Grading Interpretation

Using a good preview statement

The preview statement is a critical moment in your speech, that moment you provide a road-map to your content.

It needs to be carefully composed and carefully delivered.
It needs to suggest the number, content and strategic ordering of your main points.
It helps the audience with attention, understanding and remembering.
It helps to pause before the preview statement, and take "mini-pauses" between the discrete components of it.

Note	SYMBOL KEY:	Interpretation
! =	SUPERIOR	Your preview statement worked very well--it told how many main points your speech would have and suggested what they would be and your organizational pattern. It was delivered in a manner that was easy to listen to and understand.
+ =	EFFECTIVE	Your preview statement worked well--it told how many main points your speech would have and suggested what they would be.
+ =	PROBLEMATIC	Your preview statement did not work as well as it should: We were not sure as to the number and content of your main points or we might not have picked up on your organizational pattern which is a problem, especially in this, the longest speech.
– =	DETRIMENTAL	I didn't catch a preview statement at the end of your introduction which is a major problem, especially in this, the longest speech.
Ø =	MISSING	There was no preview statement which is a major problem.
DLV	DELIVERY	For the preview statement to work well, you have to deliver it properly: make it sound special and pause between each phrase that represents a main point.