eng221 Week 5: Assignment 3. Review week 4 Discussion Board posting, and prepare your recorded speech.

Criteria

0

Unacceptable

1

Developing

2

Competent

3

Exemplary

1. Identify the thesis or central idea of the speech.

No identifying thesis or central idea could be discerned.

Identifying thesis or central idea was weak or incompletely articulated or did not relate to the speech content.

Identifying thesis was identifiable and related well to the speech content.

Identifying thesis was strong, clear, and related very well to the speech content.

2. Identify the speakers desired audience response.

Did not identify the speakers desired audience response.

Weakly or incompletely identified the speakers desired audience response.

Sufficiently identified the speakers desired audience response.

Clearly and completely identified the speakers desired audience response.

3. Assess speaker’s appeal to the needs, attitudes, and cultural values of the audience.

Did not assess the speaker’s appeal to the needs, attitudes, and cultural values of the audience.

Weakly or incompletely assessed the speaker’s appeal to the needs, attitudes, and cultural values of the audience.

Sufficiently assessed the speaker’s appeal to the needs, attitudes, and cultural values of the audience.

Clearly and completely assessed the speaker’s appeal to the needs, attitudes, and cultural values of the audience.

4. Identify the kind of introduction and conclusion used by the speaker.

Did not identify the kind of introduction and conclusion used by the speaker.

Weakly or incompletely identified the kind of introduction and conclusion used by the speaker.

Sufficiently identified the kind of introduction and conclusion used by the speaker.

Clearly and completely identified the kind of introduction and conclusion used by the speaker.

5. Assess the use of supporting materials and its adaptation to the audience.

Did not assess the use of supporting materials and its adaptation to the audience.

Weakly or incompletely assessed the use of supporting materials and its adaptation to the audience.

Sufficiently assessed the use of supporting materials and its adaptation to the audience.

Clearly and completely assessed the use of supporting materials and its adaptation to the audience.

6. Assess language choices for effective connection with audience.

Did not assess language choices for effective connection with audience.

Weakly or incompletely assessed language choices for effective connection with audience.

Sufficiently assessed language choices for effective connection with audience.

Clearly and completely assessed language choices for effective connection with audience.

7. Assess use of audio-visual aids.

Did not assess use of audio-visual aids.

Weakly or incompletely assessed use of audio visual aids.

Sufficiently assessed use of audio visual aids.

Clearly and completely assessed use of audio visual aids.

8. Delivery of this speech is enthusiastic with vocal expressiveness, fluency, spontaneity, and directness.

Did not deliver the speech enthusiastically with vocal expressiveness, fluency, spontaneity, and directness.

Delivered the speech with some enthusiasm, vocal expressiveness, fluency, spontaneity, and directness.

Delivered the speech with sufficient enthusiasm, vocal expressiveness, fluency, spontaneity, and directness.

Delivered the speech with an abundance of enthusiasm, vocal expressiveness, fluency, spontaneity, and directness.

9. The content of this speech is intellectually stimulating, creative, and clear.

Did not have content that was intellectually stimulating, creative, and clear.

Content was weak or incomplete or not intellectually stimulating, creative, and clear.

Content was sufficiently intellectually stimulating, creative, and clear

Content was very intellectually stimulating, creative, and clear.