Cera, Margarethe Christelle S.

11/03/2021
STEM11-BLOCK A Oral Comm
FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT: SPEECH ANALYSIS
Speaker:
Aaron Beverly
Speech Title:
An Unbelievable Story
Evaluation Opening:
Aaron Beverly was presented properly with his speech, “An Unbelievable Story.” He went into the platform
with a confident attitude and no indications of nervousness, giving the impression that he had done this before.
In short, he appears to be heading into a normal room just to share a story to a large group of people.
Evaluation Summation:
Altogether, I loved his performance because he did not only share an amusing story, but he also taught us a
lesson that people usually stereotype or discriminate against us for. It looks like he was telling a bedtime story,
but in a bright and dynamic manner, and it is appropriate for teenagers or adults. His speech design, impact,
tactics, and delivery skills were amazing for me!

Area Strengths Recommendations

1. Impact (Educate, Motivate,
Entertain, Audience?)
2. Opening (Approach, Hook,
Clarity, Clear intent)
3. Structure (Logical, Support,
Examples, Bridging, Logical,
Support, Examples, Bridging)
4. Closing (Concise, Summary,
Memorable?)
5. Technique (Enthusiasm, Humor, The speaker was very enthusiastic in He didn’t blabber any backhanded
Visual Aids, Staging)
Aaron Beverly both educated and
entertained the audience about He was able to convey the message
acceptance regardless of the perfectly and effectively, so he
differences in culture, skin tone, or doesn’t lack anything on this
religion. The primary message was section.
delivered to the listeners.
He could have made the
The speech opened with a joke about
introduction a bit longer, but I
the speech title only having 3 words.
guess he didn’t want to bore the
He was direct and clear with his joke
audience by keeping them waiting.
and it was interpreted right on time.
On the other hand, the speaker was
He also walked in the stage with
able to establish why they should
confidence and was greeted by a loud
listen to him despite the short
applause.
introduction.
He started by explaining the tradition All the arguments in the story
in Indian weddings, then how he relates to his main objective to
participated in the “game” by show acceptance and how we can
throwing jokes here and there. There be close to one another in spite of
were different names for the race, gender, or age. The way he
characters in the story to not stir up constructs his speech is satisfactory
some confusion. to me.
I love how he can set the mood
immediately from cheerful crowd to The conclusion was brief but
a very serious crowd. In this way, he comprehensive, and I consider his
shows that after all the banter, there closing remarks valid.
is a particular and memorable lesson.
sharing his unbelievable story, which and hurtful comments about the
is why there was constant interaction Indian tradition, instead he enriches
between the audience and the their culture by public speaking.
speaker. He made sure to use his Hence, I do not find any mistake in
speaking area and the humor he used his technique of delivering a
 was appropriate. There were pauses
before and after the punch lines and
speech.
it was relevant to the speech.

The way he acted out all of the

gestures made me hooked into the Overall, there weren’t any
6. Physical (Posture, Gestures, speech and watched until the end. He distracting mannerisms, therefore I
Hands, Eyes) consumed all the space in the stage enjoyed the way he performed and
and shared eye contact. imitate the characters in the story.

He was able to express the ideas

7. Voice (Volume, Pace, Pitch,
Pauses)
clearly and his tone varies
I wouldn’t understand some of the
appropriately throughout the speech.
words he’s saying if I didn’t open
He gave emphasis on certain
the “open transcript” button in
sentences such as “When I have a
Youtube. He was also too fast but I
mission, I take it very seriously,”
adjusted quickly, because I assume
“They pull, I pull, but I hold firm,”
that he was considering the timing
and “Don’t give the shoes to
on when he delivers the joke.
anybody!”

I noticed that he used a rhetorical

device like repetition because it leads
For me, he is grammatically correct
to the main point or the moral of the
8. Words (Articulation, Grammar. and the way he tells the story is in a
speech. No complex or offensive
Rhetorical, Devices) right sequence. Thus, I do not find
language was used, since the
anything wrong in this part.
sentences were short but
understandable.