Persuasive 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
____	organizational pattern evident	____	genuine connection with audience
____	use of emotional appeals
____	language accurate & clear	(___)	OVERALL EVALUATION
____	visual aids effective	____	met needs of assignment
____	presented visual aid effectively	____	topic challenging
		____	specific purpose well chosen
(___)	SUPPORTING EVIDENCE	____	clear policy developed
____	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
____	reasoning sound and clear	____	overall success as a research project
____	sources cited
____	source credibility	(___)	PREPARATION OUTLINE
____	good research evident	____	elements clearly labelled
		____	organizational method declared
(___)	NEED/PLAN/PRACTICALITY	____	headers correctly phrased
____	established need	____	style accurate and consistent
____	presented clear plan	____	hierarchy correct and clear
____	demonstrated practicality	____	bibliographic format
____	balanced time for need/plan/prac.	____	bibliographic variety
		____	survey included
(___)	CONCLUSION	____	survey results included
____	prepared audience for ending
____	reinforced central idea
____	call to agreement/action
____	vivid ending