Informative Speech Interpretation Form

 

	SYMBOL KEY:		SPEECH TIME:
	! = SUPERIOR		___________
	+ = EFFECTIVE		GRADE:
	+ = PROBLEMATIC		___________
	– = DETRIMENTAL		SPCH PTS:
	Ø = MISSING		___________
	N/A = NOT APPLICABLE		OUTLINE PTS:
	Abbreviations A to Z		___________

 

	INTRODUCTION		DELIVERY
____	gained attention and interest	____	used appropriate rate
____	introduced topic clearly	____	maintained eye contact
____	related topic to the audience	____	extemporaneous delivery
____	established credibility	____	conversational tone
____	range of research clear	____	easy to listen to
____	preview statement	____	articulated clearly
		____	used pauses effectively
	BODY	____	used good volume and projection
____	main points clear	____	use of vocal variety and dynamics
____	main points correctly phrased	____	showed enthusiasm
____	connectives effective	____	avoided distracting mannerisms
____	organization well planned	____	gestures used effectively
____	organizational pattern evident
____	language accurate & clear		OVERALL EVALUATION
____	language appropriate	____	met needs of assignment
		____	topic challenging
	SUPPORT	____	specific purpose well chosen
____	main points fully supported	____	message adapted to audience
____	variety and quality of support	____	held interest of the audience
____	support relevant to claims	____	kept within time limits
____	support sufficient for claims	____	overall success as a speech
____	sources cited	____	overall success as a research project
____	source credibility
____	good research evident		PREPARATION OUTLINE
____	visual aids effective	____	elements clearly labelled
____	presented visual aid effectively	____	organizational method declared
		____	headers correctly phrased
	CONCLUSION	____	style accurate and consistent
____	prepared audience for ending	____	hierarchy correct and clear
____	reinforced central idea	____	bibliographic format
____	vivid ending	____	bibliographic variety