HOW TO SPEAK EFFECTIVELY IN PUBLIC
20 Points
Sentence 1 (Thesis Statement / 5 pts):
• “To speak effectively in public, you must put yourself in the audience’s place, and hold the listeners’ attention.”
• “To speak effectively in public, you must put yourself in the audience’s place, and hold the listeners’ attention.”
Sentence 2 (Topic I Expansion / 6 pts):
• “You can put yourself in the audience’s place if you practice before friends, and watch yourself on video.”
• “You can put yourself in the audience’s place if you practice before friends, and watch yourself on video.”
Sentence 3 (Topic II Expansion / 8 pts):
• “You can hold the listeners’ attention if you determine beforehand what the audience needs, express the main idea in one sentence near the beginning, and make your eyes and hands work for you.”
• “You can hold the listeners’ attention if you determine beforehand what the audience needs, express the main idea in one sentence near the beginning, and make your eyes and hands work for you.”
Teacher Evaluation Notes:
• Grammatical Cohesion: Notice how the phrase “To speak effectively in public...” ties directly back to the original title.
• Parallel Structure: Each subtopic predicate within a sentence maintains consistent verb tense (e.g. determine... express... make...).
• Acceptable Student Variations: Students writing prepositional gerund forms (e.g., by practicing before friends, by watching yourself on video) should be awarded full credit.
• Grammatical Cohesion: Notice how the phrase “To speak effectively in public...” ties directly back to the original title.
• Parallel Structure: Each subtopic predicate within a sentence maintains consistent verb tense (e.g. determine... express... make...).
• Acceptable Student Variations: Students writing prepositional gerund forms (e.g., by practicing before friends, by watching yourself on video) should be awarded full credit.