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Oral Presentation of Argumentative Essay Oral Presentation of Argumentative Essay Students will give an argumentative speech about a topic they select. They will be assessed on content and delivery. Rubric Code: V22CB25 By maugarcia1 Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: English Type: Presentation Grade Levels: Undergraduate

Argumentative Presentation Grading This score only reflects the speech itself; not the written work.
	Excellent 0 pts	Good 0 pts	Fair 0 pts	Needs Improvement 0 pts
Content/Organization
Introduction 10 pts GRAB ATTENTION - Using a hook to spark interest.	Excellent Excellent attention-getter, Related to audience, credibility established, gave very brief introduction of topic, and stated claim, (i.e. point you'll be trying to prove)previewed the main points. Clearly stated the relevance of topic to audience needs and interests.	Good The speaker introduced the speech adequately, including an attention getter and a preview of the main points of the speech. Claim wasn't clearly expressed. Relevance of topic to audience needs and interests was somewhat apparent.	Fair The speaker introduced the speech, but some details were unclear. The introduction lacked an attention getter and/or a preview of main points.	Needs Improvement The speaker failed to introduce the speech OR the introduction was not useful in indicating what the speech was about.
Body of Speech 10 pts	Excellent Main points work within the steps and are clearly distinguished with supporting details. Transitions are effectively used for coherent movement from point to point.	Good General body organization steps weren't clear or well-developed. Transitions were okay, but not as unique or distinct as the could be.	Fair The steps --(need, satisfaction, visualization) lacked detail to the extent that some argumentative impact was compromised. Transitions need work.	Needs Improvement The speech was difficult to follow due to a lack of organization. Little detail was given to support the main points. Difficult to identify introduction, body, and conclusion.
Reasons 10 pts Logical reasoning and support to claim (statistics, facts, expert testimony-quotes-, etc...)	Excellent Presents sound arguments to support major claim. Arguments are supported with sufficient, relevant and valid evidence. Addressed oppositional arguments in a fair and persuasive manner.	Good Some arguments are sufficiently supported but some unsupported. Minor reasoning present. Oppositional argument somewhat addressed. Most sources are credible and cited aloud.	Fair Arguments lack some relevant and solid evidence. Credibility of sources and/or information is questionable. Oppositional arguments not present or not very apparent. Less than two sources are credible and/or cited aloud.	Needs Improvement Arguments lack relevant and valid evidence. Information is incorrect and/or outdated. Sources either aren't credible or not cited in presentation.
Conclusion 10 pts ACTION STEP	Excellent Alerted audience to the presentation conclusion. The speaker summarized the main points, tied back to the introduction to bring the speech full circle, and left the audience with a specific call to action and a powerful clincher.	Good Alerted audience to the presentation conclusion. The speaker recapped main points but missed at least one key component of conclusion (call to action, clincher, tie-back to intro...etc.)	Fair Ending was weak or not present; the speaker concluded the speech in a disorganized fashion. Two or more important components were not present.	Needs Improvement No conclusion; Ended suddenly. Most parts of conclusion were missing.
Creativity 10 pts Used to keep audience's attention	Excellent Speaker used original and effective creative techniques. (Examples include images, graphs, charts Short video clips Jokes/humor/cartoons Extra examples Anecdotes Ask the audience questions Bring an object to display)	Good Speaker used typical techniques to keep the attention of audience, but nothing original.	Fair Creativity was minimal.	Needs Improvement The element of creativity was overpowering and distracting from the true message or creativity was not included.
Delivery
Voice 10 pts The 4 Ps, articulation and verbal fillers (um & like)	Excellent Natural variation of vocal characteristics (pace, pitch, power, pauses, articulation) in Standard English to heighten interest and match message appropriately. Few, if any, verbal fillers.	Good Some limited variation of vocal characteristics. Use of pace, pitch, power and pauses seemed inconsistent at times. Some verbal fillers.	Fair The student could be heard most of the time but at certain points were inaudible and/or inarticulate. Little pitch variation. Pacing was too slow/fast. Verbal fillers were noticable and frequent.	Needs Improvement Audience had difficulty hearing and/or understanding much of the speech due to monotone or inappropriate variation of vocal characteristics. Inconsistent with verbal message. Excessive fluency errors interfered with message comprehension. Excessive use of vocalized fillers.
Eye Contact 10 pts Consistent eye contact with all sides of room.	Excellent Consistently and effectively used eye contact to establish rapport with audience. Rarely used speaker notes and and showed interaction with audience.	Good The speaker looked up occasionally and focused on just a few people during the speech. Some use of speaker notes. Seemed a bit disengaged from audience for short periods of time.	Fair Obvious use of speaker notes. Seems disengaged from audience for noticeable periods of time.	Needs Improvement The speaker seldom looked at the audience. Reads speech from notes. Avoided eye contact with audience. Only occasional and sporadic glances.
Timing 10 pts 10 minutes	Excellent Kept within required time frame.	Good 1 minute over required time or less than the required time.	Fair 2 minutes over required time or less than the required time	Needs Improvement 3 or more minutes over required time or less than the required time.
Questions 10 pts Asking and answering questions and audience participation.	Excellent Speaker satisfactorily addresses questions from the audience. As member of audience, student asks at least two questions of other speakers.	Good Speaker gets slightly uncomfortable with questions from audience or cannot easily formulate an answer. As member of audience, student asks at least one question of other speakers.	Fair Very uncomfortable with questions from audience. Does not ask questions of other speakers or is absent one of the days of other presentations.	Needs Improvement Cannot answer questions from audience. Absent on two or more days of other presentations.
Powerpoint 10 pts	Excellent 10 or more slides, smooth transitions, Excellent balance of images and text. Does not read too much text from the slides. Student emailed Powerpoint to professor 48 hours in advance for review.	Good 8-9 slides Satisfactory balance of images and text. Student emailed Powerful to professor 24 hours in advance for review.	Fair 6-7 Slides Student did not email Powerpoint 24 hours in advance for instructor to review. All text and no images, or all images and no text. Student reads too much text from slides.	Needs Improvement Powerpoint is completely missing or has 1-5 slides.

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