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Adequate dress and grooming; posture varied- Dress is sloppy, disheveled, or distracting;
affected by nervousness or stumbling; overcame cleanliness or grooming an issue; was
initial nervousness; spoke with a few pauses or fill visibly stiff and nervous (e.g. slouched,
words; paced)
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Speaker’s voice varied effectively with clear Speaker attempted to vary voice, expression, tone,
expression, clear pronunciation, speed, tone and and volume, but was occasionally too loud or too soft
volume to engage and keep audience’s attention to be easily heard. Clarity of speech was inconsistent.
and be heard across the room. Speaker talked The speaker’s personality was not used as effectively
enthusiastically with appropriate pauses. Tone as it could have been to convey the message.
Voice: Projection and Volume, Fluency, of voice, pace and emotion enhanced the impact Although the speaker captured the attention of the
and Control of the speech. audience, s/he did not maintain it; inconsistent
pausing was noticed.
Material organized around a clear purpose with Although theme is evident, material could be more
one basic theme; topic is narrow; information is clearly organized or material seemed organized, but
accurate, relevant to topic, and up-todate; theme was not evident. The topic could be more
speech has clear steps and logical order; speaker specific. Information is accurate but outof-date or
sticks to the subject and conveys extensive information is up-todate, but could have been more
knowledge of topic; speech is complete with accurate. The speech did not consistently follow a
introduction, body, summary and conclusion; logical order or show clear steps. Although the
speaker sticks to time requirements; highly speaker conveys knowledge of the topic, s/he didn’t
Speech effective use of speech notes stick to the subject. Although time limit was adhered
to, the speech did not seem complete; needed
stronger summary/conclusion;
Speaker’s use of language was excellent; the Speaker didn’t read entire speech, but hesitated and
words were put together well to convey stumbled to some degree. Sounds memorized. More
meaning without appearing to be memorized. technical or “flowery” terms used than needed to
Effective use of language without being too provide effective information. Grammar was
technical or flowery. Correct grammar used. inconsistently correct.
Use of Language
Used natural movement and descriptive Used some movement and gestures, but they didn’t
gestures that displayed energy, created mood, enhance the speech; some eye contact, but relied on
and helped audience visualize. Only occasionally notes to a level of distraction
Appropriate gestures and eye contact. glanced at notes; made consistent / meaningful
eye contact with audience.