Ethos, Pathos, Logos

ETHOS, PATHOS, LOGOS

GRADING RUBRIC: SPEECH

Criterion Rating Rating Rating Rating Excellent Good Satisfactory Needs Improvement A B C F Topic Topic is clear, Topic is clear Topic lacks clarity Topic is informational, argumentative, and argumentative, and or focus, and/or stance is indiscernible speakers stance is speaker's stance is speaker's stance is (both sides equal), or obvious and well recognizable and fuzzy or lacks lacks significant supported. Calls on supported. Calls sufficient support. support. No call to audience to take audience to action. Call to action fuzzy or action. specific action. indiscernible. Use of Language Use of language Use of language does Use of language causes Use of language is contributes to not have negative potential confusion, inappropriate to effectiveness of the impact and repetition repetition is present, situation, hurts speech and repetition is used enough to help but not enough to speaker's argument and makes speech both audience remember reduce possible makes it harder to memorable and points and follow confusion or help follow. compelling. (bonus along. audience follow. points for parallelism) Conciliation & Puts audience Puts audience mostly Some of audience at No conciliation and /or Rebuttal members (including at ease. Offers ease. Refutes an refutes weak opposing opposing side) at ease, respectful, supported opposing opinion. opinion or none. and offers respectful, disagreement to well-supported reasonable opposition. disagreement to reasonable opposition. Pathos, Ethos, Logos Makes excellent use of Varies argument styles Varies argument Does not make good all three classic and has at least one styles, but may be use of classic rhetoric appeals example of each missing one of the rhetorical appeals (pathos, ethos, logos) rhetorical appeal. three types. interweaving them throughout the speech. Background Info Background Background info Background info given Little to no information is provided, but audience is sparse, and does background provided which helps still left with some little to help audience information given. audience understand questions. understand topic or both topic, and stance. speaker's stance. Presentation Body language, Body language, Body language, Body language, gestures, and facial gestures, and facial facial expressions and gestures, and expressions expressions gestures facial expressions are adds greatly to the compliment message lack variety and lacking or message. Eye contact Eye contact with spontaneity inappropriate with audience virtually audience less than 80% Eye contact with Little or no eye contact all the time (except for of the time audience less than 75% and/or vocalized brief glances at notes) vocalized pauses of the time pauses vocalized pauses (um uh er etc.) and/or vocalized (um uh er etc.) (um uh er etc.) not distracting pauses are distracting not distracting Speaks clearly and (um uh er etc.) Often mumbles or can Speaks clearly and distinctly nearly all the are distracting not be understood with distinctly all the time time with no more than Speaks clearly and more than three with no one mispronounced distinctly most of the mispronounced words mispronounced words word time with no more than two mispronounced words TOTAL: ______/80