Persuasive Speech Self-Assessment
Your task is to review your persuasive
speech and to reach a full, objective assessment of its major strengths and
weaknesses.
Use the following questions to guide your self-assessment. This should help you as you prepare to perform for an audience.
Topic
and Purpose
Was the topic appropriate for the
audience and occasion?
Did you have a clear specific purpose
that you could accomplish in the allotted time? Do you have a clear and organized THESIS?
Organization
Was the speech well organized?
Did you fulfill all the major functions
of a speech introduction?
Did you fulfill all the major
objectives of a speech conclusion?
Were the main points of the body clear
and easy to follow?
Did you use connectives effectively?
Supporting
Materials, Audience Adaptation, and Language
Did you conduct adequate research when
preparing the speech?
Were your ideas well supported and
explained?
If you spoke on a question of policy,
did you demonstrate a need to change current policy?
Did you present a clear plan to solve
the need? Did you prove the practicality of your plan?
Did you follow the criteria in your
textbook for the effective use of supporting materials?
Did you identify the target audience
for your speech?
Did you use evidence to answer the
potential objections of your target audience?
Did you present your ideas in clear,
vivid, accurate, and appropriate language?
Delivery
and Visual Aids
Did you begin and end your speech
without rushing?
Did you use pauses, rate, pitch, and
vocal variety effectively in delivering the speech?
Did your physical action add to or
detract from the speech?
Did you maintain strong eye contact
throughout the speech?
If you used visual aids, were they
carefully prepared and smoothly integrated into the speech?
Did you follow the guidelines in your
textbook for presenting visual aids?
What were you most pleased with in the
speech? What were you least pleased with?
You will be presenting this speech to an audience; What changes would you make? WHY ?
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