...2. We should re-open Citrus College daycare once more. 3. Hi, my name is Selene and I will be giving my persuasion speech on the benefits of having a daycare on any college campus and also the background of Citrus College daycare and why it had to go. 4. I picked this topic because I am a single parent, and like many that come here to Citrus College I believe that we can benefit from a daycare on campus. II. Body A. Background 1. Citrus College had a daycare once was successful for over 30 years they were able to place 150 kids from ages 2 to 5 in the facility. 2. On June 15,2015 Citrus College said goodbye to its daycare facility due to government cutbacks...
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...I. Attention Getter: Students across the United States stand by their mailboxes, or in modern days, constantly hit the refresh button, anxiously waiting for the score that will seal their academic fate. II. Connection to Audience: Raise your hand if you ever took the ACT and/or SAT? Everyone in here should have because most colleges require either or in order to be accepted and admitted into the school, including Mizzou. I myself took the ACT three times (credibility). Therefore, we have all experienced the heavy amount of pressure, the nerve-racking time limits, and the “oh my gosh I only have more five minutes but two whole columns left to bubble” feeling. But most importantly, we all understand how much college admission hinges on how well we perform on these standardized tests. III. Thesis Statement and Preview: However, standardized testing has long-standing problems of inaccuracy, inequalities, and inducing test anxiety which I will later discuss in detail. Because of these flaws, the college...
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...How to Prepare a Persuasive Speech Public Speaking Tips for College Students Aug 19, 2009 Carol Rzadkiewicz When it comes time for students to deliver a persuasive speech, if they follow certain guidelines, they can deliver a speech that is both powerful and effective. Students are required to take public speaking in college as part of any undergraduate program of study; and of all the speeches students will be called upon to deliver, the most difficult and challenging will probably be the persuasive speech. There are steps, however, that students can take to help them prepare an effective, perhaps even outstanding, persuasive speech. Choose a Speech Topic The first step is to select a topic. When it comes to selecting one, though, students should keep two things in mind: • Since they will be expected to conduct research, preparation will be far less tedious if they select a topic in which they are truly interested and about which they would like to know more. • Ideally, they should select a topic that deals with an issue about which they genuinely care, for if they care, their passion will be evident and passion often helps sway an audience to accept a speaker’s opinion or argument. Sample Persuasive Speech Topics Although there are countless possibilities when it comes to topics for persuasive speeches, a few that students might consider include the following: • Should capital punishment be abolished? • Should marijuana be legalized? • Does intelligent...
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...Authors of both speeches, Gay marriage in America and Georgia tech freshman convocation speech, are persuasive in their own way. The first one is about gay marriages. The speaker talks with confidence as he is homosexual and has experience of bad treatment from other people. Thus, he is more capable to attract the audience attention. Not that emotionally, he describes awfulness of treatment to homosexuals describing the situation when two partners of the same sex have no opportunity to be with each other to the last minutes of live. His speech was well organized and logical from the very beginning to the end. The second speech is mostly based on emotions. Thus, Shelby, as a college student (ethos), tells very emotionally about the major things...
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...interpersonal and business communication? Provide specific examples to support your answer. · Consider your own experience as you answer this question. If you have not worked in a business environment, you may ask a friend, parent, or other adult about his or her experiences. COM 140 Week 3 DQ 2 Post your response to the following: What qualities make any form of written communication effective? Which qualities do you already include in your writing? How can you incorporate additional effective elements into your written communication? COM 140 Week 5 DQ 1 Post your response to the following: Recall a situation in which someone was trying to persuade you. How effective was the argument? What could have made the argument more persuasive? COM 140 Week 5 DQ 2...
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...a better public speaker. And I was not disappointed. For the most part, our class was divided into four parts; an introduction to public speaking, informative speeches, persuasive speeches, and special occasion speeches. In each part, we learned about different types of public speaking, took some relatively easy quizzes, and applied what we learned to a class speech. Even though COMs 101 wasn't difficult, I had fun and...
