Informative Speech With Slide Template

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First Moments at Lectern:

__Touched lectern?

INFORMATIVE SPEECH WITH SLIDE

__Paused a moment before speaking?

__Eyes connected to us AS first word spoken?

Speaker: ___________________________________

__Gestured confidently during first phrases?

MESSAGE -------------------------------------------------------------------

Introduction Attention getter/Audience connection & motivation/topic orientation/preview/thesis statement signaled clearly

Transitions: Clear transitions between main points; sounds natural, not mechanical

Content Truly informative; substantive; reflects careful research; audibly cites at least three credible sources; combination of evidence types (quotes, stories, examples, statistics,

definitions, definitions, illustrations); restates statistics in a different way or with vocal emphasis so we catch them

Main Points & thesis: Clearly identified for the ear/Developed through subordinate points; thesis repeated several times in different ways throughout speech

Visual Aid Attractive and readable color slide/Substantive/Integrated (doesn’t feel tacked-on)/used smoothly while facing audience; covers ALL elements on slide

Conclusion topic & thesis summary/audience reconnection/clincher statement naturally delivered with different wording/last sentence feels like final statement

Overall Impact of Speech

DELIVERY --------------------------------- --------------------------------

(Speaker credibility, audience

Conversational tone: rhetorical but does not sound memorized or scripted or dramatic/does feel rehearsed/

connection, memorable information)

25 < Failed in major areas.

Voice Volume/expression/rate and flow/minimal disfluencies (such as ‘ums’); builds professional ethos of speaker

30 < Struggled in major areas.

35 < Met the requirements but with

but with some major

problem areas.

Oration Memorable phrases using parallel phrasing; rhetorical questions/alliteration/meaningful pauses/image-rich wording, repetition;

40 < Gave a very solid and effective

metaphor

speech. Some minor

problem areas.

45 < Stood out as exceptionally

Body: Eye contact/Posture/Gestures/reads the audience reaction and adjusts to it; moves away from

effective in every area of

podium at least once but also speaks touching podium with calm presence

speech--message, delivery,

and organization. Audience

members reflected this

effectiveness through

Audience Response Listeners appear attentive; collective spontaneous response to particular statements

noticeable responses.

Q & A Respects questioner/Answers question asked in first sentence/elaborates/handles uncertainties confidently/

builds credibility

Time (5-6 minutes) _____ (1/50 additional points deducted for every 30 seconds over or under the time limit)

Grade

FULL-SENTENCE OUTLINE ---------------------------------------------------------------

General/Specific Purpose/Thesis/ Organizational Pattern labeled at beginning of full-sentence outline after your full name

_____/50 x 4 = _____/200

Attention getter/audience connection/topic connection/preview/thesis labeled in introduction

Four pieces of evidence labeled (statistics, testimony/quotes, story, definition, examples), one of which must be a developed story

Four bibliographic sources labeled in outline body and listed (in MLA format) in bibliography

Transition sentences labeled in outline

Outline follows standard I., A., 1., a formatting and indents correctly

Outline has only one sentence per point (such as one sentence for an A. or a 1.) except for stories

No statistics or quotes in main points (I., II, III). Save these for subordinate points (such as 1, 2, 3 or maybe A, B, and C) to develop main points. Make general statements in

main points—NO QUESTIONS allowed in the main points

SPEAKING NOTES no full sentences except quotes, fits on one side of one page (this is opposite of your full-sentence outline) and not crammed; any format that works for you is okay