Communications Workshop: Evaluating a Speech

**Communications Workshop: Evaluating a Speech** **Instructions** You will choose to view either a political speech or a televised editorial. While you watch the speech, make notes about the speech's content, the speaker's delivery, and the non-verbal gestures he or she makes, on the Speech Analysis Worksheet (attached PDF file). If you miss some of the categories on the first viewing, re-watch the speech and try to pay closer attention to more subtle details. You may choose to watch a speech on television or find one online to view. Below are some sites where you can find a variety of political speeches. [American Rhetoric: Top 100 Speeches][1] [The History Channel - Political Speeches][2] [YouTube - Political Speeches][3] Upon completing the Speech Analysis Worksheet, you will write a one page analysis of the speech. Was the speaker effective overall? Was the speech convincing? Using information from the completed worksheet, write a detailed and insightful account on the effectiveness of the speech. Please save your speech analysis as a Word (.doc) document.