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Speech Is the Best Show Man Puts On

If the world is the greatest stage and man is the most important actor, then speech is

the best show man puts on. For communication reflects man's countless aspirations and

frustrations, his proudest accomplishments and ignoble failures. Without words and the power

to voice them, imagine how difficult, if not impossible, it would be for man to coordinate his

activities. One's relations with his fellow beings depend largely on words. Of course, he may

write his thoughts out, but man continuously presents himself verbally, expressing his needs,

feelings, ideas, and reactions, thus exhibiting an incredible range of human behavior.

Rightly or wrongly, one is often judged not only by what he says, but also by how he

says it. Nothing so instantly reveals one's background, training, self-discipline, and education

but by his language. And the measure of one's cultivation of his communication skills

announces to the world: This is I.

So, for a man to put on his best show then, the desire for success should be his utmost

concern. And success depends upon his effort to develop his communication skills - skills that

shall sharpen his ability to express himself consistently, clearly and convincingly. In a

democratic society such as ours, the ability to express ideas is as necessary as the capacity

to have ideas, no matter how simple or complex the situation may be. Whether one talks to a

friend, a small group, or a large audience, the impression one makes depends very much on

the ease and liveliness with which he talks, how he advances or defends his convictions and

the attractiveness of his speaking voice.

CRITERIA EXCELLENT GOOD FAIR NEEDS POINTS
(20) (18) (15) IMPROVEMENT
(12)
Showed Showed less Showed less Too shy to
confidence with confidence but confidence with present and did
great with less not present
understanding of understanding of understanding of understanding of
the topic, seen in the topic, seen in the topic, seen in the topic.
Confidence the verbal and the verbal and the verbal and Displayed
and nonverbal nonverbal nonverbal ineffective
Effectivity practices during practices during practices during communication
the speech the speech the speech skills through the
delivery. delivery. delivery. interaction with
Displayed Displayed Displayed the audience.
effective effective effective
communication communication communication
skills through the skills through the skills through the
interaction with interaction with interaction with
the audience. the audience. the audience.
Projected good Projected good Projected poor Projected poor
posture and eye posture but less posture and eye posture and eye
Posture, Eye contact with the eye contact with contact with the contact with the
Contact, and audience the audience audience audience
Gestures throughout the throughout the throughout the throughout the
speech delivery. speech delivery. speech delivery. speech delivery.
Used appropriate Used appropriate Used appropriate Used too much
gestures. gestures. gestures. gestures.
Spoke with Spoke with Spoke with Spoke inaudibly
volume loud enough volume inconsistency all throughout the
Volume and enough to be but not to clear to sometimes loud speech that made
Clarity heard by all the be heard by all but sometimes the presentation
audience the audience inaudible that unclear.
members throughout the made the
throughout the presentation. presentation
presentation. unclear.
Deliver all the Deliver most of Deliver most of Deliver most of
Mastery of lines and did not the lines and omit the lines and the lines and omit
the Content omit any words 5 words from the omit 10 words. 15 words and
from the manuscript more.
manuscript.
Presented the Exceeded the Exceeded the Exceeded the
speech within the presentation by presentation by 1 presentation by
Time-Limit given time limit. 30 secs. minute 1.5 mins.
Minimum of 2
mins. And Max. of
5mins.
TOTAL POINTS