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iRubric: Patrick Henry Speech Rubric

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Patrick Henry Speech Rubric Persuasion Speech Rubric Students will deliver one passage from Patrick Henry's "Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death" speech. They will be assessed on content, delivery, and their ability to persuade. Rubric Code: QB82C6 By lorisimpson99 Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: English Type: Assessment Grade Levels: (none)

Persuavie Presentation Grading
	Above Standard 4 pts	Meets Standard 3 pts	Below Standard 2 pts	Not Evident 1 pts
Emotional Appeal (PATHOS)	Above Standard Effectively and ethically appeals to audience emotions to achieve the persuasive goal. Patrick's vivid and emotive language is used effectively to create imagery and engage audience emotionally.	Meets Standard Appeals to audience emotions to achieve the persuasive goal, but fails to use enough pathos to really move the audience. Creates some effective imagery through Patrick's language.	Below Standard Minimal appeal to audience emotions for persuasive goal. Creates some effective imagery through Patrick's language.	Not Evident Failed to appropriately appeal to audience emotions. No attempt to use Patrick's vivid language to capture the audience's emotions.
Voice	Above Standard Inflection (pace, pitch, power, pauses, articulation) used to heighten interest and match message appropriately. Close attention paid to the punctuation of the original speech. Could be heard at all times. No verbal fillers used.	Meets Standard Some limited variation of vocal characteristics seemed inconsistent at times. Verbal fillers minimally used. Could be heard for the majority of the time.	Below Standard The student could be heard most of the time, but at certain points was inaudible and/or inarticulate. Little pitch variation. Pacing was too slow/fast. Verbal fillers used.	Not Evident Audience had difficulty hearing and/or understanding much of the speech due to monotone or inappropriate variation of voice. Excessive fluence errors interfered with message. Excessive use of verbal fillers.
Eye Contact	Above Standard Consistently and effectively used eye contact to establish rapport with audience. Inconspicuous use of notes and effective use of scanning to establish interaction with audience.	Meets Standard The speaker looked up occasionally and focused on just a few people. Some use of speaker notes. Seemed discon-nected from audience at times.	Below Standard Conspicuous use of speaker notes. Seemed disconnected from audience for noticeable periods of time.	Not Evident The speaker seldom looked at the audience. Reads speech from notes. Avoided eye contact with audience. Only sporadic glances at audience.