Informative Speech Outline Rubric COMM 1010

Objectives:
• Write a thesis statement and support it with propositions,
• Analyze audience demographics and adapt to audience members during delivery,
• Organize and outline a speech in informative and persuasive categories,
• Research and find evidence and claims to support your theses and propositions,


Point Value: 100

_____ (5 Points) The speaker defines an attention-getting step.
Effectively relates to topic

Potential to pull audience into speech

_____ (25 Points) The speaker writes a clear thesis that defines the purpose of the speech.

Thesis is declarative

_____ (5 Points) The speaker identifies propositions to support their thesis.

Propositions are complete and clear

_____ (5 Points) The speaker adapts their topic to their targeted audience.

All can relate in some way to the topic

_____ (20 Points) The speaker organizes propositions logically or chronologically.

Some sense of order is displayed

_____ (20 Points) The speaker writes transitions that summarize and relate information from one point to next.
Summarize
Relate

_____ (20 Points) The speaker supports claims with stratified research cited within the body of the outline.

Cited in outline
Cited bibliographically


_____ Total Points