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Speak conversationally from your knowledge of the topic (not from notes or memorized script).
Maintain direct, consistent and comfortable eye contact with audience throughout your presentation. Project your voice at a clear and comfortable volume appropriate for the size of the room/audience.
Speak with a varied, dynamic, interesting pace (avoid using a 'sing-song,' predictable rhythmic-pattern).
Use silent pauses between points, avoid fillers such as 'um, ah, uh, like, you know, etc.'
Use supportive gestures; move with purpose (avoid pacing and distracting movement).
Present information with energy and enthusiasm to engage your audience's attention and interest.
Maintain a professional (i.e., appropriate), organized, and well-prepared delivery throughout.
Keep your speech within the time limit provided.
6 pts
You greet your audience and then build on areas of agreement in order to gain trust and make your audience agree with you from the start.
Introduce what the main points of your speech are going to be about. It needs to include your thesis statement in a clear way.
Provides audience with new information, insights, or ways of thinking about the given topic.
Your point(s) are clear and direct and easy to follow.
Provide examples for your main points. Examples may be another quotation, a research study, personal experience, etc.
Provide a concluding remark that echoes the introduction of your speech.
You are using at least three external sources and you provide both in-text citations and a References list in accurate and complete APA style.
They are used to explain, clarify, illustrate or summarize information from the speech.
Appropriate use of grammar and transitional signals throughout your speech.
Speak clearly and concisely and make sure to pronounce the sounds of words correctly.