Commemorative Speech – Instructions To-Do Date: Jul 21 at 11:59pmTo-Do Date: Jul 21 at 11:59pm M5: Video Assignment Commemorative Speech – Instructions Assignment Overview
The general goal of this speech is to entertain and/or to celebrate. These types of speeches are commonly used in special occasion situations. Choose a speech from one of the following types of special occasion speeches in your textbook, listed under Commemorative Speaking:
Commemorative Speeches Assignment Guidelines
Be sure to adhere to the following content, style, and delivery choices when crafting your own speech:
Content
- Remember to find unique ways to raise your overall ethos (e.g. credibility, likeability, character, goodwill).
- Your speech content can be real or make-believe, and should elicit some clear emotion (happy, celebratory, sad, mournful, etc.) to raise your pathos.
- You should use evidence and support in the form of examples, narratives, analogies, and metaphors in this speech. These forms of evidence will reinforce your logos.
Style
- You will need to organize the speech according to the principles of organization for the type of special occasion speech you choose. See chapter readings to review the different organizational requirements for each of these speeches.
- You can prepare a speaking outline (e.g., notecards) but it is not required. The speaking outline should be hand-written onto a single notecard and contain no more than 3 words per point. This does not have to be turned in.
- Remember that strong speech organization raises your overall ethos.
Delivery
- Delivery must adhere to the usual rubric requirements: eye contact, body movement and hand gestures, vocal quality and variation, and an extemporaneous speaking style.
- As always, strive to demonstrate high levels of pathos in your delivery.
- This is a formal speech. You should dress appropriately and stand while delivering your speech. I should be able to see your whole body while performing your speech.
Time Allotment
- The required time range for this speech is 2-3 minutes. You will have an extended 10-second grace period on both ends of the time limit, but anything beyond that will adversely affect your grade.
Persuasive Speech – Instructions To-Do Date: Jul 21 at 11:59pmTo-Do Date: Jul 21 at 11:59pm M5: Video Assignment Persuasive Speech – Instructions Assignment Overview
Your goal in this speech is to persuade your audience to change their attitudes, values, beliefs, or actions in regard to an important social, political, cultural, or economic issue.
In particular, your job is to, first, identify a pressing problem related to your project and provide evidence the problem exists and is important; and, second, offer a solution to the problem and provide evidence the solution will succeed in decreasing the problem without causing more serious damage. Finally, you should identify what tangible steps your audience can take to help solve the problem (aka, a call-to-action).
You should make a quality argument on behalf of your perspective. This is a persuasive speech. You must attempt to persuade the class to believe as you believe on this issue.
Your topic should be presented in a clear, well-organized format. It is critical to develop your ideas and provide relevant researched information. You will need to use at least 5 quality sources in your speech to support your argument. The words used must be cited verbally in your speech (Author, Publication Title, and Exact Date), as well as on a reference page turned in with the outline using APA or MLA style guidelines.
Consider these questions as you craft your speech:
Assignment Guidelines
Be sure to adhere to the following guidelines when crafting your Persuasive Speech:
Style/Arrangement
- You will need to organize the speech according to the organizational patterns for the type of persuasive speech you choose. The instructions dictate that you go with the Problem/Solution pattern of organization to arrange your body’s main points. See chapter readings to review the different organizational requirements for these speeches.
- You can prepare a speaking outline (e.g., notecards) but it is not required. The speaking outline can be hand-written onto a single notecard and should contain no more than 5 key words/phrases per line. This should be a condensed version of your longer formal outline.
- Remember that strong speech organization raises your overall ethos.
Content/Substance
- Remember to find unique ways to raise your overall ethos (e.g. credibility, likeability, character, goodwill). This is especially important in the Introduction. Here, you must give the audience a reason to care about the topic/issue. If you don’t, they will likely tune you out for the rest of the speech.
- Make sure to include personal narratives, third-person stories about others, or new media coverage to raise your pathos. This helps to “put a face on the issue” for your topic. It also works to “tug on the heartstrings” for audiences members.
- You should use evidence and support in the form of examples, argumentative claims, analogies, and metaphors in this speech. These forms of evidence will reinforce your logos. Be sure to check for any logical fallacies in your arguments.
Vocal & Physical Delivery
- Delivery must adhere to the usual rubric requirements: eye contact, body movement and hand gestures, vocal quality and variation, and an extemporaneous speaking style. See the grading rubric for more specifics on how you be graded on these areas.
- As always, strive to demonstrate high levels of pathos in your delivery.
- This is a formal speech. You should dress appropriately and stand while delivering your speech. I should be able to see your whole body while performing your speech.
Time Allotment
- The required time range for this speech is 6-7 minutes. You will have an extended 10-second grace period on both ends of the time limit, but anything beyond that will adversely affect your grade.
