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Monroe Speech Rubric Code: CXW2532 By rundomatic Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: Communication Type: Assessment Grade Levels: (none)

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	Outstanding 4 pts	Good 3 pts	Fair 2 pts	Poor 1 pts
Body Movement	Outstanding Stands straight & still. Uses movements & posture to add to their message.	Good Either uses meaningful movements or does not shift or lean.	Fair Uses no meaningful movements & leans or shifts weight.	Poor Posture or movement interferes or distracts from presentation.
Eye contact	Outstanding Maintains consistent eye contact with entire audience.	Good Maintains eye contact with most of audience; most of the time.	Fair Only occasionally looks at audience.	Poor Has no eye contact with audience.
Facial Expression	Outstanding Consistently uses facial expressions that enhance their message.	Good Facial expressions are natural & positive	Fair Little variance in facial expression.	Poor Uses no facial expressions.
Gestures	Outstanding Uses purposeful & natural gestures that compliment the message.	Good Uses gestures in the presentation.	Fair Uses no gestures in the presentation.	Poor Gestures contradict or distract from the message
Volume	Outstanding Speaks loudly & comfortably to be heard by entire audience.	Good Speaks loudly enough to be heard by most audience members.	Fair Speaks softly causing some audience discomfort.	Poor Cannot be heard
Rate	Outstanding Varies rate & pauses for natural effect throughout presentation.	Good Uses appropriate rate but may have some pauses that do not create distractions.	Fair Speaks too rapidly or slowly; pauses may interfere with smoothness of rate.	Poor Rate causes confusion for audience.
Fluency	Outstanding Speaks fluently & consistently avoids vocal fillers (um, uh)	Good Speaks fluently with occasional vocal fillers that do not create distractions.	Fair Vocal fillers are noticeable & may interfere with fluency.	Poor Vocal fillers create distractions.
Expression	Outstanding Speaks with vocal expression & enthusiasm to create interest & attention.	Good Speaks with natural vocal expression, but needs more enthusiasm.	Fair Speaks with some vocal expression or enthusiasm.	Poor Speaks with little or no expression or enthusiasm.
Articulation	Outstanding Enunciates & pronounces clearly & accurately throughout the presentation	Good Enunciates & pronounces clearly & accurately with only minimal distractions.	Fair Either enunciation or pronunciation creates distractions.	Poor Enunciation and/or pronunciation are creating major distractions.
Language	Outstanding Uses language & grammar that enhance audience understanding.	Good Uses clear language & proper grammar.	Fair Uses language that is awkward & creates some discomfort or confusion.	Poor Language choices were not accurate, sensitive or appropriate for the audience and/or occasion.
Persuasive Technique
Credibility	Outstanding The speaker uses their own experiences & research to create their credibility to speak on this issue.	Good The speaker uses either their experiences or research to create credibility.	Fair The speaker establishes limited credibility.	Poor The speaker does not establish their credibility.
Quality of Support	Outstanding Resources & details are topic relevant, and cited.	Good Resources & details are topic relevant, but not all were cited.	Fair Resources & details are topic relevant, none were cited.	Poor No Logical appeal given
Emotional Appeal	Outstanding Strong connection was made with audience	Good Connection somewhat made with audience	Fair Emotional connection was lacking with Aud.	Poor No emotional appeal given
Organization
Attention	Outstanding The attention- getter is topical, interesting, & time & audience appropriate.	Good The attention- getter is topical & audience appropriate, & is either interesting or time appropriate.	Fair The attention – getter may be topical & appropriate, but needs to be more interesting & time appropriate.	Poor The attention – getter is not topic & audience appropriate.
Thesis	Outstanding The topic & purpose are clearly stated	Good Either the topic or purpose is clearly stated.	Fair The speaker attempted to state the topic or purpose.	Poor Topic & purpose are not stated.
Preview	Outstanding The main points are clearly identified & established.	Good The main points are listed.	Fair The main points are partially listed.	Poor The main points are missing or unclear.
Body Organization	Outstanding The speaker signals & follows MMS organizational pattern.	Good The speaker uses MMS pattern, but in wrong order.	Fair The speaker attempts to use MMS pattern.	Poor The speaker appears to use no organizational / persuasive pattern.
Ctiation of sources	Outstanding Authorship, source, date, & relevance of all support are clearly orally referenced.	Good Authorship, source & date are clearly orally referenced.	Fair Sources & dates of the information is not orally referenced.	Poor Authorship is not orally referenced.
Internal body Org	Outstanding A logical, clear & balanced sub-structure is utilized within each point.	Good A logical & clear sub-structure is used in most points.	Fair A sub-structure is utilized in many of the points.	Poor Sub-structure is either unclear or not developed in many points.
Transitions	Outstanding Oral & physical transitions are used to signal moving from one idea to the next.	Good Transitions were vague and hard to follow.	Fair Few transitions are used.	Poor Transitions are not used.
Review / Restate	Outstanding Closure is signaled by reviewing & applying the main points to the purpose statement.	Good Closure is signaled by restating the purpose statement & main points.	Fair Either the purpose statement or main points are not clearly restated.	Poor No restatements are made.
Closer	Outstanding Rhetorical devices are used to provide a final appeal that unifies the entire speech & reminds the audience of the significance & relevancy of the topic	Good A clear final appeal is used to conclude the presentation & reminds the audience of significance or relevancy of the topic.	Fair The close of the presentation is signaled or contains a final appeal.	Poor The presentation ends abruptly or incompletely.
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Visual Aide	Outstanding The presentation ends abruptly or incompletely.	Good Enhance the message & are neatly prepared & accurate.	Fair Enhance the message, but are not neatly prepared and/or accurate.	Poor No visual or audio aids were used during body of speech.
Time	Outstanding The speaker exactly meets the time expectations.	Good The speaker meets time expectations within the allowable limits.	Fair The presentation was near time expectations, but did not meet the time limits.	Poor The speaker does not meet time expectations. The speaker needs to talk longer/shorter.
outline	Outstanding Outline was written word for word, sources were cited correctly.	Good Outline was written word for word, not all sources were cited correctly	Fair Outline was written in key word format, sources were cited correctly	Poor Outline was written in key word format and sources were not correctly cited

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