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The National Forensic League had many great speeches for both humorous and duo interpretations presented in 2008. Some of those speeches were better than others, and my job is to rate them from best to worst and explain why. I will be looking at the following: quality and use of voice, physical expression, eye contact, and the ability to interpret characters correctly and consistently. The best humorous interpretation speech was “The Witches”. This speech had numerous qualities that were better than any other speech. My rankings for these speeches were as follows: first “The Witches,” two “Scary Godmother,” three “Charlie the Caterpillar,” and four “Controlling Interest.” While “Controlling Interest” was a good speech, I choose ranked it last …show more content…

The speakers had great voices to go with the characters as well as gestures to add humor to each role (like Anna’s best friend brushing her hair). Their voice was clear and easy to understand as well, which made this speech the top presented one. The second best speech was “Charlotte’s Web”. The beginning of the speech started with a lack of eye contact with the audience. “Charlotte’s Web” was visually creative through both speakers being completely in-sync with sophisticated gestures. Through the use of vocal variety and gestures, the speech became one of the best presented. The third best speech was “The Wizard of Hip”. The rate of speaking was good, but the how much each speaker talked seemed unbalanced. Facial expressions helped add humor to the speech but there were minor things that could have been fixed (like eye contact). I ranked “Same Difference” last because of a couple reasons. While the dance moves and singing was good, they speakers stumble on a couple words and the speaking can be hard to hear at times when they start raising their voices. The speech also involved quite a bit of singing which lost my attention quickly, but the speech was overall very relatable to a large audience. Although these speeches were all had a couple things that could be worked on, they were highly entertaining and were clearly

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