Professor Fernheimer
WRD 112: 20 Spring 2019
Individual Speaker Name__________________
Final Score_________out of 30 = ______/5%
Body
1. Swaying—does the speaker sway? (often to not at all) 1 2 3 4 5
2. Does the speaker exhibit distracting mannerisms? (often to not at all) 1 2 3 4 5
3. Do gestures help convey and dramatize key ideas? (never to often) 1 2 3 4 5
4. Do gestures seem natural? (artificial to natural) 1 2 3 4 5
5. Speaker points at visuals while explaining. (ineffective to effective) 1 2 3 4 5
6. Speaker turns to audience to interpret data.(ineffective to effective). 1 2 3 4 5
Voice
7. Unplanned pauses (many to few) 1 2 3 4 5
8. Fillers (“um” etc.—many to few) 1 2 3 4 5
9. Confidence (shaky or uneven to steady voice) 1 2 3 4 5
10. Projection (weak to strong) 1 2 3 4 5
11. Articulation of words or sentences (unclear to clear) 1 2 3 4 5
12. Voice modulation (monotone to varied) 1 2 3 4 5
Audience Awareness
13. Reading notecards (often to not at all) 1 2 3 4 5
14. Interacting/engaging with audience (not at all to often) 1 2 3 4 5
15. Pacing (too fast/slow to even) 1 2 3 4 5
16. Eye contact, scanning entire audience (ineffective to effective) 1 2 3 4 5
Content
17. Required visuals correctly incorporated? (incorrect to correct) 1 2 3 4 5
18. Are visuals clearly explained? (confusing to clear) 1 2 3 4 5
19. Clear identification of peer’s thesis provided?(ineffective to effective) 1 2 3 5
20. Clear description of essay’s arrangement provided? (unclear to clear) 1 2 3 4 5
21. Range of evidence used? (unvaried to varied) 1 2 3 4 5
22. Constructive feedback offered? (ineffective to effective) 1 2 3 4 5
23. Enough evidence included? (scanty evidence to convincing evidence) 1 2 3 4 5
24. Three suggestions for revision provided? (some to none) 1 2 3 4 5
Organization
25. Is speech focused (rambling/off topic to focused) 1 2 3 4 5
26. Is speech structure deliberate? (winging it to deliberate) 1 2 3 4 5
27. Strong focused beginning and ending? (unfocused to focused) 1 2 3 4 5
28. Transitions highlight speeches’ organization (unclear to very clear) 1 2 3 4 5
29. Language is easy to follow. (confusing/indirect to clear) 1 2 3 4 5
30. Technical mishaps handled smoothly? (thrown to handled smoothly) 1 2 3 4 5