Constructing and delivering an oral text · Part 3 of 3
4 exam-style questions with model answers, plus 3 quick multi-choice questions — every question on this part of the standard, grouped by the 1 page of notes they come from.
Write a full answer before you reveal the model one. That comparison is where the learning happens.
Explain what sustained requires, why speeches typically fail it in the same place, and how you would fix a sag.
A speech is clear, well delivered for its first minute, and makes three points that all say the decision was bad. Explain convincingly why it will not reach Merit, and what to change.
Commands attention is a claim about the room rather than the script. Discuss what follows from that, using the two closings as evidence.
Discuss the apparent tension between controlled and commands attention. Do the two demands pull against each other?