Persuasive Speech Rubric - Updated

Specified Objectives for Activity

• Transfer an understanding of communication fundamentals to the social contexts experienced in everyday life.
• Understand the axioms of persuasive communication and its principles and ethics.
• Evaluate the interplay between the persuasive source and the responsive audience.
• Distinguish between different audiences by correctly analyzing their needs, values, general tendencies, and all ethical considerations applicable to a specific audience.

Point Value: 400

Activity Description
The Persuasive Speech is a rhetorical application of theory where you research and construct an appeal(s), outline an integrated presentation, apply the appeals to your topic germane to the persuasive genre you've decided to use (motivational v. ideological), addressing an area of persuasive analysis (political, theological, or psychological) and present them orally to your peers in this class.

Activity Rubric
1. The student outlines their presentation following Monroe's Motivated Sequence, siting sources APA style to support their propositions. 

/70 Points

1-30               31-50                51-70

Lacking         Adequate          Fulfilled

2. The student credibly presents their ideological and/or motivational persuasive speech to the class, competent in understanding the scope of their appeal, charismatic in their delivery, with the ethos value of character. 

/100 Points

1-50               51-74                75-100

Lacking         Adequate          Fulfilled

3.The student demonstrates their intuitive and applied research of their topic as it relates to persuasive appeals in their chosen area of analysis in political, theological, or psychological rhetoric. 

/100 Points

1-50               51-74                75-100

Lacking         Adequate          Fulfilled

4. The learner uses motivational and/or ideological appeals to persuade within their chosen rhetorical context. 

/80 Points

1-35               36-60                61-80

Lacking         Adequate          Fulfilled

5. The learner shows breadth and depth in their scope of research. 

/50 points

1-30               31-39                40-50

Lacking         Adequate          Fulfilled

Final Presentations Due

Since there were no dissenting opinions in regards to your final presentations, we'll begin those on July 14th.

7/9 - Please Respond in Comments

We've gone through the prepared content for this class leaving your persuasive speeches as your final. I'm proposing that these are delivered the week of July 14th instead of the 21st.

Let me know your thoughts by commenting below.

ALSO, I've edited Assessment Two to be less redundant and have posted it for your completion, due by midnight, July 22nd, posted to your blog.

ALSO, as of 7/11, very few of you have posted your Reich application. I know I've been vague on this because of its clash with the test, but it still needs to be done. You have until class time, Tuesday, July 14 to get it posted. Thanks to those of you who did post. Make sure you comment on your peer's postings.