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Speech Theory
Targeted Speech Evaluation
Type of audience:
Hostile
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Speaker’s Name:
Indifferent
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DELIVERY
 Overall delivery is suited to audience
 Overall tone is appropriate
 Volume level is appropriate
 Variation in inflection shows interest
 Memorization is natural, smooth
 Memorization is accurate
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Delivery is not suited to audience
Overall tone is inappropriate
Volume level is too high, too low
Inflection needs variation
Memorization is incomplete(# of cues:
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Memorization is inaccurate, not verbatim
SYNTAX
 Overall sentence structure is suited to audience
 Sentence structure is appropriately formal
 Good mixture of long & short sentences
 Variation in syntax holds our interest
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Sentence structure not suited to audience
Sentence structure is too casual
Too many long sentences
Need variety in sentence structure
PERSUASION TECHNIQUES
 Evidence, examples well suited to audience
 Subtle or no use of propaganda techniques
 Good use of quoted evidence
 At least three sources clearly identified
 Amount of material is persuasive
 Good job establishing ethos, pathos, logos
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Evidence, examples not suited to audience
Obvious use of propaganda techniques
Insufficient use of quoted evidence
Insufficient identification of sources
Length of speech affects persuasiveness
Little attention to ethos, pathos, logos
DICTION
 Overall diction is suited to audience
 Word choice at appropriate level
 Good avoidance of jargon, slang
 Good avoidance of paralanguage (um, uh)
 No inflammatory language
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Diction is not well-suited to audience
Word choice too simplistic, esoteric
Excessive use of jargon, slang
Distracting use of paralanguage
Inflammatory words used (see below)
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