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=Welcome to Ms. Boush's Wiki!= Here is the Speech assignment rubric for your Famous Speech Analysis

Analysis of each of the following (10 pts each) Creative, effective use of technology /20
 * Historical context
 * Strategy
 * Tone
 * Modes of persuasion
 * Organization
 * Literary devices and other techniques
 * Nonverbal communication
 * Historical context
 * Strategy
 * Tone
 * Modes of persuasion
 * Organization
 * Literary devices and other techniques
 * Nonverbal communication

Punctuation/spelling/grammar /10


 * Total: /100**

Historical context (the facts) * <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Topic & purpose (to inform, persuade, entertain, commemorate, demonstrate, etc.) * <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">When & where * <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Audience * <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Historical significance

Strategy (what factors did the speaker have to consider when writing his/her speech?) * <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Time & place * <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Circumstances * <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Audience (supporters or not?)

Tone * <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Dignified? Passionate? Angry? Determined? Sad? Humorous? * <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Does the tone change during the speech?

Modes of persuasion * <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Pathos: Connecting with the audience’s needs and emotions o <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Any values stressed? o <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Second person (you, us, we) used? * <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Ethos: Establishing credibility o <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Offer credentials? o <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Speak with conviction? * <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Logos: Satisfying the audience’s reason through factual proof o <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Any statistics? o <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Conversely, any propaganda, logical fallacies, doublespeak?

Organization * <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">How does the speech begin and end? * <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Does the speech flow? * <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">What is the thesis? * <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Are the transitions effective?

Literary devices and other techniques * <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Allusions * <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Imagery * <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Simile/metaphors/extended metaphors * <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Parallel wording (“I have a dream…,” “Now is the time…”) * <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Juxtaposition of opposites * <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Humor (puns, jokes, etc.)/irony/sarcasm * <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Rhetorical questions * <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Anecdotes, examples, quotations

Nonverbal communication * <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Voice, eye contact * <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Posture, gestures, facial expressions * <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Clothes