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Date: 30-01-2022
Public Speaking Touchstone 1 Template
Complete the following template, including all parts. Fill out all cells using complete sentences, aiming for
one to three complete sentences for each cell of the template.
Audience
What is the correct context for the speech? Where and when will it be given?
A1.
The speech I am preparing is a Eulogy for my good friend who passed away due to
Covid-19.
The speech will be given in a funeral home during the funeral service.
Who is the audience and what are their characteristics?
A2.
The audience will be close friends and family of the person who passed away.
Why has the audience come to hear the speech?
A3.
It is a farewell tribute to the person who died.
What are the interests of the audience?
A4.
The purpose of the speech is to recall the defining qualities and highlights of a life lived in a
way that benefits the audience, particularly the family, and It should capture the essence of the
life lived.
What does the audience know about your topic?
A5.
They all dealt with the person on different levels; some are family members, who lived
with him, some are co-workers, business associates, some went to school with him,
some are personal friends, etc.
What is the audience’s point of view on the topic?
A6.
A7.
Everyone will have their own personal point of view because they dealt with him on
different levels. Still, most people want to hear overview of the person’s life, key
milestones, and positive accomplishments of the person who died.
How will the audience likely react to your speech?
That depends on how each person feels during the service; there will be close family
members, like wife, children, brothers, sisters, etc. might cry due to heavy grief, and most
other people will have a somber feeling. Depending on the points mentioned during the
speech, they might laugh if I talked about some funny incidents while primarily somber.
Purpose
What do you want your audience to know?
P1.
I want the audience to remember my friend’s defining qualities, the highlights of the life
he lived, and how the family, friends, etc., all benefited from the way he lived his life and
what each of us takes away from his values.
What do you want your audience to think?
P2.
I want the audience to think of him positively and remember his achievements and
contributions to each of us individually.
What do you want your audience to feel?
P3.
I want the audience to feel that his life was worth living and meant something to this
world and all of us.
What do you want your audience to do?
P4.
I want the audience to listen to the speech, appreciate some of the qualities they did not
know about him, and positively remember him as I have known him.
Thesis
What is the most important message of your speech?
T1.
To recall the defining qualities and highlights of a life lived in a way that benefited many
close friends and family and once not so close.
Why should/will your audience care about your message?
T2.
Because he was a husband, a father, a brother, a good friend, a co-worker and a good
person we knew and now we lost him and can only remember his legacies’.
Reflection
Are your audience, purpose and thesis aligned? Why or why not?
R1.
I believe my audience, purpose, and thesis are appropriately aligned because we all are
gathered to say our last goodbye at this funeral/farewell event. We all want to remember
my friend's good deeds and contributions to our lives.
What did you learn from this experience?
R2.
Well, I can say that writing a eulogy is not very difficult because the main things are facts
that we know and remember about that person. In the speech, we try to look at his life
positively. However, delivering the speech can be difficult because emotions are involved
when remembering some of the good memories at times might be overcome with
emotions and might have difficulty speaking during the speech.
Touchstone 1 Rubric and Feedback
Rubric
Category
Alignment
Response
Quality
Requirements
Feedback
Score
Purpose, audience, and thesis are well aligned. If the
intended message were delivered to the intended
audience the targeted purpose would be achieved.
20/20
Proficient
Demonstrates thoughtful reflection; frequently
includes insights and details. Demonstrates correct
understanding of audience, purpose, and message.
Met all requirements (answered all questions, used
1-3 complete sentences for each question, wrote
300-500 words in total).
20/20
Proficient
10/10
Proficient
Overall Score:
50/50