Informative Speech CritiqueSpeaker’s name and link to speech:
Title of Speech:
Overall Assessment of Speech
For each of the following criteria, mark an “X” in the space nearest the adjective that best indicates your
assessment of the speaker’s performance.
SPEECH CONTENT
Introduction
Gained my attention
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Preview was specific
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Main points were signposted
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Body
Supporting evidence was
used for each main point
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Conclusion
Summarized main points
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Conclusion was memorable
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Speech Delivery
Smiled and looked friendly
Strong _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _Weak
Gave sustained eye contact
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No nervous mannerisms
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Vocal volume was loud enough
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Vocal delivery was understandable
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Written Assessment
Please write complete sentences and provide examples to illustrate what you observed. You need to write
200 words for this part of assignment.
1. The best “thing” this speaker did was:
2. The “thing” I would like changed most is the following:
3. General comments about speech.