Informative speech

Instructor: ___________________ Course: ______________ Semester: _______________ Assignment: __________________________

Student: ______________________________________ Student ID #: _____________________

Advanced

4

Competent

3

Developing

2

Introductory

1

Score

Content

· Responds to the topic/assignment requirements successfully.

· Contains accurate information that is convincingly supported, logically defended, and powerfully develops major and minor ideas.

· Responds to the topic/assignment requirements, but minor points are misunderstood or misinterpreted.

· Contains accurate information that is clearly supported and defended, and appropriately develops major and minor ideas.

· Responds to the topic/assignment requirements, but major points are misunderstood or misinterpreted.

· Contains information that supports, defends, develops, major and minor ideas, but lacks key points and/or makes broad, unfocused generalizations.

· Attempts to respond to the topic/assignment requirements, but misunderstands or misinterprets the goal/requirements of the assignment.

· Contains inaccurate, insufficient, or unrelated information that fails to support, defend, develop, or interpret major and minor ideas. Lacks sound arguments.

Organization

· Organizational pattern (specific introduction and conclusion, central message, sequenced material within the body, and transitions) is clearly and consistently observable and is skillful and makes the content of the presentation cohesive.

· Organizational pattern (specific introduction and conclusion, central message, sequenced material within the body, and transitions) is clearly and consistently observable within the presentation.

· Organizational pattern (specific introduction and conclusion, central message, sequenced material within the body, and transitions) is intermittently observable within the presentation.

· Organizational pattern (specific introduction and conclusion, central message, sequenced material within the body, and transitions) is not observable within the presentation.

Delivery

· Delivery techniques (posture, gesture, eye contact, and vocal expressiveness) make the presentation compelling, and speaker appears confident. For example, speaker seldom uses notes, maintains eye contact, and speaks loud enough that all can hear.

· Delivery techniques (posture, gesture, eye contact, and vocal expressiveness) make the presentation interesting, and speaker appears comfortable. For example, speaker often uses notes, mostly maintains eye contact, and speaks loud enough that most can hear.

· Delivery techniques (posture, gesture, eye contact, and vocal expressiveness) make the presentation understandable, and speaker appears tentative. For example, speaker reads most of the presentation, makes occasional eye contact, and speaks too quietly to be heard by some.

· Delivery techniques (posture, gesture, eye contact, and vocal expressiveness) detract from the understandability of the presentation, and speaker appears uncomfortable. For example, speaker reads the presentation, makes no eye contact, and speaks too quietly to be heard by most.

Total Score