Gives more Gives variety of only. Small facts or common than enough support. variety of statistics. knowledge. support. support. Organization Uses Uses transitions Only uses Transitions Does not use transitions between points transitions are incorrectly transitions. between and some between used or Speech does points and during. points. missing some. not follow an during. Organizational Organizational Hard to follow organizational Organizational method is clear; method is organization; method and method is some unclear, unclear during points do not clear and easy Points though points parts. One go together. to follow. connect with all work point is out of Points are each other. together. place. unified. Conclusion Strong Uses Forgets Only contains Forgets parts “in Transition transition and conclusion.” transition. thesis and of or whole Thesis thesis. AG is Thesis is strong. Thesis is statement of conclusion. AG strong; AG is not present and end. finishes the memorable AG is short. speech. Length Speech is five Speech is four Speech is Speech is two Speech is one minutes or minutes. minutes. minutes. minute. more. Comments on Nervous Habits and Other Items:
Gives more than enough support. Gives variety of support. only. Small variety of support. facts or statistics. common knowledge. Organization Uses transitions between points and during. Organizational method is clear and easy to follow. Points are unified. Uses transitions between points and some during. Organizational method is clear; some Points connect with each other. Only uses transitions between points. Organizational method is unclear, though points all work together. Transitions are incorrectly used or missing some. Hard to follow organization; unclear during parts. One point is out of place. Does not use transitions. Speech does not follow an organizational method and points do not go together. Conclusion Transition Thesis AG Strong transition and thesis. AG is strong; finishes the speech. Uses “in conclusion.” Thesis is strong. AG is not memorable Forgets transition. Thesis is present and AG is short. Only contains thesis and statement of end. Forgets parts of or whole conclusion. Length Speech is five minutes or more. Speech is four minutes. Speech is minutes. Speech is two minutes. Speech is one minute. Comments on Nervous Habits and Other Items:
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