MHA Rhetoric School Speech Delivery Evaluation

Ciceronian Invective

Name ______________________________________ Date ____________ Score ________

Confidence Weak---Needs Work---Satisfactory---Excellent---Surpassing

(0) (1) (2) (3)
(4)
(Confident approach, Basic
speaker stance, Confident
delivery, Conveys ease)
Strong Opening . . . Weak---Needs Work---Satisfactory---Excellent---Surpassing
(0) (1) (2) (3)
(4)
(Opening grabs the attention of
the audience, Closing is
passionate and persuasive)

. . . & Closing Weak---Needs Work---Satisfactory---Excellent---

Surpassing
(Gives a feeling of summation and (0) (1) (2)
(3) (4)
finality, ends with a bang, not a whimper)

Eye Contact Weak---Needs Work---Satisfactory---Excellent---Surpassing

(0) (1) (2) (3)
(4)
(Deliberate eye interaction with
individuals, Even distribution of
attention to audience, Use of eyes
to draw audience in, No indication
of memory lapse)

Gestures & Facial Expressions Weak---Needs Work---Satisfactory---Excellent---

Surpassing
(0) (1) (2) (3)
(4)
(Purposeful gestures from
shoulder, at chest level, helpful,
not juvenile or distracting,
emphatic, No fidgeting or fussing;
Face engaged & engaging)
Voice Weak---Needs Work---Satisfactory---Excellent---Surpassing
(0) (1) (2) (3)
(4)
(Purposeful Volume, Pace, Fluency,
Tone, Pause, Variety, Urgency,
Passion, Enunciation; No
hesitation or memory lapse)
Clarity, Coherence, Completeness Weak---Needs Work---Satisfactory---Excellent---
Surpassing
(0) (1) (2) (3)
(4)
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(Logical clarity, Baby steps,

Roadmaps, Road signs along the
way, Full treatment [in accord
with thesis])
Elegance, Persuasiveness, Interest Weak---Needs Work---Satisfactory---Excellent---
Surpassing
(0) (1) (2) (3)
(4)
(Elegant & polished tone,
vocabulary, & register; Persuasive
argumentation & passion;
Interest-stimulating presentation)