I need to do a 4 minutes presentation videotape. So, I want a word document with a speech and a PPT for the visual aid. I have attached the Speech Criteria and the Grading Form. Intro to Human Communication SPEECH INFO CMS 100 – Eastern Kentucky University Instructor: Susie Hart Informative Speech Assignment (Extemporaneous) 6 Minutes in length Speaking Outline must accompany each speech Presentation Aid must be used in each speech When preparing both speeches, remember the audience and make sure your topic is appropriate to your audience. Should be a topic that informs your audience, but not an instructional/how-to presentation Student selects topic of choice Make sure topic is appropriate to your audience. Don’t forget to catch their attention and let them know why they need to listen to what you have to say…how does it apply to them? Select a topic that you already know a little about, or are passionate about. Your Speaking Outline Should Contain: (should be about a page) Your Name Topic/Title Introduction (can be written word for word) Main Body – bullet points are fine, no formal format required Conclusion (can be written word for word) Sources (any format as long as I can find what you found with the information cited under sources) Must be typed and uploaded to LaunchPad . . Due to Covid restrictions, you will videotape yourself, or have a friend videotape, and upload the video to the assignment in LaunchPad. You will need to appear in the video head to toe so that nonverbal delivery can be assessed. When presenting your speech, you will consider your audience to be your classmates. CMS 100 will present 2 Informative Speeches Same criteria for both speeches, two different topics THE COMPETENT SPEAKER FORM for EKU STUDENTS – Use this as a Checklist! Speaker: Topic MESSAGE STRUCTURE COMMENTS: Introduction – begin Introduction the second you step up to the front of the class Attention Getter? Establish Credibility? Thesis Statement (Purpose clear)? Make Audience Connection? Preview of Points? Main Points / Body Main points clear? Logical Organization? (Does it make sense?) Clear / Proper Transitions Used? (Avoid ‘um’; ‘like’; ‘so’; ‘okay’; ‘and’; ‘uh’ – Avoid repetition of words) Conclusion Signal to End? Restate Thesis? Restate of/ Summary of main points? Closing Thought / Close with Impact? MESSAGE CONTENT Supporting Materials Relevant? Sufficient? Personal Examples / Stories /Anecdotes? Designed to be informative? Outside Sources Credible / Sufficient CITED SOURCES DURING SPEECH – a reference to the fact that you did research at all. Presentation Aids Reinforced / Demonstrated Message Well constructed / Professional / Artistic Merit PHYSICAL DELIVERY: Audience Awareness Eye Contact? Drew audience into speech? Body Movement Posture? Gestures? Movement? Presentation Aid Use? Voice Volume? Rate? Tone? Pitch? Quality? Expressiveness Facial Expressions? Vocal Variety? (Avoid monotone) Energy / Enthusiasm? (don’t look bored) Fluency Flow of Delivery? (use effective transitions; don’t take too many pauses) Extemporaneous? (MUST be Extemporaneous — grade will be affected if manuscript is read) Overall Impact Speaker Credibility? Followed Assignment (informative/extemporaneous)? Overall Effectiveness? Total Points (100 possible) Outline (Must be Typed and submitted day of speech to qualify for full 10 points) Evaluator: Susie Hart, Instructor Purchase answer to see full attachment Tags: economic growth sustainable development Trade Organizations Importance of Education competitive workforce User generated content is uploaded by users for the purposes of learning and should be used following our company’shonor code & terms of service.
MLA In-Text Citations: The Basics
Guidelines for referring to the works of others in your text using MLA style are covered throughout the MLA Handbook and in chapter 7 of the MLA Style Manual. Both books provide extensive examples, so it’s a good idea to consult them if you want to become even more familiar with MLA guidelines or if you have a particular reference question.
BASIC IN-TEXT CITATION RULES
In MLA Style, referring to the works of others in your text is done using parenthetical citations. This method involves providing relevant source information in parentheses whenever a sentence uses a quotation or paraphrase. Usually, the simplest way to do this is to put all of the source information in parentheses at the end of the sentence (i.e., just before the period). However, as the examples below will illustrate, there are situations where it makes sense to put the parenthetical elsewhere in the sentence, or even to leave information out.
General Guidelines
- The source information required in a parenthetical citation depends (1) upon the source medium (e.g. print, web, DVD) and (2) upon the source’s entry on the Works Cited page.
- Any source information that you provide in-text must correspond to the source information on the Works Cited page. More specifically, whatever signal word or phrase you provide to your readers in the text must be the first thing that appears on the left-hand margin of the corresponding entry on the Works Cited page.
IN-TEXT CITATIONS: AUTHOR-PAGE STYLE
MLA format follows the author-page method of in-text citation. This means that the author’s last name and the page number(s) from which the quotation or paraphrase is taken must appear in the text, and a complete reference should appear on your Works Cited page. The author’s name may appear either in the sentence itself or in parentheses following the quotation or paraphrase, but the page number(s) should always appear in the parentheses, not in the text of your sentence. For example:
Wordsworth stated that Romantic poetry was marked by a “spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings” (263).
Romantic poetry is characterized by the “spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings” (Wordsworth 263).
Wordsworth extensively explored the role of emotion in the creative process (263).
Both citations in the examples above, (263) and (Wordsworth 263), tell readers that the information in the sentence can be located on page 263 of a work by an author named Wordsworth. If readers want more information about this source, they can turn to the Works Cited page, where, under the name of Wordsworth, they would find the following information:
Wordsworth, William. Lyrical Ballads. Oxford UP, 1967.
IN-TEXT CITATIONS FOR PRINT SOURCES WITH KNOWN AUTHOR
For print sources like books, magazines, scholarly journal articles, and newspapers, provide a signal word or phrase (usually the author’s last name) and a page number. If you provide the signal word/phrase in the sentence, you do not need to include it in the parenthetical citation.
Human beings have been described by Kenneth Burke as “symbol-using animals” (3).
Human beings have been described as “symbol-using animals” (Burke 3).
These examples must correspond to an entry that begins with Burke, which will be the first thing that appears on the left-hand margin of an entry on the Works Cited page:
Burke, Kenneth. Language as Symbolic Action: Essays on Life, Literature, and Method. University of California Press, 1966.



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