Public Speaking Evaluation

Did you know that glossophobia, or fear of public speaking is one of biggest fears in the world. More than 74% of the people are scared to speak in public. I was also one of these shy girls who would always smile and hesitate to speak up. The speech and debate club at Oak Middle School helped me improve myself. Over these three years I have transformed from a caterpillar to a butterfly.

There are various categories that the speech team offers for students. They are
1) Children’s Literature- Children’s Literature is when a student chooses a story. The story is meant for young kids. The student should read the story from a binder.
2) Declamation- Declamation is an event in which the student delivers a readily accessible spoken speech, from text or memory. The piece was originally written and given as

This is a monologue with multi- character. Students, should perform this from text or memory, using no props or costumes. Students should use facial expression and gestures.
4) Demonstration- In Demonstration the student is trying to teach something to the audience. The point is to teach the audience about something you know about. In Demonstration, you are taking the role of a teacher. The performance can be funny, or serious. This is only a middle school category, and not performed in high school speech.
5) Duo- Duo is performed with a partner. Together, the two will perform a play, or a TV script. In the performance, you can not use any props or costumes. The performance can be based of memory or text. The two partners can NOT look at each other during the performance.
6) Original Oratory- Original Oratory is an original piece. The student creates the piece and memorizes the piece. The piece that is written has to persuade the audience a certain opinion. In the piece there is a limit to 150 directly quoted words from other