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== Grading descriptions == In addition to the above rubric, I wanted to give you a more holistic description of what the different speeches often look and sound like. What follows below is simply a discussion of some of the commonalities that occur when we see an excellent, good, adequate, or poor speech. These items are mutually dependent. A speaker might have average invention, adequate style, and excellent delivery; the speaker’s grade reflects this admixture. === Excellent commemorative speeches (63 - 70) === ;Invention and Arrangement: Excellent speakers gracefully link their subject to one or a few core values. They are able to explore these values through interesting stories and support. Excellent speakers have clear and compelling arrangement that increases audience engagement without any slow sections. ;Style: Excellent speakers weave in stylistic devices well. The speech is always clear and yet never far from a well-written line or stylistic passage. The speaker takes full advantage of this writing by performing it stylistically. Rhythm is vibrant and interesting. Overall, pitch and rate actively support the manuscript’s words. That is, the performance not only makes comprehension easy but also strengthens the power of the content. ;Memory and Delivery: Excellent speakers have mastered the manuscript. They are able to reference the manuscript occasionally without any break in their delivery. The speech is not memorized, but rather known deeply. As such, the entire speech is fluidly and accurately delivered. Excellent speakers move and gesture dynamically and appropriately. Like their prosody, the physical movement complements and strengthens the content. They sound confident and compelling for the entire speech. Excellent speakers develop an appropriate ethos for their subject matter. === Good commemorative speeches (56 - 62) === ;Invention and Arrangement: Good speakers link their subject to one or a few core values generally well. Their stories and support and generally interesting and relevant. Good speakers have clear arrangement that logically adds to the praise of the subject. ;Style: Good speakers include a number of stylistic devices. Good speakers perform the majority of the stylistic passages well. Rhythm is interesting. Overall, pitch and rate support the manuscript’s content. The oral performance clarifies both words and syntax. ;Memory and Delivery: Good speakers have a deep understanding of the manuscript. They are able to reference the manuscript occasionally with few breaks in their delivery. The speech is not memorized. The majority of the speech is fluidly and accurately delivered. Good speakers move and gesture in an interesting and appropriate fashion. The physical movement complements the content, or at the very least doesn’t contradict it or distract from it. They sound confident and compelling for the vast majority of the speech. === Adequate commemorative speeches (49 - 55) === ;Invention and Arrangement: Adequate speakers link their subject to one or a few core values. The relationship between subject and value is generally clear. Their stories and support and generally relevant. Adequate speakers have solid arrangement, but might have a section or two that seems out of place. ;Style: Adequate speakers include a couple of stylistic devices, but some sections still need more. Adequate speakers will perform a most passages well, with a few flat and/or choppy sections. Rhythm is generally fine, but lacks vibrancy. There are a few small edits here and there. Overall, pitch and rate are fine, but compelling. Overall, their performance generally aids comprehension. ;Memory and Delivery: Adequate speakers have a strong familiarity with the manuscript, but not quite mastery. There are more fluid sections than choppy ones. They move off the manuscript for long periods. Adequate speakers move and gesture appropriately, but minimally. They generally sound confident, occasionally dropping into a flat tone. === Poor commemorative speeches (42 - 48) === ;Invention and Arrangement: Poor speakers attempt to link their subject to values, but the relationship is generally unclear. The values might also be poorly chosen. Their stories and support often seem irrelevant. Poor speakers have unclear arrangement, with many sections that seem out of place. ;Style: Poor speakers include few stylistic devices, and need many more. They perform a few passages well, but are flat and/or choppy for the majority of the speech. Rhythm is uneven with speakers occasionally going back a few words to edit a mistake. Overall, pitch and rate are more flat than appropriate. Overall, their performance both hinders and aids comprehension. ;Memory and Delivery: Poor speakers show little familiarity with the manuscript. They have a few sections that are delivered fluidly, while other sections remain choppy. They move off the manuscript for brief periods, but fluidity suffers. Poor speakers move and gesture occasionally, though they have a small movement and gesture repertoire. They generally sound unconfident, occasionally sounding fine. === Failing commemorative speeches (41 and below) === ;Invention and Arrangement: Failing speakers either fail to link their subjects to a value or actively link it to inappropriate values. Their stories and support are irrelevant. They have unclear arrangement, resulting in a very difficult to follow speech. ;Style: Failing speakers hardly any stylistic devices. They operate largely at the level of the word (since the familiarity with the manuscript is lacking). Consequently, reading is flat with little pitch or rate variation. The pauses fall in inappropriate places. Overall, their performance significantly hinders rather than aids comprehension. ;Memory and Delivery: Failing speakers will show no familiarity with the manuscript. Though trying to read verbatim, they will often fall into very choppy and uneven speech. Failing speakers move and gesture little. They sound unconfident, due largely to having to pay so much attention to the manuscript.
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