Speech Critique: Communication Strategies

Extra Credit Speech Critique
Instructions:  Locate a student speech from YouTube by searching “student informative speech” or “student persuasive speech.”  You will have thousands from which to choose for your extra credit.  Please answer all questions and do so thoroughly and thoughtfully to receive full possible bonus credit.  You may submit up to three bonus credit speech critiques (5 points each).
  Description Assessment (effective or ineffective and why)
Name/Topic of Speech

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Central idea or thesis of the speech  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Main ideas supporting the thesis  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Organizational pattern used by speaker  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Types of evidence used to support each main idea?  (examples, illustrations, testimony, quotations, statistics, etc.)    
Attention-getter/type of strategy  

 

 

 

 

 

 
Introduction and conclusion  

 

 

 

 

 
Transitions and flow of speech  

 

 

 

 

 
Speaker’s vocal cue delivery (volume, rate, pause, etc.)  

 

 

 

 

 
Speaker’s physical delivery (eye contact, stance, gestures, etc.)