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Informative Outline Special Occasion Outline Rubric Rubric Code: SXA3CAX By Lynnm1 Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: Communication Type: Homework Grade Levels: Undergraduate

Outline for Informative Speech The formal outline follows the method explained in class in The DK Speaker textbook.
	Beginning Contains none or few of the elements described. 2 pts	Progressing Contains some of the elements described, but not all; there is room for improvement 3 pts	Proficient Contains most of the elements described; good work 4 pts	Exceeds Contains all of the elements described; excellent work 5 pts
Introduction The introduction contains an attention getter, a relevance to the a audience, statement, a credibility statement, a 3 point thesis, and a 3 point preview. The preview reflects the 3 point thesis in the same order but wording is not repetitious. These are all written in complete sentences.	Beginning	Progressing	Proficient	Exceeds
Transitions There are 4 transition sentences. One after the introduction, one before the conclusion, and one separating each of the body sections. Each link what was said before it to what will be said.	Beginning	Progressing	Proficient	Exceeds
Body Format Roman numbers identify the 3 major ideas. Capital letters identify the main sup-point of those ideas. Numbers identify the details of those sub-points. THERE are always at least 2 developed points in each section. All sections are properly indented. There is only one idea/sentence for each letter/number. There are no sentence fragments or run on sentences.	Beginning	Progressing	Proficient	Exceeds
Conclusion The conclusion begins with a summary of the 3 main points. Following that is an audience response statement. Finally, the speech ends with a WOW statement. Each part is well developed and is written in complete sentences.	Beginning	Progressing	Proficient	Exceeds
Research/Works Cited There are at least 3 quoted references in the body of the speech. There is a Works Cited page written in the MLA format at the end of the outline. Credit is given to all sources used.	Beginning	Progressing	Proficient	Exceeds