Guidelines
you carefully chosen your audience (for instance, the local school board or council or your school's principal or
intendent) keeping in mind the issues
discussed in your speech as well as audience interest?
ur language clear and easy to understand as well as appropriate for your chosen audience?
your speech express a clear viewpoint on the issue and try to persuade your audience to understand your line of
ning by clearly presenting facts and evidence to support your views and by showing the links or connections between
?
your speech appeal to your audience's emotions and interests with rhetorical language?
your speech establish a common ground with your audience so that you can discuss issues and ideas that are of
rtance to them? (For example: If you are trying to convince the sports club to oppose cuts to the drama department, you
dtalk about how unopposed cuts for one department will make it easier to introduce budget cuts for all departments;
efore, all departments must stick together.)
you prepared a list of possible counterarguments to your views and tried to prepare responses to them?
plicable) Did you use make use of different kinds of media (audio-visual presentations, videos, pictures, text, interactive
ents, etc.) to make your speech more interesting and informative for your audience?
e used (includes formatting): 1815/15000