Finally, it’s time for commemorative speech!
May 7 Day 1: Robert, Fathiat, Andrew, Jeremy B, Jacob, Hannah, Aqib, Amrit, Exequiel,
May 9 Day 2: Mark, Wilson, Olga, Dung, Estelle, Jeremy R, Imani, Anabel, Givenchy, Junjie, Isabelle, Matthew, Jordan
Link to Lecture PPT: Chapter 18 Speaking on Special Occasions
Commemorative/Performative Speech (10%): 3-5 minutes, delivered from a written manuscript
This speech calls for a less didactic speech than informative and persuasive speeches. You can pay tribute to a person close to you, a celebrity, a group of people, an institution, an event, or an idea, etc. It focuses particularly on the use of language and performance and it gives you experience in speaking from a manuscript. Commemorative Speech should be written out and delivered from a manuscript. But this does not mean that you can just read out loud; you have to make as much as eye contacts to the audience.
Manuscript
- You do not need an outline, but you do need to submit your manuscript either before or after speech (upload an electronic copy on the Commons or submit a hard copy after your speech).
- Even though you plan to memorize all your speech and speak without a manuscript (which is fine), you still need to submit your written manuscript.
- Students have mostly written about 1 – 2 pages for a 3 -5 minute speech. It doesn’t matter how many pages your write–but you should practice your speech in advance to plan how fast/slow you want to read your manuscript.
- In your manuscript, please clearly write down; [1] type of your speech [2] speech occasion [3] audience. It does not have to be long and descriptive, although it would be fun to read some of your imaginative thoughts.
- i.e. [1] wedding toast [2] my best friend’s wedding [3] wedding guests (50 people) –you can also add more descriptions such as location (e.g. an island in Greece), who are the guest, what are you wearing, etc.
- i.e. Situation: Elon Musk will be coming to Baruch College to deliver a special lecture on the importance of speech communication. As a student who has won the Baruch speech contest, I have a chance to introduce him to Baruch students (about 200 people) before his lecture.
Performance and Creativity will be highly evalued.
Some examples:
