| Performance Element |
Distinguished |
Proficient |
Apprentice |
Novice |
Possible |
Actual |
| Awareness of Audience |
- Significantly increases audience understanding and knowledge of topic;
- Effectively convinces an audience to recognize the validity of a point of view.
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- Raises audience understanding and awareness of most points;
- Clear point of view, but development or support is inconclusive and incomplete.
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- Raises audience understanding and knowledge of some points;
- Point of view may be clear, but lacks development or support.
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- Fails to increase audience understanding or knowledge of topic.
- Fails to effectively convince the audience.
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| Strength of Material, Organization |
- Clear purpose and subject;
- Pertinent examples, facts, and/or statistics;
- Conclusions/ideas are supported by evidence;
- Major ideas summarized and audience left with full understanding of presenter's position.
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- Has some success defining purpose and subject;
- Some examples, facts, and/or statistics support the subject;
- Includes some data or evidence which supports conclusions or ideas;
- May need to refine summary or final idea.
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- Attempts to define purpose and subject;
- Weak examples, facts, and/or statistics, which do not adequately support
the subject;
- Includes very thin data or evidence in support of ideas or conclusions;
- Major ideas may need to be summarized or audience is left with
vague idea to remember.
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- Subject and purpose are not clearly defined;
- Very weak or no support of subject through use of examples, facts, and/or statistics;
- Totally insufficient support for ideas or conclusions. Major ideas left unclear, audience left with no new ideas.
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| Delivery |
- Relaxed, self-confident and appropriately dressed for purpose or audience;
- Builds trust and holds attention by direct eye contact with all parts of
audience;
- Fluctuation in volume and inflection help to maintain audience interest and
emphasize key points.
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- Quick recovery from minor mistakes;
- Appropriately dressed;
- Fairly consistent use of direct eye contact with audience;
- Satisfactory variation of volume and inflection.
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- Some tension or indifference apparent and possible inappropriate dress for purpose or audience;
- Occasional but unsustained eye contact with audience;
- Uneven volume with little or no inflection.
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- Nervous tension obvious and/or inappropriately dressed for purpose or audience:
- No effort to make eye contact with audience;
- Low volume and/or monotonous tone cause audience to disengage.
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