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...COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE SPC110 – EXAM #1 Instructor: Tom Donlan Instructions: Using your persuasive speech, demonstrate how you prepare for the delivery of your speech by answering the following 5 questions. You must use the evaluation form I gave you after your speech as a guide to answering these questions. If you successfully performed a step in the speech, show me how you prepared for it. On the other hand, if you did not successfully perform a step in the speech, show me how you would correct the problem I noted on your evaluation form. Your Name: Section # Persuasive Speech Questions 20 pts. *1. Write the outline for the introduction of your speech. Provide a complete specific purpose and overview of main points. Also present a complete bibliography of the sources you used. Provide brief summaries of the other two steps. Outline for Introduction Step 1- Step 2- Step 3- Step 4- Step 5- 20 pts. *2. Write the outline for the body of your speech. Provide complete transitions in between each main point. Provide paragraph summaries for each main point. Outline for Body Main Point #1 Main Point #2 Main Point #3 Main Point #4 10 pts. *3. Write the outline for the conclusion of your speech. Provide a complete restatement of main points and specific purpose. Provide brief summaries of the other two steps. Outline for Conclusion Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Step 4 *Do not write out the entire speech. The only steps...
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...world are sitting in college classes right now preparing for what is to come when they graduate. They, and you and I, will have to get a job and then enter the workforce with many other people who rely on each other to accomplish their jobs that are to be done. This is when we will appreciate those core classes that the college made us take. By taking the required core classes in college, you pay for your degree while getting extra education that can help you in the future. You can figure out if you have different interests before paying for a complete degree. Also, core classes can help you to understand and achieve more in your daily college classes to get your degree. Every day you have to use the skills of talking to people, and sometimes you even have to write to people. Having a job, you have to communicate with your co-workers, your boss, and maybe even outside sources. For example, if you were working on a construction site and you had to give instructions to your co-workers, you would want to be very informative and descriptive with what you needed them to do, or whatever you were supposed to build could come out completely wrong. Core classes in college such as speech and English can help you greatly in this department just as Sara Rajan talks about in her discussion over the core courses that can help you throughout life: For instance, public speaking courses offered at Stanford University focus on various elements for giving an effective speech, such as improving both...
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...It seems unfair that you were handed such a poor topic for a persuasive speech as Anit-Homeschooling surely is. It’s kind of hard to be ‘persuasive’ without facts and statistics to back up your (assigned) stance. And, unfortunately (for the sake of your assignment, at least), the only *statistics* and *facts* out there put homeschooling in a decidedly favorable light. What you *will* find are mere opinion pieces arguing against homeschooling. However, keep in mind these articles provide no substantiating evidence to support their “anti-homeschooling” stance. Such articles, unfortunately (for your assignment, at least), are based on mere myths--some of which have been expressed right HERE by some of your responders. To wit: A) quote:“Home schooled people [will] be passed over for someone that has been through a school that has testing standards as well as requirments (sic) and guidlines (sic) for the teachers them selves.” Wrong. Homeschooled students consistently outperform public school students on standardized tests. [http://www.academicleadership.org/empric... and elsewhere] Moreover, it is no secret that our public schools are failing and that we are far behind other industrialized nations in academic achievement. See: Public High Schools Failing: Colleges Now Spend Billions On Remedial Classes For Freshmen http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2... http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=YmJ... What’s Wrong With Our Schools http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/04/09/time...
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...What are some of the qualities of effective persuasive writing? How do Cicero’s strategies help to prepare us to address specific audiences? Please give examples to support your answers Rhetorical devices have proven to be quite useful in effective pieces of persuasive writing. Eloquence and assiduous choice of words, coupled with the principles rhetoric, can augment the persuasive nature of a piece of writing. To be effective, persuasive writing must contain purpose, context and exigency, tone, and a targeted audience. Of those qualities, a targeted audience is one the most essential. Exerting effort to persuade the wrong group of people would be a waste of time and effort, and most likely be ineffective in persuasion. In the height of the Roman republic, Cicero crafted many orations and pieces of writing with the principles of rhetoric. In his work On Rhetorical Invention, he stresses the importance of sculpting an argument based on the audience. Cicero believed that there was several causes a speaker must make based on their audience: honorable, astonishing, low, doubtful, and the obscure. For example, “The obscure cause addresses those who do not fully understand the issues involved” (Austin, 571). With this in mind, a speaker can adjust the content of their speech. If a writer knows how their audience is predisposed to respond to their work, they will know how to change their wording accordingly. Cicero explained that, “In the kind of cause I have called obscure, it...
