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Persuasive Speech with Support

Using Monroe's Motivated Sequence, students will deliver a 5-7 minute speech with a min. of 5 oral citations and a min. of 2 visual aids.

Rubric Code: JXB9BXX

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Subject: Communication

Type: Presentation

Grade Levels: Undergraduate

Content
	Exceeds Standards 5 pts	Meets Standards 4 pts	Needs Work 2 pts	Deficient 1 pts
Introduction/Attention Step	Exceeds Standards Attention-getter is highly effective and creates a hunger for future information. The audience is appropriately introduced to the issue and is lead to understand its importance.	Meets Standards Attention-getter is effective. The audience is introduced to the issue, but may be unclear with respect to how issue relates to them or why it is important.	Needs Work Attention-getter is present but limited. The audience may be somewhat confused as to what the issue is and why it relates to them. The importance of the issue is not clearly indicated or brought across.	Deficient Attention gathered is minimal or does not grab audience. Issue is not clearly defined, nor is its importance established.
Thesis	Exceeds Standards Thesis depends on a series of claims which are logically linked with proposition. Clear line of reasoning.	Meets Standards Thesis depends on a series of claims but these may stray from proposition. Line of reasoning is difficult.	Needs Work Thesis and claims are not connected to proposition	Deficient No Thesis
3 Claims/Statements	Exceeds Standards Claims are clear and effective. They are neither too broad or too general. They clearly and effectively summarize stated evidence.	Meets Standards Claims sufficiently summarize evidence but may be either too broad or too general.	Needs Work Claims do not sufficently summarize the evidence presented. 1 or more claims hard to understand.	Deficient Unable to identify 3 claims
Evidence	Exceeds Standards Uses highly credible supporting material from a variety of sources (e.g. books, newspapers, magazines, data bases; interviews) Sources strengthen the argument; credibility of speaker. All necessary sources are cited during the speech (min. of 5); proper credit given to authors; dates and/or other impt. info. included.	Meets Standards Uses a mix of highly credible sources and some weaker ones. Limited variety of sources. At least 4 sources are cited during the speech and appear to be credible; dates and/or other impt. info. included	Needs Work Uses weak sources or only one type of source. Some sources (at least 2-3) are cited during the speech.	Deficient Uses questionable sources; uses sources which don’t support the thesis. Less than 2 or no sources cited or clearly mentioned.
Persuasive Appeals	Exceeds Standards A variety of appeals were used ethos, pathos, logos), maintains interest and increase audience commitment	Meets Standards Appeals were used appropriately, but minimal adaptation to the target audience. More appeals could be used to increase the interest and motivate the audience.	Needs Work Appeals were not used appropriately and the audience was not connected	Deficient no appeals were used
Transitions	Exceeds Standards Transitions are artfully used between each section serving to seamlessly bridge ideas.	Meets Standards Transitions aid movement throughout the speech, but are not artfully used.	Needs Work Transitions are not used effectively .	Deficient Transitions are not used
Visual Aids	Exceeds Standards Min. of one Visual/audio aids greatly enhances interest and clarity in the content.	Meets Standards Min. of one visual aids/audio adds some interest and clarity.	Needs Work visual aid adds nothing of significance	Deficient Use of or lack of visual aid detracted from speech.
Conclusion/Visualization Step	Exceeds Standards The visualization step was well adapted to the audience and gave them a clear and vivid image of the future; how life would be with this solution. The conclusion has an effective final appeal and is very memorable.	Meets Standards The visualization step gave the audience an image of the future that they can work towards. Effective final appeal.	Needs Work The visualization was minimal, or had inappropriate material. Final appeal was adequate and somewhat memorable.	Deficient There wasn’t a noticeable visualization step. Minimal impact conclusion.

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Communication

Types:

Presentation

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