Peer Editor

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Editing speech of

Beginning the peer editing process:

• Author reads speech aloud to peer editor, making any corrections she/he discovers by hand on the paper. Peer editor listens (does not read along), making notes of any general impressions.
• After listening to the speech, editor receives hard copy for editing.

You, as the editor, are to write a critique of your partner’s speech, which should be roughly 1,000 words. You will be evaluated for the thoroughness of your editing. The critique needs to include the following:

1. What is the speech about? Summarize the message in one sentence. How is it an example of what the author has identified as his/her passion to work on this quarter?

2. On a scale of 1 to 10 (10 being the best), how effective is opening line in enticing you to keep listening to/reading the speech? Defend your rating; if the opening was not very effective, how could it be improved?

3. Howard Schwartz noted in his guest lecture that eliciting an emotional response is the most important goal of a speech. What emotion does your partner’s speech arouse in you?

4. What does the author’s speech move you to do? If nothing, suggest how to transform the speech so that it is more passionate.

5. On a scale of 1 to 10, how effective is the ending? Defend your rating; if the ending is not effective, suggest how the author might approach it.

6. What literary techniques (metaphors, analogies, repetition, etc.) does the author use? Make suggestions, if needed.

7. Write at least one specific point the author did well. Cite an example.

8. Write at least one specific point the author needs to work on. Cite an example.

9. What gestures does the author give while delivering the speech? What message(s) is she/he trying to convey?

10. Draw a line picture of the author’s voice pitch. For example,

indicates a monotone

while indicates statements that sound like questions because the voice rises at the end of the sentence.

11. What type of setting and audience has the author identified in his/her delivery plan?

12. What message is the media likely to report?

13. What would the sound bite be?