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Graded AssignmentDelivering and Listening to Persuasive Speeches

You will be delivering your speech today. The rubric that your teacher will use to grade your speech is on the next page. Read the hints below and review the rubric. Then get ready to take the spotlight!

Note: You do not have to turn this page in to your teacher. Your grade will be based on your oral presentation.

Total score: ____ of 100 points

Look for these elements in your own speech and others? speeches:

An introduction that includes a thesis statement and gains the audience?s attention

Points that support the thesis

Rhetorical devices such as repetition, parallel structure, imagery, figurative language, quotations, and first-person plural mode of address

An attempt to concede a point

A conclusion that restates the main points and may include a call to action

Effective use of tone, pace, and emphasis

When you listen to other students? speeches, your teacher may ask you to provide feedback. Be honest and respectful to your fellow students. Give them the kind of feedback that will help them improve their work. If you don?t like something about a speech, say so in a way that doesn?t hurt other students? feelings. Remember that no speech is perfect, including your own. Your fellow students are your partners in improving together.

English | Graded Assignment | Delivering and Listening to Persuasive Speeches

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Graded Assignment
Delivering and Listening to Persuasive Speeches
You will be delivering your speech today. The rubric that your teacher will use to grade your speech is on the next
page. Read the hints below and review the rubric. Then get ready to take the spotlight!
Note: You do not have to turn this page in to your teacher. Your grade will be based on your oral presentation.
Total score: ____ of 100 points
Look for these elements in your own speech and others? speeches:







An introduction that includes a thesis statement and gains the audience?s attention
Points that support the thesis
Rhetorical devices such as repetition, parallel structure, imagery, figurative language, quotations, and
first-person plural mode of address
An attempt to concede a point
A conclusion that restates the main points and may include a call to action
Effective use of tone, pace, and emphasis

When you listen to other students? speeches, your teacher may ask you to provide feedback. Be honest and
respectful to your fellow students. Give them the kind of feedback that will help them improve their work. If you
don?t like something about a speech, say so in a way that doesn?t hurt other students? feelings. Remember that no
speech is perfect, including your own. Your fellow students are your partners in improving together.
Use this chart, or a similar chart on separate paper, to record some of your thoughts about the speeches you
hear.
Topic and thesis
Introduction, body,
conclusion
Use of rhetorical
devices
Use of tone, pace, and
emphasis
Overall impression
Other comments

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English | Graded Assignment | Delivering and Listening to Persuasive Speeches

Your speech will be evaluated based on this Grading Rubric.
Criterion
Delivery of
Introduction

3
The speaker begins
with a strong
introduction that
grabs the listener?s
attention and makes
the thesis obvious.

Support of the
Thesis

The details in the
speech consistently
support the thesis.

Use of
Rhetorical
Devices:
(parallel
structure,
imagery,
figurative
language,
repetition,
quotation, firstperson plural
mode of address)
Delivery of
Conclusion

The speaker uses 3
or more rhetorical
devices well in
delivering the
speech.

1
The introduction
does not draw the
listener in and/or the
thesis is not clear.

There is no real
conclusion.

Pace

The speaker varies
the pace according
to content.

The conclusion does
a good job of
restating the main
points or of calling for
action and/or stirring
the emotions of the
listener.
The tone is not
consistently
appropriate for the
topic.
The speaker varies
the pace, but not
very effectively.

Emphasis

The speaker
consistently uses
emphasis to draw
attention to phrases
and words of
importance.
The overall
impression is
positive. The speaker
is in control of the
subject and of the
delivery of the
speech.

The speaker
sometimes uses
emphasis to draw
attention to phrases
and words of
importance.
The overall
impression is neutral.
The speaker
sometimes is in
control of the subject
and of the delivery of
the speech.

Tone

Overall
Impression

The conclusion does
an excellent job of
restating the main
points or calling for
an action, and/or
stirring the emotions
of the listener.
The tone is
appropriate for the
topic.

2
The speaker begins
with an introduction,
but the introduction
could have been
stronger. There is an
attempt to state a
thesis.
The details in the
speech usually
support the thesis
but sometimes veer
away from the
subject.
The speaker uses 1
or 2 rhetorical
devices well in
delivering the
speech.

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The details in the
speech do not seem
to support any main
idea.
The speaker uses 0
rhetorical devices
well in delivering the
speech.

The tone is
inappropriate for the
topic.
The speaker never
varies the pace,
which is too fast or
too slow.
The speaker never
uses emphasis to
draw attention to
phrases and words
of importance.
The overall
impression is
negative. The
speaker is not in
control of the subject
and of the delivery of
the speech.

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