Persuasive Oral Presentation – Final Resource Upload

By

 

I have put together the following final set of resources to help you with your assessment task. Use these materials, along with the other resources posted in this blog and available elsewhere on STL Link, to assist you with the research, planning, drafting, refining and rehearsal of your persuasive oral presentations.

If you have not yet submitted a completed and detailed planning sheet, you must do so immediately if you want to receive feedback.

I will be in contact with everyone towards the end of the holidays (once timetables have been finalised) with details regarding when you will be presenting your speeches. Be prepared to present on the first day back.

 

All Slides on the Persuasive Oral Presentation

I have re-uploaded all of the slides regarding the persuasive oral presentation into the following SlideShare. They have been reorganised into what is (hopefully) a more logical order. If you need to revise any of the material covered in transition, I would recommend using these slides:

 .
 .
.

Past Persuasive Oral Presentations

Don’t forget that you need to be looking through the examples of past persuasive oral presentations that received an A+ . While these speeches are of a high quality and do most things extremely well, they are by no means perfect. You should therefore analyse them carefully for what they do well and what could be improved.

 .
 .

Example 1

Things that are done will in this speech:

  • Clear outline of issue.
  • Clear identification of contention.
  • Emotive language used effectively.
  • Rhetorical question used effectively.
  • Signposting used well later on in speech.
  • Rebuttal arguments dealt with well.

Things that could be improved:

  • Identification of and shifts between arguments could be made clearer.
  • Some of the underlying reasoning could be explained in more detail.
  • Tone starts off emotive and effective, but wanes as speech progresses. Humour shifts tone, but this results in a lack of consistency.
  • Smaller cue cards would have been less distracting.
  • Ending could be stronger.
 .
 .

Example 2

Things that are done well in this speech:

  • Interesting hook to begin.
  • Clear outline of topic and contention.
  • Very good eye contact.
  • Very fluent delivery.
  • Good pacing.
  • Very good variation of tone.
  • Persuasive techniques are used: emotive language, colloquial language, expert evidence, listing, inclusive language, repetition, personal anecdote, appeals, etc.
  • Strong final message

What, in your opinion, could be improved?

 .
.

Example 3

 Things that are done well in this speech:

  • Good eye contact.
  • Good fluency of delivery.
  • Very good pacing.
  • Good variation of tone.
  • Clear signposting between points.
  • Persuasive techniques are used: emotive language, attacks, alliteration, personal anecdotes, etc.
  • Argument is logical and rebuttal arguments are raised and dealt with.
  • Strong final message.

In your opinion, what could be improved?

.

.

 Example 4

In your opinion, what is done well in this speech?

In your opinion, what could be improved in this speech?

 .
.

Other Examples

The following speeches were not done for the VCE Persuasive Oral Presentation. They are generally longer than the 7 minutes allowed for this task, and are marked by a different, broader set of criteria. However, they are written and performed by high school students, and persuasive in nature, deal with issues debated in the media and demonstrate effective delivery. Follow the links to view the associated speech:

 blue divider 2