Special Occasion Speech Rubric

Name:
Length
: between two and seven
minutes

10

Organization
: helps the audience
to feel connected to the content
through specificity, cleverness,
and the avoidance of
unnecessary repetition of
emotionally-laden cliches

20

Delivery
: eye contact, pacing,
vocal variety, stance

15

Presence
: creates the mood of the
event such that the speech class
feels like the actual audience

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