Rubric for Public Speaking

Name of Student: _________________________________________ Date: ________________________

Grade and Section: ___________________________________ Type of Speech:

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UNACCEPTABLE MARGINAL GOOD EXCELLENT SCORE

(1) (2) (3) (4)
BODY No movement or Very little Movements or Movements
LANGUAGE descriptive movement or gestures seemed fluid
gestures descriptive enhance and
gestures articulation helped the
audience
visualize
EYE CONTACT No eye contact with Minimal eye Consistent use Holds attention
audience contact with of direct eye of entire
audience contact with audience with
some audience the use of direct
eye contact
SPEAKING ▪ inaudible or too ▪ some Clear ▪ Poised, clear
SKILLS loud mumbling articulation articulation
▪ rate too slow/fast ▪ uneven rate but not as ▪ proper volume
▪ speaker seemed ▪ little or no polished ▪ steady rate
uninterested expression ▪ good posture
and used monotone ▪ enthusiasm
▪ confidence
VOICE Consistently uses a Displays some Satisfactory Use of fluid
monotone voice level of use of speech and
inflection inflection, but inflection
throughout does not maintains the
delivery consistently interest of the
use fluid audience
speech
ORGANIZATION ▪ displays neither ▪ displays some ▪ displays ▪ delivers clear
clear level of introductory opening and
introductory nor organization or closing closing
closing remarks with discernible remarks, but remarks that
▪ does not present the theme, but the segments of capture the
segments presentation is the body attention of the
of the body of the not of the audience and
presentation in organized presentation set the mood
a coherent manner clearly or in a are not ▪ provides a
▪ irrelevant coherent presented in a “road map” for
statements are made manner coherent the
▪ leaves the audience ▪ introductory manner audience
wondering and closing ▪ presents the ▪ each segment
where the remarks segments of relates to the
presentation is are missing the others
headed body of the according to a
presentation in carefully
a planned
coherent framework
manner, but
introductory
or closing
remarks are
missing

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