Name:

Period:
Fire and Brimstone: Speech Rubric

****YOU ARE NOT REQUIRED TO DRESS UP FOR THIS SPEECH---BUT YOU SHOULD BE SURE THAT YOUR OUTFIT IS SCHOOL-APPRPRIATE
TO GET FULL CREDIT FOR DECORUM***

_____ / 6

EXPRESSION - Speaker maintains appropriate eye contact with audience throughout speech and uses
facial expression to emphasize points.

_____ / 4

VOICE - Speaker uses a strong and powerful voice throughout speech; using inflection and
projection in addition to good enunciation and pronunciation

_____ / 4

DECORUM - Speaker has good posture and uses gestures adequately, but not excessively.

_____ / 8

WRITTEN EXPRESSION - Speaker uses appropriate language/word choice (diction) and

good grammar in written speech

_____ /8

STYLE - Speech has an appropriate tone and mood and speaker uses literary and rhetorical
devices to catch and keep audiences attention and elicit the proper reaction.

TOTAL: ______/30