EXEMPLARY: Reflects careful consideration of purpose, audience, and time frame. Reflects careful consideration of significance, appropriateness, and scope
SATISFACTORY: Appropriately narrowed/ developed for audience, purpose, and time frame. Demonstrates consideration of significance, appropriateness, and scope
NEEDS IMPROVEMENT: Somewhat narrow or broad for audience, purpose, and/or time frame. Needs more consideration of significance, appropriateness, or scope
EXEMPLARY: Actions steps demonstrate depth of understanding. There is no doubt that completed action steps will accomplish plan. There is no doubt action will address problem
SATISFACTORY: Actions steps demonstrate a clear understanding of audience's ability to act. Action is practical and "actionable". Action steps have a probability of achieving the desired outcome in response to the problem
EXEMPLARY: Introduction includes: Motivating attention-getter that creates desire to listen. Highly important topic. Unique, creative personal credibility statement. Unique, creative, and powerful thesis. Introduction well-developed, satisfying for audience, topic, and purpose
SATISFACTORY: Introduction includes: Attention-getting device connecting topic to audience. Statement on importance of topic for audience. Speaker credibility. Concise thesis
DEFICIENT: The speech: Fails to provide a reasonably clear and logical progression within/among ideas. Fails to leave audience with a clear message. Lacks transitions or connections
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EXEMPLARY: Conclusion: Reflects speaker's informed evaluation, ability to place evidence and perspectives discussed in priority order. Is thought-provoking and satisfying
SATISFACTORY: Conclusion: Is logically tied to information. Summarizes main points effectively. States action. Leaves audience with an adequate final statement
NEEDS IMPROVEMENT: Conclusion: Is inconsistently tied to some information discussed. May lack reference to thesis, review of main points, or thought-provoking final statement
EXEMPLARY: Language choices (are): Exceptionally clear, inclusive, vivid, and creative. Enhance audience comprehension, enthusiasm for thesis. Varied in sentence structure, word choice. Strong in standards of grammar, usage
DEFICIENT: Speech relies on: Unclear or inappropriate language. Undefined jargon. Language that is not inclusive Language lacks attention to audience and/or purpose
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SATISFACTORY: Speaker demonstrates acceptable posture, gestures, facial expressions, eye contact, and dress. Physical delivery generally supports message in ways that neither distract from the speaker's credibility nor interfere with the message
NEEDS IMPROVEMENT: Speaker may, at times, rely on inconsistent delivery choices that include: Awkward posture, gestures, facial expressions, eye contact, and/or dress. Posture, gestures, facial expressions, eye contact, and/or dress that detract from speaker credibility or distract audience from message
EXEMPLARY: Strong vocal variety. Effective volume. Invites positive connection with audience. Creates attention and interest throughout. Vocal emphasis in support of persuasion
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