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...am a student at a Community College. I am currently enrolled in a speech class. In this speech class, we were required to present a persuasive speech. This fourteenth of November, I evaluated a speech given by a classmate, Karina Cervantes. Ms. Cervantes chose to speak about Electronic Distractions while driving. My evaluation of her speech will determine its effectiveness. If the speaker hopes to give an effective speech, they must know how to choose a topic. Topic selection is an important element to giving a successful speech. In selecting a topic, the speaker should be required in knowing the audience’s likes and dislikes. Doing so should help the speaker catch the audience’s attention. As mentioned before, Ms. Cervantes chose Electronic Distractions while driving as her topic. Ms. Cervantes spoke about the dangers of being distracted while driving. She was able to provide both problems and solutions of her topic. Her speech was sturdy as she gave her own real life experience, and consequences that appeared within. Being organized while preparing and giving a speech helps both the speaker and the audience. To have an organized speaker helps the audience maintain the information more clearly. An organize speech not only looks professional, but also helps the speaker follow a guide. Ms. Cervantes followed a guideline and organized her speech dividing it in sections. Her introduction had an exceptional attention getter. Starting off her speech with the words, “Could you imagine...
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...One of President Reagan's purposes of his speech given at Moscow State University in 1988, was to lecture the Soviet people about freedom and its relationship to economic progress. He also said "It is a message of peace and good will and hope for a growing friendship and closeness between our two peoples." I believe he used techniques such as logic; pathos, appeals based on emotions; and ethos, appeals based on the speaker's credibility. "Pathos is an effective way of arousing passions is in appeal to values. Ethos uses trust, and focuses first on the speaker, showing the speaker as a person of integrity and good character" (changingminds.org, n.d.). President Reagan's reputation is quite known across the world. He has a lot of creditability being President of the United States, he witnessed first hand of these new technologies as well as the different countries coming together. I do believe that President Reagan was connected to his audience. At the beginning of his speech he had said "zhelayu vam uspekha" which means "I wish you success" in Russian. For me, it feels like he said that in their native language, because it was his way of showing respect for them and their country. He also included his wife's regards to the people of Moscow State University and also a message from our country stating "It is a message of peace and good will and hope for a growing friendship and closeness between our two peoples." This speech took place in May of 1988 and then the technology they...
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...Ferris, a podcaster, and author, delivers a persuasive speech on a very interesting concept on why should you define your fears, instead of goals. The specific purpose of his speech, is to inform the audience how important it is to be in control of your fears, learn to manage your fears and face them head on by setting by a plan of action. His target audience was college students and business owners. In his speech, he mentions how in his college days he was suicidal because he couldn't handle his fears of failure and rejection. He was very clear about his thoughts on suicide, and a speech coming from a former college student who contemplated suicide is a very powerful message for his target audience. He goes on to say that in his business, he took time away from his business to take a much needed vacation in order to unwind, recharge, and learn to distress from daily obstacles. Similarly, the message to business owners is the same concept, those who don't take risks for fear of loss or failure of making the wrong decisions that can impact their goal setting ways, will always face the fears without taking action....
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...ADMN 233 Assignment 3 Part 1 Routine E-Mail Messages and Memos 25 marks (Questions 1 and 2) Refer as needed to material in Chapter 8. Read the instructions for each activity. Answer all questions clearly and concisely. Include examples to support your answers. Activity A – Routine memo Read the following scenario and respond to the question that follows. Scenario 1: Performance Assessment Judith Halls, Manager of Human Resources at The Maritime Fish Packing Cooperative, wrote the following first draft of a reply memo. | The Maritime Fish Packing Cooperative | |Interoffice Memo | | | |Date: December 4, 2009 | | | |To: Michael Foreman, President ...
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...Speaker Evaluation I attended “The Speak Up!!” event at the little theatre in Chabot College. It was on May 15, 2014 at 6:00pm. The Chabot College Forensics Team hosted this event. The stage where the speakers were performing was in the center of the theatre. There were rows of seats surrounding three sides of the stage. The audience was mostly a young crowd of Chabot students. The audience seemed to enjoy the speeches. The Duo Interpretation of Literature speech seemed to be the crowd’s favorite. There were a total of six speeches through out the event. My favorite speech was delivered by Franciska Karpovich. She delivered a Persuasive Speech about Gender Shaming. The speech focused on “Slut Shaming”. She spoke about the psychological effects of Slut Shaming. The purpose of her speech was to persuade her audience to boycott stores like Victoria Secret and Abercrombie and Fitch for over sexualizing young girls. She also suggested for schools to start teaching boys how to treat girls. Karpovich claims that girls are bullied for drinking too much and that they are embarrassed of their sexuality. She used current issues about boys taking advantage of girls while they were intoxicated as evidence to support her claims. She talked about people taking sexual assault as a joke because the victims are accused of provoking the boys. According to Korpavich, people think promiscuous girls are worthless. She blames the media for sexualizes girls and eventually leads to slut shaming. ...
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