Oratorical Declamation Rubric

Oral Communication in Context

Name: ________________________________________________

Criteria 5 4 3 Score Obtained

Voice (20%)  Voice was clear and  Voice was either unclear  Voice was unclear
well-projected. and did not project. with no projection.

Eye Contact (20%)  Maintained eye contact  Regularly looked at  Did not maintain eye
with audience. audience. contact with
audience.

Delivery (20%)  Delivery was smooth  Delivery was smooth with  Delivery was not
and conversational. few awkward stops. smooth with many
 Minimal prompting from  Performance needs some awkward stops.
presentation was prompting from the  Performance was
needed. presentation. read directly from
presentation.

Speaks clearly  Speaks clearly and  Speaks clearly and  Speaks clearly and
(20%) distinctly all (100- 95%) distinctly all (100- 95%) the distinctly most (95%-
the time. No time. Some 80%) of the time.
mispronunciations or mispronunciations and Annunciation & lazy
annunciation issues annunciation issues. speech make
comprehension
difficult at times.

 Gestures & movement  Gestures & movement are  Gestures &

Gesture and naturally punctuate slightly unnatural, forced, or movement are very
Posture (20%) speech. No superfluous, distracting. distracting.
distracting
Total Score Obtained: _______________/100