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Oral Interpretation Speech Assignment
An oral interpretation is a specialized speech where a speaker goes through the process of bringing a text to life for an audience.
For this speech, you need to choose a poem, a short narrative work, or even a well-chosen passage from a larger work to read to the class.
Keep in mind the line requirement for this speech when choosing your selection.
You cannot use a poem you have written yourself, nor can you use a song or song lyrics.
When choosing a selection, choose one that will work well for an interpretation, giving you ample opportunity to dramatize the text. For poems, choose one that tells a story or has characters using dialogue/monologue. If you are choosing a short narrative or selection from a short narrative, you need to make sure that it can be dramatized and you will also need to give context in the introduction.
Your speech must have an introduction. In the introduction, you need a good "attention-getter," plus you have
set up your selection. You will give a 30 second introduction, but you might want to make your introduction closer to a minute. The introduction is the same as the previous speeches: you need to make eye contact and help the audience with understanding what you are going to read.
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