Discussion: Informative Speech Observations This discussion board will put your ability to analyze a speech performance using our informative speech rubric to the test.  Watch the informative speeches below. Select 1 speech to review. Using the informative speech rubric, analyze the performance. What overall grade would you give the performer? What areas of the rubric do you feel the performer exceeded expectations? Why? What were the opportunities for growth? Make at least 1 suggestion on how the speech could be improved upon. Identify one thing that this speaker did well that you want to do in your informative speech performance. https://youtu.be/KCugpoPN198 https://youtu.be/2f3xIEmNYuw https://youtu.be/j1qKJ40S8Jo Name: ______________________________ Informative Speech Rubric Categories Preparation: 5 Outline complete, ideas supported by a minimum of 3 academic sources, speech performed within time limits (2-3 min). 4 Outline complete but formatting issues, source material adequate but not academic in nature, speech performed within time limits 3 Outline may be complete but format is wrong, some source material weak or missing, speech not performed within time limits 2 Outline incomplete but turned in, source material missing, Speech short/long on time 1 Outline missing, no source material cited, speech long/short on time (but speech was attempted). Introduction: 5 Used a good attention-getter, purpose clear, points of speech previewed, smooth transition into body of speech 4 Used an attention-getter, purpose clear, forgot to preview points, attempted to transition into body of speech 3 Missing an attention-getter, purpose unclear, points of speech not previewed, may be lacking one or more transition statements 2 Missing 3 or 4 of the required elements 1 Attempted an introduction but was unfocused and lacking in most elements Body and Transitions: 5 Organizational pattern and transitions between points made speech easy to understand 4 Missing one of the following: clear main points, logical organization of points, stronger cues 3 Missing two of the following: clear main points, logical organization of points, stronger cues 2 Missing three of the following: clear main points, logical organization of points, stronger cues 1 Your organization and transitions were unclear. It was difficult to follow and understand your speech. Conclusion: 5 Conclusion supported your main idea, and made reference back to what you talked about in speech, closed with an effective/memorable point 4 Conclusion referred back to the main topic of speech, weak closing statement (but it was attempted) 3 Restatement of main points, no attempt at closing statement 2 Your closing lacked a summary of main points, made a weak reference to main idea, no attempt at closing statement 1 Made a rushed attempt at conclusion but lacked most information Delivery: 5 Delivered extemporaneously, vocal delivery (volume & rate), appropriate nonverbal (gestures & movement), eye contact 4 Delivered extemporaneously, good vocal delivery, didn’t use gestures. 3 Delivered extemporaneously, good vocal delivery, nonverbal cues either closed or fidgeting, attempted eye contact 2 Reliant on note cards, spoke too fast or too quietly, minimal eye contact 1 Overly reliant on note cards, speech to fast, looked at floor during speech Points Awarded Sources Time Relevance Outline y AGD Purpose Preview Transition 1. 2. 3. Transition Restatement Lasting Thought Extemp Vol Rate Nonverbals Eye Contact _______________ x 4 = _____________ Total Points n Purchase answer to see full attachment Explanation & Answer: 3 pages Tags: Nonprofit organization closing statement eye contact body and transitions part appropriate conclusion 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.