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Informative Speech Presentation

Students will research, plan, and compose a speech in which their performance will be evaluated in terms of specific standards set in class, including the clarity and completeness of your speech, oral forms of support, and the quality of your presentation in explaining your topic matter.

Rubric Code: UXX69AC

By lglancy

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Subject: Communication

Type: Presentation

Grade Levels: Undergraduate

Introduction
	Excellent 8 pts	Good 6 pts	Fair 4 pts	Poor 2 pts
Introduction 8 pts	Excellent Clever attention-getting introduction with a clear indication of the thesis and major points to be discussed, relevance to audience, credibility. First transition apparent.	Good Introduction orients the audience to topic and theme, but is not engaging. The audience has an idea of what is to follow.	Fair Introduction establishes the topic or the theme but not both. Not attention-getting.	Poor Introduction does not grab attention. There is not an easily identifiable thesis or idea of the major points to be discussed.
Speech Body
	Excellent 15 pts	Good 12 pts	Fair 9 pts	Poor 5 pts
Body Content and Organization 15 pts	Excellent Thoughts are clearly organized, developed, and supported to achieve the purpose. Transitions are effectively utilized to create a smooth transition from point to point.	Good Demonstrates a clear understanding of the topic. Generally effective transitions but support material lacks in originality, relevancy and/or thought.	Fair Logical progression of thoughts, but transitions are awkward. An attempt at structure is present, but can be illogical or inconsistent.	Poor Little or no grasp of the information. Support material may be inaccurate, inappropriate, and/or too general.
Forms of Support
	Excellent 5 pts	Good 4 pts	Fair 3 pts	Poor 1 pts
Oral Citations 5 pts	Excellent Speaker does an excellent job of orally supporting at least 5 sources presented.	Good Speaker neglects to include all five sources. Only 4 sources are orally presented and are only adequately attributed.	Fair Speaker only includes 2-3 oral forms of support and/or neglects to cite sources appropriately.	Poor Speaker uses one or zero oral support attributions.
Conclusion
	Excellent 7 pts	Good 5 pts	Fair 3 pts	Poor 1 pts
Conclusion 7 pts	Excellent Speaker effectively uses signpost ending, restates thesis, and shows appreciation to the audience. Overall speech preparation evident.	Good Speaker may have used signpost ending, but did not fully recap thesis and/or adequately thank audience. Evidence of adequate speech preparation.	Fair Signpost ending and/or thesis and/or audience appreciation not presented. Minimal evidence of speech preparation evident.	Poor Elements of conclusion sorely lacking.
Visual Aids
	Excellent 4 pts	Good 3 pts	Fair 2 pts	Poor 0 pts
Visual Aids 4 pts	Excellent Two professional visual aids presented that enhanced topical points of speaker. Speaker effectively clarified/explained aids.	Good Two aids presented, but may not have visually enhanced the topical points of the speaker and/or speaker may have lapsed in clarifying or explaining them.	Fair Only one visual aid was presented which did not visually enhance the topical points of the speaker and/or speaker may have lapsed in clarifying or explaining it.	Poor Speaker did not present a visual aid.
Time
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Time 1 pts	Enter Title Time within the 5-7 (4:45-7:15) minutes timeframe	Enter Title Time falls short of the timeframe of 5-7 (4:45-7:15) minutes timeframe. :01-:15 under/over -1 :16-:30 under/over -2 :31-:45 under/over -3 :46-:60 under/over -4	Enter Title	Enter Title

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Speech to Inform

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