Excellent 4 Good 3 Fair 2 Poor 1 S Understanding of Topic Research and speech show a high level of topic Research and speech show a good level of topic Research and speech show a moderate level of Research and speech show little or no topic understanding. understanding. topic understanding. understanding. Organisation Each argument is presented in a logical sequence Most arguments are presented in a logical Some arguments are presented in a logical Arguments are not presented in a logical demonstrating excellent organisation. sequence demonstrating good organisation. sequence demonstrating fair organisation. sequence demonstrating poor organisation. Speech Voice is loud, clear, confident, and expressive. Voice is mostly loud, clear, confident, and Voice is sometimes loud, clear, confident, and Voice is not loud, clear, confident, or expressive. Makes eye contact with audience. expressive. Makes some eye contact with expressive. Makes little eye contact with Makes no eye contact with audience. audience. audience. Persuasive Techniques Consistently uses complex and effective Frequently uses and cogent persuasive techniques Irregularly uses and basic techniques to influence Uses one or no persuasive techniques to influence persuasive techniques to influence the audience. to influence the audience. These could include, the audience. These could include, hyperbole, the audience. These could include, hyperbole, These could include, hyperbole, emotive hyperbole, emotive language, expert opinion, emotive language, expert opinion, statistics, emotive language, expert opinion, statistics, language, expert opinion, statistics, anecdotes etc. statistics, anecdotes etc. anecdotes etc. anecdotes etc. Student:____________________________________ Topic______________________________________________
S Excellent 4 Good 3 Fair 2 Poor 1 Understanding of Topic Research and speech show a high level of topic understanding. Research and speech show a good level of topic understanding. Research and speech show a moderate level of topic understanding. Research and speech show little or no topic understanding. Organisation Each argument is presented in a logical sequence demonstrating excellent organisation. Most arguments are presented in a logical sequence demonstrating good organisation. Some arguments are presented in a logical sequence demonstrating fair organisation. Arguments are not presented in a logical sequence demonstrating poor organisation. Speech Voice is loud, clear, confident, and expressive. Makes eye contact with audience. Voice is mostly loud, clear, confident, and expressive. Makes some eye contact with audience. Voice is sometimes loud, clear, confident, and expressive. Makes little eye contact with audience. Voice is not loud, clear, confident, or expressive. Makes no eye contact with audience. Persuasive Techniques Consistently uses complex and effective persuasive techniques to influence the audience. These could include, hyperbole, emotive language, expert opinion, statistics, anecdotes etc. Frequently uses and cogent persuasive techniques to influence the audience. These could include, hyperbole, emotive language, expert opinion, statistics, anecdotes etc. Irregularly uses and basic techniques to influence the audience. These could include, hyperbole, emotive language, expert opinion, statistics, anecdotes etc. Uses one or no persuasive techniques to influence the audience. These could include, hyperbole, emotive language, expert opinion, statistics, anecdotes etc. Student:____________________________________ Topic______________________________________________
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