SUPERIOR A D E Q U AT E MINIMAL I N A D E Q U AT E
The speaker The speaker The speaker The speaker says
provides a focuses primarily includes some practically variety of types on relevant irrelevant nothing. The of content content. The content. The speaker focuses appropriate for speaker sticks to speaker wanders primarily on the task, such as the topic. The off the topic. The irrelevant content. generalizations, speaker adapts speaker uses The speaker details, examples the content in a words and appears to ignore Content and various general way to concepts which the listener and forms of the listener and are inappropriate the situation. evidence. The the situation. for the speaker adapts knowledge and the content in a experiences of specific way to the listener (e.g., the listener and slang, jargon, situation. technical language).
The speaker The volume is The volume is The volume is so
delivers the not too low or too too low or too low and the rate is message in a loud and the rate loud and the rate so fast that you confident, is not too fast or is too fast or too cannot poised, too slow. The slow. The understand most enthusiastic pronunciation pronunciation of the message. fashion. The and enunciation and enunciation The pronunciation volume and rate are clear. The are unclear. The and enunciation varies to add speaker exhibits speaker exhibits are very unclear. emphasis and few disfluencies, many The speaker interest. such as "ahs," disfluencies, appears Delivery Pronunciation "uhms," or "you such as "ahs," uninterested. and enunciation knows. "uhms," or "you are very clear. knows." The The speaker listener is exhibits very few distracted by disfluencies, problems in the such as "ahs," delivery of the "uhms," or "you message and knows." has difficulty understanding the words in the message.
The message is The message is The organization The message is
overtly organized. The of the message so disorganized organized. The listener has no is mixed up and you cannot speaker helps difficulty random. The understand most the listener understanding listener must of the message. understand the the sequence make some sequence and and relationships assumptions relationships of among the ideas about the Organization ideas by using in the message. sequence and organizational The ideas in the relationship of aids such as message can ideas. announcing the outlined easily. topic, previewing the organization, using transitions, and summarizing.
Very original Some originality Little or no Repetitive with
presentation of apparent; good variation; little or no variety; material; variety and material insufficient use of Creativity captures the blending of presented with materials / media. audiences materials / little originality or attention. media. interpretation.
Within two Within four Within six Too long or too
minutes of minutes of minutes of short; ten or more Length of allotted time . allotted time. allotted time . minutes above or Presentation below the allotted time.