Pet Peeve Speech

This speech requires little preparation and is due tomorrow. Just choose a topic that "riles" you and go with it--just give a little thought to your attention getter and conclusion, then rant and rave with physical animation added to the mix. You are getting a chance to gripe, have fun with it. This assignment is worth 30 pts. ( 10 pts. for the attention-getter, 5 points each for physical involvement, emotional reasoning, conclusion, and making the time of at least 1 and 1/2 minutes.


The Pet Peeve Speech

I. Give a speech at least 1 and 1/2 minutes (may be longer, but shouldn’t be rambling or redundant) on something:

A. That you find upsetting.
B. That you can get involved and worked up about.

1. Topic can be very personal:
a. Your dad won’t let you stay out past 10:00 p.m. on
weekends
b. Your sister wears your clothes
c. Your mom always takes other sibling’s side

2. Topic can be more universal:
a. Preps get on your nerves
b. There should be a law against driving and using
cell phones
c. Overweight people have no right to sue fast food
places


II. You should give this speech from the heart and not have to spend much time preparing for it, and should not need notes. You will, however, need an:

A. Attention Getter that:
1. Relates to subject.
2. Gets audience interest. The day before speech is
due; you are to hand in your attention getter.
(Choose either a story, personal reference, a
startling statement, quotation, or visual). NO
questions for attention getter on this speech.


B. The Body should be mostly spontaneous, but a good pet peeve speech can’t be developed unless you have:
1. detail, explanations and examples
2. opinion

C. The conclusion should:
1. Be memorable or stirring. (If you are giving a speech on how much you hate smoking, you might say something like, “Over 400,000 people a year die from smoking and second-hand smoke, and this has to affect all of us”).
2. Make speech sound completed. (on smoking, “So, let me ask you, since smoking ages, sickens and kills you and often those around you, is it really worth it? Well, is it?”).

III. Your delivery should mirror the fact that you are worked up about this topic.

A. Your voice:
1. Be enthusiastic
2. Loud at times and heard at all times
3. Rate should be fast enough to reflect enthusiasm but slow enough for audience to understand every word

B. Physical Involvement:
1. Eye Contact that takes in everyone in the room by completion of speech.
2. Animated facial expressions.
3. Gestures that reflect enthusiasm and energy of emotional involvement in topic


Due Date 9-29-09

Check posts before this for informative speech assignment due on October 14 and must have a formal written outline and be at least 3 minutes in length. Speech will be worth 125 points. You may choose to do either an expository informative speech (give information about topic of your choice presented in an interesting format) or a process informative speech--show audience how to do something, how to make something or how something works. This speech requires that you have something physical in-hand to actually demonstrate a process step by step. (NO food or drinks) Both speeches (whichever one you choose to give) must have a formal outline (25 points). The outlines and speeches are each somewhat different. Examples of both types with topic ideas are also included.