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Favorite Person Rubric Favorite Person Rubric Rubric Code: Z24C3B5 By ProfBWC Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: Communication Type: Assignment Grade Levels: Undergraduate

Favorite Person Speech
	Excellent 5 pts	Good 4 pts	Fair 2 pts	Poor 1 pts
Delivery Style (Extemporaneous)	Excellent Used only note cards to delivery to the audience. No (0%) straight reading off of the note cards.	Good Used only note cards to deliver to the audience. However, did read a few passages (less than 20%).	Fair Used only note cards to deliver to the audience. However, more than 50% was just reading word-for-word off of the note cards. (Note cards show a manuscript, not just key points.)	Poor 100% reading word-for-word off of the document. Note cards are a manuscipt. And/Or No notes or preparation and an impromptu or memorized speech delivery.
Audience Analysis	Excellent Considered the target audience group, their interest and what content they would and would not be familiar with. The language was also chosen for the context and time.	Good More than 80% appropriate to the audience. The speaker considered the target audience group, their interest and what content they would and would not be familiar with. The were some breaks in language (inappropriate, cursing) and context.	Fair More than 50% inapproriate to the audience. The speaker did not consider the target audience group, their interest and what content they would and would not be familiar with. More than one phrase of vulgar language.	Poor No relation at all to the assignment. Did not consider the assignment, audience, context, language, etc.
Vocal Delivery	Excellent The speaker makes 100% use of vocal variety in a conversational mode. The speaker can be easily heard by all audience members and changes pitch to enhance the message.	Good The speaker makes 80% use of vocal variety in a conversational mode. The speaker shows only occasional weakness in pace, volume and pitch. This does not detract significantly from the overall quality or impact of the speech.	Fair More than 50% of the speech lacks vocal variety in a conversational mode. The speaker shows major weakness in pace, volume and pitch. This begins to detract from the quality and impact of the speech.	Poor The speaker fails to use vocal variety and fails to speak in a conversational mode. The speaker show frequent weakness in controlling and adapting pace, volume and pitch. This results from an overall detraction from the quality or impact of the speech.
Nonverbal Communication	Excellent The speaker demonstrates exceptional posture, appropriate gestures throughout the speech, bodily movement, facial expressions and direct and constant eye contact with the audience.	Good More than 80% of the speech, the speaker demonstrates acceptable posture, gestures, facial expressions and eye contact with the audience.	Fair More than 50% of the speech, the speaker is slouching, lacks gestures and facial expressions including eye contact with the audience.	Poor The speaker is slouching 100% of the time, uses no gestures throughout the speech and lacks facial expressions and any eye contact with the audience.
Time (over time = loss of 1 point)	Excellent 4:00 - 5:00 minutes	Good 3:00 - 3:59 minutes	Fair 1:31 - 2:59 minutes	Poor 0:00 - 1:30 minutes
Support of Class Members	Excellent Present in class both speech days. On time. No phones or other distractions out.	Good In class both speech days. However, late one day. And/Or In class both speech days. However, phone or other distraction out.	Fair Late to class both days. And/Or Phone and/or other distractions out.	Poor In class only one day.
Outline Rubric
	Excellent 2 pts	Fair 1 pts	Poor 0 pts	N/A 0 pts
Introduction Attention Grabber	Excellent Strong attention grabber that related well to the audience. Used correct outline format with Roman Numerals, ABC, etc.	Fair Weak use of an attention grabber, (for example, "how many people are in college?) No relevance to the audience. Did not use the correct outline format with Roman Numerals, ABC, etc.	Poor No Attention Grabber.	N/A
Thesis	Excellent Strong thesis statement with 3 points listed in order. Used correct outline format with Roman Numerals, ABC, etc.	Fair Listed 3 or 2 main points for the thesis, but are out of order. Did not use the correct outline format with Roman Numerals, ABC, etc.	Poor No thesis statment listed.	N/A
Speech Body Organization
	Excellent 4 pts	Good 3 pts	Fair 2 pts	Poor 1 pts
1st Main Point and Transition	Excellent Transition includes a preview of the first main point (from the thesis). The main point is listed directly from the thesis. Used correct outline format with Roman Numerals, ABC, etc.	Good Transition needs some clarity of the preview of the first main point. However, it does not take away from the overall point. The main point is not directly stated as in the thesis. However, this does not lose the overall point of the speech. Used 80% correct outline format with Roman Numerals, ABC, etc. Had 1 or 2 minor format errors.	Fair The transition sentence lacks the preview of what the main point will be or there is no transition sentence. There is some confusion and there needs to be clarity on the defined main point to be discussed in the speech. Lacks outline format with Roman Numerals, ABC, etc. More than 3 format errors.	Poor The transition sentence and main point have no relevance to the thesis listed in the introduction. Confusion on what the first speech topic will be. Manuscript Format.
2nd Main Point and Transition	Excellent Transition includes a preview of the second main point (from the thesis). The main point is listed directly from the thesis. Used correct outline format with Roman Numerals, ABC, etc.	Good Transition needs some clarity of the preview of the second main point. However, it does not take away from the overall point. The main point is not directly stated as in the thesis. However, this does not lose the overall point of the speech. Used 80% correct outline format with Roman Numerals, ABC, etc. Had 1 or 2 minor format errors.	Fair The transition sentence lacks the preview of what the second main point will be or there is no transition sentence. There is some confusion and there needs to be clarity on the defined main point to be discussed in the speech. Lacks outline format with Roman Numerals, ABC, etc. More than 3 format errors.	Poor The transition sentence and main point have no relevance to the thesis listed in the introduction. Confusion on what the second speech topic will be. Manuscript Format.
3rd Main Point and Transition	Excellent Transition includes a preview of the third main point (from the thesis). The main point is listed directly from the thesis. Used correct outline format with Roman Numerals, ABC, etc	Good Transition needs some clarity of the preview of the third main point. However, it does not take away from the overall point. The main point is not directly stated as in the thesis. However, this does not lose the overall point of the speech. Used 80% correct outline format with Roman Numerals, ABC, etc. Had 1 or 2 minor format errors.	Fair The transition sentence lacks the preview of what the third main point will be or there is no transition sentence. There is some confusion and there needs to be clarity on the defined main point to be discussed in the speech. Lacks outline format with Roman Numerals, ABC, etc. More than 3 format errors.	Poor The transition sentence and main point have no relevance to the thesis listed in the introduction. Confusion on what the third speech topic will be. Manuscript Format.
Conclusion
	Excellent 2 pts	Fair 1 pts	Poor 0 pts	N/A 0 pts
Thesis	Excellent Strong thesis statement with 3 points listed in order. Used correct outline format with Roman Numerals, ABC, etc.	Fair Listed 3 or 2 main points for the thesis, but are out of order. Did not use the correct outline format with Roman Numerals, ABC, etc.	Poor No thesis statment listed.	N/A
Strong Concluding Statement	Excellent Strong concluding statement that related well to the audience. Tied back to the attention grabber from the Introduction. Used correct outline format with Roman Numerals, ABC, etc.	Fair Weak use of a strong concluding statement. No relevance to the audience. Did not use the correct outline format with Roman Numerals, ABC, etc.	Poor No Strong Concluding Statement. Said "That's It."	N/A

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