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Speech Grading Rubric

This rubric sets criteria for grading the Speech presentations.

Rubric Code: WXW723W

By tilang09

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Subject: Communication

Type: Presentation

Grade Levels: Undergraduate

General
	Poor D-F (N/A)	Fair C (N/A)	Good B (N/A)	Excellent A (N/A)
Physical Presentation	Poor Student did not make eye contact with the audience, had lot of extra movement, slouched, held hands behind back, was dressed inappropriately etc... Their physical presentation distracted from their speech.	Fair Student slumped over podium or leaned on table, had lots of unnecessary movement, or didn't use their hands for gestures, etc... Student had moments of eye contact with the audience, but spent parts of the speech focused on the outline, back wall, table, was dressed inappropriately but not distractingly, etc...	Good Student had good posture and use of gestures. Student maintained good eye contact with entire room during the speech.	Excellent Student integrated posture, gestures, and other nonverbal behaviors so that they completed and enhanced the speech.
Extemporaneous Presentation	Poor Student read directly from the outline, maintaining very little contact with the audience during the presentation.	Fair Student relied heavily on the outline, becoming lost or confused and needing long pauses to reorient himself/herself.	Good Student had moments of good explanation of the process, but relied on the outline more than necessary.	Excellent Student was able to explain the process conversationally, maintaining good contact with the audience throughout the speech, and only referring to the outline periodically.
Introduction
	Poor (N/A)	Fair (N/A)	Good (N/A)	Excellent (N/A)
Attention Getter	Poor Student did not any techniques to engage audience interest, or the attempt was made in an incoherent and disorganized fashion.	Fair Student attempted to engage audience interest, but the effort was incomplete, disorganized, or was negated by poor delivery.	Good Student used a story, hypothetical, rhetorical question, or other technique to attempt to attain the interest of the audience.	Excellent Student actively engaged the audience with a well practiced and delivered rhetorical device.
Credibility	Poor Student did not make an attempt to establish credibility.	Fair Student made a statement to establish credibility, but was not relevant.	Good Student made a relevant claim to credibility.	Excellent Student made a relevant claim to credibility that was integrated within the introduction that effectively enhanced audience perception of credibility.
Purpose	Poor Student did not state the purpose of the speech.	Fair Student stated the purpose of the speech, but it was unclear or misleading.	Good Student clearly stated the purpose of the speech.	Excellent Student clearly stated the topic of the speech in a creative, innovative, or other rhetorically interesting way.
Body
	Poor (N/A)	Fair (N/A)	Good (N/A)	Excellent (N/A)
Organization/Demonstration	Poor Speech had no background information, and no conclusion. The explanation of the informative speech seemed to be in the wrong order, and/or confusing for the audience. Any visual aids did not coordinate with the presentation at all.	Fair The information itself was clear, but needed a defined structure. Any demonstration elements were not well coordinated with the speech. Student needed more practice.	Good Speech explained all the elements of the topic in an logical order. Any visual aids were logical and done smoothly. It was obvious the presentation had been practiced.	Excellent Student used imagination and creativity in explaining the information so that audience members could fully understand it, using a well practiced approach with any visual aids integrated smoothly.
Followed preview/connectives	Poor The student's speech structure was not related to the preview statement.	Fair The student's speech deviated from the preview statement, but had enough use of connectives for the audience to follow.	Good The student structured the speech so the body was organized to follow the preview statement, some connectives were used.	Excellent The speech followed the preview statement using internal previews, summaries, transitions, and signposts as needed to ensure audience comprehension.
Citations	Poor Student did not use any citations in the speech.	Fair Student used less than three citations properly.	Good Student correctly used at least three citations.	Excellent All information used in the speech was correctly cited.
Conclusion
	Poor (N/A)	Fair (N/A)	Good (N/A)	Excellent (N/A)
Signal the end	Poor Student did not use any verbal cues or delivery styles to signal the end of the speech.	Fair Student used verbal cues or delivery styles to signal the end of the speech, but either did not transition to the conclusion or ended abruptly.	Good Student used verbal cues or delivery styles to signal the end of the speech before concluding.	Excellent Student used creativity beyond "In conclusion" to effectively signal the audience that he/she was concluding the speech.
Reinforced Central Idea	Poor Student did not reinforce the central idea as part of the conclusion.	Fair Student attempted to reinforce the central idea, but did not clearly execute a summation or other appropriate technique.	Good Student clearly reinforced the central idea in a way that brought the speech to a clear finish.	Excellent Student used an appropriate and memorable method of reinforcing the central idea, such as a summation, quotation, or other method.

Subjects:

Communication

Types:

Presentation

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