+1 862 207 3288 View a TED Talks presentation on YouTube or on the Ted Talks Website. Then, compose a five-paragraph essay analyzing the speaker and the presentation.
Purpose: Analyze a speech
Requirements
* Thesis-driven, well-organized, five-paragraph essay
* Outside biographical information on the speaker, properly cited
* Specific quotations and examples from the presentation, properly cited
* APA formatting rules, including in-text citations and a references page
*College Level appropriate writing, sentence variety, correct grammar and spelling
Guidelines
Content
The introduction paragraph introduces the speaker and provides extra biographical research, cited properly. The thesis includes an essay map outlining the body paragraphs. The thesis is a complete sentence, which is located at the end of the introduction, and is not a question, fact, or a fragment. The thesis should indicate your opinion of the speech. Be sure to name the title of the Ted Talk.
The first body paragraph describes the delivery skills of the speaker (gestures, eye contact, facial expression, volume, pitch rate, etc.). Use specific details from the speech.
The second body paragraph describes the message of the speech. What was the speaker’s reason for the speech? Use specific quotations from the speech to illustrate your ideas.
The third body paragraph describes the words and transitions that the speaker uses to communicate the message of the speech. Use specific quotations from the speech to illustrate your ideas. For example, did the speaker use metaphors? Concrete examples? Did the speech flow well? Did the speaker use humor?
The conclusion paragraph indicates your opinion of the speech and your reaction to the presentation.
Organization Here is what to consider when you are writing this essay:
Each developmental paragraph contains a topic sentence and is unified around one main idea. Transitions are used to move from point to point.
Sentence Fluency
The sentences have variation in pacing, structure, and length that add interest to the text. The writer has strong control over simple, complex, and compound sentence structures and uses parallelism when possible. Only polished and complete sentences are used. Sentence structures vary and do not contain major flaws, such as run-on sentences, fragments, and verb errors. The writer used quotes from the speech.
Word Choice
Writer’s words are chosen deliberately and are appropriate for a college level paper. The language is rich, effective, natural, precise, and vivid; vocabulary is varied.
Grammar/Spelling/Mechanics
The paper has been edited for grammar, spelling, and punctuation errors.
Rubric
Speaker Analysis (Ted Talks)
| Speaker Analysis (Ted Talks) | ||
| Criteria | Ratings | Pts |
| BIO | 10.0 pts | |
| Mechanics/grammar/spelling | 10.0 pts | |
| Analysis | 20.0 pts | |
| Cohesion | 10.0 pts | |
| Conclusion | 10.0 pts | |
| Use of quotes | 10.0 pts | |
| Writing Skills | 20.0 pts | |
| Overall | 10.0 pts | |
| Total Points: 100.0 | ||
