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Evidence-Based Persuasive Presentation Informative Speech Grading Rubric Rubric Code: TXX5B95 By muechi Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: Health Type: Presentation Grade Levels: Undergraduate

Persuasive Presentation
	Outstanding 2 pts	Good 1.75 pts	Fair 1.5 pts	Needs Work 1 pts
Introduction (10 pts)
Attention Getter 1 pts	Outstanding Outstanding, creative attention- getting opening sentences	Good Adequately got attention but lacked enthusiasm	Fair Communicated the topic but lacks any attention-getting features	Needs Work Lack direction and attention-getting features
Thesis/Proposition 3 pts	Outstanding Thesis clearly revealed & well structured for presentation as well as audience.	Good Thesis stated & appropriate for the presentation as well as audience.	Fair Thesis needs strength or structure. Audience is somewhat considered.	Needs Work Thesis is missing OR
Preview 2 pts	Outstanding Previews body of presentation in a memorable & effective way.	Good Previews body so audience knows main points in brevity.	Fair Preview incomplete	Needs Work Preview is missing
Body (14 pts)
Organizational Flow 2 pts	Outstanding Outstanding structure and logical flow	Good Adequate flow of points	Fair Difficult to follow structure	Needs Work No apparent logic to flow of points
Major Points 4 pts	Outstanding Main points are effective & strongly support thesis, support thesis, shows excellent citation or research/resources. Extremely persuasive	Good Main points are separate & support thesis, shows good research foundation, very good citation of research/resources. Very good persuasive effort.	Fair Some main points overlap or are redundant, shows signs of research. adequate citation of research/resources. Adequate persuasive effort.	Needs Work Some main points are unclear, limited research shown, limited to minimal citation of research/resources. Attempts to persuade with limited success.
Transitions 1 pts	Outstanding Excellent flow between parts of the speech	Good Adequate movement throughout the speech	Fair Somewhat difficult to follow points	Needs Work Difficult to follow structure
Conclusion (12 pts)
Logical Closure 3 pts	Outstanding Clearly used the thesis/proposition as a key feature of the conclusion	Good Adequately brought audience back to thesis/proposition	Fair Only limited hint of thesis/proposition	Needs Work Failed to bring audience back to the thesis/proposition
Psychological Closure 2 pts	Outstanding Concretely communicated how audience should react to the thesis/proposition	Good Attempt to tell the audience how to react to the thesis/proposition	Fair Only briefly hinted how the audience should react to the thesis/ proposition	Needs Work Failed to communicate how audience should react to the speech
Closing Sentences 2 pts	Outstanding Ended with an outstanding clincher. Moral & WOW statements are compelling & memorable.	Good Ended with an adequate closing. Moral & WOW statement are clear and complete.	Fair Weak closing—lacked any impact. Moral & WOW statement are complete but lack a sense of closure.	Needs Work Fizzled out. Presentation ends abruptly, may be missing elements of Moral & WOW statement.
Content (14 pts)
Thorough 4 pts	Outstanding Outstanding content using a variety of supporting materials	Good Adequate material and generally varied supporting materials	Fair Weak material which sometimes lacked relevancy with the points	Needs Work Little or no adequate supporting materials and/or inaccurate supporting materials
Cited Sources 1 pts	Outstanding Always cited sources clearly	Good Generally cited sources clearly	Fair Cited few sources in the speech	Needs Work Failed to cite any sources
Used Credible Sources 2 pts	Outstanding Many credible and varied sources	Good Adequate supporting materials from a variety of credible sources	Fair Few credible sources	Needs Work No credible sources cited and/or no variety in source types
Extemporaneous Delivery (18 pts)
Posture 1 pts	Outstanding Stood straight with no fidgeting and acted confident	Good Mostly stood straight at ease with little fidgeting	Fair Slouched and lacked confidence and showed some fidgeting	Needs Work Slouched over and/or leaned on the podium and moved around too much
Enthusiasm/Conviction 1 pts	Outstanding Delivered with outstanding enthusiasm and conviction	Good Generally showed enthusiasm and conviction	Fair Showed limited enthusiasm and conviction	Needs Work Showed no enthusiasm or conviction
Eye Contact 1 pts	Outstanding Sustained eye contact with every audience member and only occasionally looked at notes	Good Looked at audience members frequently but also at notes	Fair Occasionally looked at audience but no one specifically and looked mostly at notes	Needs Work Never looked at the audience, only at notes
Gestures 1 pts	Outstanding Natural and effective gestures which supported the speech	Good Fairly good gestures used at times throughout the speech	Fair Few if any gestures used in a stiff and unnatural way	Needs Work No gestures
Volume 1 pts	Outstanding Loud enough to hear every word	Good Occasional word or phrase not loud enough	Fair Frequently spoke too softly to hear words and phrases	Needs Work Difficulty hearing large chunks of the speech or important/key works
Conversational Tone 1 pts	Outstanding Delivered with conversational quality	Good Generally conversational tone	Fair Delivered with limited conversational tone	Needs Work Talked at audience rather than with audience
Rate 1 pts	Outstanding Excellent rate of speech appropriate to the content	Good Generally good rate of speech	Fair Sometimes spoke either too fast or too slow	Needs Work Spoke either much too fast or too slow
Vocal Variety 1 pts	Outstanding Outstanding vocal variety in volume, rate, and pitch	Good Adequate vocal variety in volume, rate, and pitch	Fair Limited vocal variety in volume, rate, and pitch	Needs Work Mostly monotone and mumbling
Attire 2 pts	Outstanding Professional & smart attire creates air of credibility, believability, & polish.	Good Attire is mostly professional & appropriate for speech topic	Fair Your clothing choices minimally distract from the message. Wears clothes with images and logos.	Needs Work Attire too casual. Your choices diminish your credibility by drawing attention to themselves & distracting from the message.
Overall Effect of the Speech (12 pts)
Argument and Discussion 5 pts	Outstanding Persuasive argument or thoughtful discussion expressed well with substantiation based on facts in articles & other sources.	Good Persuasive argument of opinion or discussion issue expressed with factual substantiation based on facts in article and other sources.	Fair Moderately persuasive argument of opinion expressed with some factual substantiation based on article and our course or other materials/sources, or discussion question posed but with little exploration.	Needs Work No personal reaction to the subject matter given. Lack of persuasive argument of opinion expressed without factual substantiation or no discussion question posed.
Presentation Aids 1 pts	Outstanding Presentation aids effective, easy to see, appropriately revealed & concealed.	Good Presentation aids support presentation, easy to see.	Fair Presentation aids distract from presentation or feel incomplete (as though a concept should have been illustrated with a presentation aid).	Needs Work Presentation aids missing.

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