WRITTEN SPEECH RUBRIC



Name: _________________________ WRITTEN SPEECH RUBRIC

|SKILLS |4 |3 |2 |1 |

| |Clear and convincing command of facts and |Clear use of facts and information with |Partially clear use of facts and information |Confusing or incomplete facts with little |

|Research Analysis |information with insightful explanations that |partially developed explanations in support of |with limited or incomplete explanations to |and/or confusing explanations as to how the |

| |help to illustrate the speaker’s ideas and |the speaker’s ideas or arguments. At least six |support the speaker’s ideas or arguments. At |facts support the speaker’s ideas or arguments.|

| |arguments. At least six sources are |sources are incorporated into the speech. |least five sources are incorporated into the |At least four sources are incorporated into the|

| |incorporated into the speech. All six sources | |speech. |speech. |

| |are used to strengthen the persuasive argument.| | | |

| |Clearly and logically organized speech with an |Clear attempt at organization with a beginning,|Some inconsistencies in organization and/or a |A lack of organization makes it difficult to |

| |engaging introduction, a logically sequenced |middle, and end and an attempt to use |lack of sustained focus throughout the speech |follow the speaker’s ideas; speech may be too |

|Organization |body with appropriate transitions, and a clear |transitions |with inconsistently used transitions |conversational and may ramble without a clear |

| |and convincing conclusion. | | |beginning, middle, or end |

| |Uses sophisticated and varied language that is |Uses appropriate language and word choice, but |Use words that may be unsuited to the topic, |Inappropriate use of language distracts the |

| |suited to the topic and audience; word choice |with less sophistication, expressiveness and/or|audience or purpose of the speech; word choice |audience because it is too informal or too |

|Language |is concise, original, and effectively conveys |originality |lacks originality and fails to convey an |imprecise given the topic and purpose of the |

| |the appropriate tone given the purpose of the | |appropriate tone for the speech |speech |

| |speech | | | |

| |Artfully incorporates at least six different |Incorporates at least six different tropes or |Incorporates at least five different tropes or |Incorporates four or fewer tropes or schemes to|

| |tropes or schemes to persuade the target |schemes to persuade the target audience |schemes to persuade the target audience. |persuade the target audience. |

|Tropes and Schemes |audience. Tropes and schemes are fluidly and | | | |

| |naturally scattered throughout the speech and | | | |

| |aid in the persuasive argument. Usage does not | | | |

| |feel forced. | | | |

|Appeals |All three appeals are fluidly and naturally |All three appeals are clearly used throughout |An attempt at using all three appeals is made, |Either not all appeals are obvious or they are |

| |scattered throughout the speech with |the speech to effectively |although there may be some imbalance or the |used ineffectively |

| |a balance that effectively aids in your |persuade your audience |persuasion may be slightly ineffective | |

| |persuasion without making it feel forced | | | |

| |or contrite | | | |

|Grammar and |No spelling, punctuation, capitalization, |Some minor spelling, punctuation, |Multiple spelling, punctuation, capitalization,|Numerous spelling, punctuation, capitalization,|

|Conventions |grammar or usage errors. |capitalization, grammar or usage errors; some |grammar or usage errors; mechanical errors do |grammar or usage errors which distract reader. |

| |Written in an artful style with sentence |sentence variety; a few errors in MLA |not disrupt flow of ideas. Some errors in MLA |Numerous errors in MLA formatting. |

| |variety. No MLA formatting errors. |formatting. |formatting. | |

The final draft of your written speech is worth 100 pts and will count as an “Essay/Final Project” grade. I will deduct 5 pts (a half of a letter grade) from your final essay grade if you fail to bring a hard copy of your 1st and/or 2nd draft to class with you.

I will deduct 10 pts (an entire letter grade) if you fail to do any of the following correctly on the final submission:

( Correct heading

( MLA format: 12 pt Times New Roman font with 1 inch margins; double spaced

( All supporting materials (outline, drafts, peer-editing, etc) are turned in with the final draft.

( There is clear evidence of revision from draft to draft.

Note: Failure to turn in your essay to or to include a Works Cited page will result in an automatic zero. No exceptions.

RAW SCORE: ____/24 pts TOTAL SCORE: _____/100

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