MEMORIZED SPEECH RUBRICS

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Speaker does Speaker Speaker makes Speaker Speaker’s use

not make eye routinely scans some eye routinely scans of eye contact
Eye contact contact. audience. contact. audience. adds to the
speech’s
effectiveness.

The entire The majority Much of the Speech Speech is

speech is of the speech speech delivered too delivered with
Volume delivered too delivered too delivered too quietly or appropriate
quietly. quietly. quietly. loudly at volume.
times.

The speaker The speaker The speaker The speaker The speaker
mispronounces mispronounces mispronounces mispronounces mispronounces
Pronunciation the majority of the many of the several most of the most all words
words. words. words. words correctly.
correctly.

Tone The entire Most of the Shows Shows Shows great

speech is speech is moment of enthusiasm for enthusiasm for
monotone. monotone. enthusiasm. speaking. speaking.

The entire Much of the The speech is Most of the The entire
speech is speech is delivered too speech is speech is
Rate delivered too delivered too quickly at delivered at an delivered at an
quickly or quickly or times, but appropriate appropriate
slowly. slowly. most of it has rate of speed, rate of speech.
an appropriate it may be too
rate of speed quick or slow
at other times. at times.

Speech is Speech is The speech is The speech is The speech if

partially partially mostly mostly fully
Memorized memorized memorized, memorized but memorized, memorized.
and needs pauses often to speaker might but speaker
prompting recall. pause might pause
often. frequently to occasionally to
recall or need recall or need
to be to be
prompted. prompted.