SPEECH RUBRIC

4 3 2 1 Total

Delivery Items

Eye Contact Maintains consistent Maintains eye contact Only occasionally looks at Has no eye contact
eye contact with with most of audience; audience. with audience.
entire audience. most of the time.

Volume/ Speaks loudly and Speaks loudly enough Speaks softly causing some Cannot be heard.
Projection comfortably to be to be heard by most audience discomfort.
heard by the entire audience members.
audience.

Rate/ Pacing Varies rate and pauses Uses appropriate rate Speaks too rapidly or lowly; Rate causes confusion
for natural effect but may have some pauses may interfere with for audience.
throughout pauses that do not smoothness of rate.
presentation. create distractions.

Organization/
Structure

Visuals Used visuals Used at least three Used less than two visuals Did not use any visuals.
throughout the visuals throughout the throughout the presentation.
presentation. presentation.

Organization Followed the order of Kept at three or more of Kept less than two of the five Did not follow the
the outline. the five areas of outline areas of outline in order. outline guide.
in order.

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