible sources and to use oral citations
(a) Speaker gave complete source citations
(b) Speaker selected quality sources (e.g., were not out of date, were not blatantly biased)
_____(40 points) Ability to engage the audience in active listening and convey your commitment to the issue.
- Speaker followed required speaker note format
- Speaker did not read from notes (Reading from notes results in Automatic Failure for this talk).
- Speaker used numerous audience-centered concepts to encourage active listening from the audience
_____ (50 points) Documents: Speaker’s Notes, PowerPoint printout (6 per page), APA style References
