...Chapter 18: The GoST! ! SUMMARY/ANALYSIS:! ! Back to 1969, 6 policemen walking towards it: dramatic effect with this long build up.! Violence in their heart. Hunting of an animal. Long detailed description of the small things with many pauses (line breaks), a feeling of something coming, suspense.! The policemen carry batons but are thinking of machine guns.! When they arrive they have the feeling of being responsible for “Touchable futur”.! They wake Velutha with their heavy boots by kicking him.! The children wake up by: ”to the shout of sleep surprised by shattered kneecaps”. They don’t know that Velutha was there. There are paralysed by fear and disbelief.! The police beat V= extreme violence, skull cracking, broken ribs puncturing his lungs, damaged spine, broken teeth, ruptured intestine…! The twins are too young to understand. The policemen are “history’s henchmen” acting out the inevitable.! Estha and Rahel learn that blood smells "sicksweet. Like roses on a breeze”! Rahel tells Estha that she can tell that it isn't Velutha – she says it's Urumban, his "twin" who was at the march. Estha says nothing because he is "unwilling to seek refuge in fiction”. Rahel retreats into fantasy and ignorance.! The six policemen take all of Estha and Rahel's toys for their kids. The only thing they leave behind is Rahel's watch, which has the fake time painted on it. they wonder if Velutha really kidnapped them.! Climatic tragedy, violence unlike Sophie Mol’s death...
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... The two talk for quite some time; inquiring about each other’s families, and saying how much has changed since they have returned to Nigeria. Nwoye informs Ikenna that he is often visited by the “ghost” of his deceased wife, and the narrative ends with Nwoye, “listen[ing] for the sound of doors opening and closing” (73). Through the employment of narratological devices such as free indirect discourse, direct discourse, and the first-person focalization, the narrative serves to highlight the major themes of impotence, sterility, and sociopolitical gaps that arose in the aftermath of the war. Through free indirect discourse, we are given insight into the impotence and sterility afflicting the poverty-stricken country. Clustered under a flame tree are men talking amongst themselves, calling down curses upon the education minister and vice chancellor whom they believe embezzled school funds. “His penis will quench,” they say, “His children will not have children” (58). These sentiments are adapted through Nwoye as the narrator, while maintaining the grammatical third person. Through this free indirect style, we are given insight into the frustrations of the Biafran war victims. Their curses reflect their own feelings of helplessness and impotence in a country where violence and bribery has stripped residents of their agency....
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...RES 111 Presentation Essentials Unit 1 DB rhetorical_triangle Get Tutorial by Clicking on the link below or Copy Paste Link in Your Browser https://hwguiders.com/downloads/res-111-presentation-essentials-unit-1-db-rhetorical_triangle/ For More Courses and Exams use this form ( http://hwguiders.com/contact-us/ ) Feel Free to Search your Class through Our Product Categories or From Our Search Bar (http://hwguiders.com/ ) Use the Internet, library, and unit resources to research each of the following four approaches for developing a presentation: a speech or lecture a workshop a discussion a group activity You are expected to do the following: Explain the reasons why or when you would use each of these approaches. Describe how the three attributes of the Rhetorical Triangle (speaker, audience, and situation) are utilized in each of the four approaches LAYOUT OF PAPER: Part 1: A speech or lecture - Begin this section of your paper by explaining how, why and/or when you would use a speech or lecture to develop a presentation. - Then you should explain how the three components of the Rhetorical Triangle (i.e., the speaker, the audience, and the situation) operate within the dynamics of a speech or lecture. Part 2: A workshop - Begin this section of your paper by explaining how, why and/or when you would use a workshop to develop a presentation. - Then you should explain how the three components of the Rhetorical...
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...Investigating the presentation of speech, writing and thought in spoken British English: A corpus-based approach1 Dan McIntyre a, Carol Bellard-Thomson b, John Heywood c, Tony McEnery c, Elena Semino c and Mick Short c a Liverpool Hope University College, UK, b University of Kent at Canterbury, UK, c Lancaster University, UK Abstract In this paper we describe the Lancaster Speech, Writing and Thought Presentation (SW&TP2) Spoken Corpus. We have constructed this corpus to investigate the ways in which speakers present speech, thought and writing in contemporary spoken British English, with the associated aim of comparing our findings with the patterns revealed by the previous Lancaster corpus-based investigation of SW&TP in written texts. We describe the structure of the corpus and the archives from which its composite texts are taken. These are the spoken section of the British National Corpus, and archives currently housed in the Centre for North West Regional Studies (CNWRS) at Lancaster University. We discuss the decisions that we made concerning the selection of suitable extracts from the archives, the re-transcription that was necessary in order to use the original CNWRS archive texts in our corpus, and the problems associated with the original archived transcripts. Having described the sources of our corpus, we move on to consider issues surrounding the mark-up of our data with TEI-conformant SGML, and the problems associated with capturing in electronic form the CNWRS...
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...oral presentations? The four methods for delivering oral presentations are: 1. Manuscript/ or Verbatim Speaking - This is where you write the content of your speech out word for word. This method is better when you are presenting critical facts or statistics and do not want to make an error. Sometimes this method creates a feeling of disconnect with your audience. Practice, practice, practice in front of a mirror until you have a feel for what you are going to say. 2. Memorized Speaking - This is a manuscript speech minus the paper. This speech is practiced to the point that it is committed totally to memory. Using this method can improve eye contact and body language with the audience because your eyes are not looking at a card or paper; and you are free to use your body and hands to get across a point. 3. Extemporaneous Speaking - This speech is usually delivered from cards or a prepared outline. One of the main advantages of an extemporaneous speech is that it sounds spontaneous. 4. Impromptu Speech - is a speech delivered on the spot with no serious preparation. This type of speech is rarely used in formal settings, it usually occurs when you feel compelled to speak on an issue at a meeting. * What are the differences between the four methods for delivering oral presentations? When would it be appropriate to use each presentation method? The differences are the way the speech is delivered. I think when determining which method to deliver your speech you should...
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...COM 114 WRITTEN EXAM AND SPEECH REQUIREMENTS Part 1: Written Exam The written exam, 50 multiple choice questions, is based on the COM 114 text, Effective Presentations, 1st or 2nd edition (2011, 2012), by Dr. Melanie Morgan and Jane Natt. Copies of the text are available in campus bookstores, from online sources, and from previous COM 114 students. Students must score 70% (35 out of 50 correct) or more to pass. One hour is allotted for the exam. Students will be informed of the results of the written exam via email within 24 hours, and then assigned a speech date and time if applicable. STAR students will have their results at the end of the exam session they attend, and will be assigned their speaking date and time before leaving the location. At the beginning of each chapter in the text is a list of “Chapter Objectives”. Every question on the exam is based on one of those objectives. To be successful on the exam, a student will need to be able to recognize, define and apply the text material in many different situations. Part 2: Persuasive Speech The persuasive speech is discussed in some length in the text in Chapters 9 through 12. Evaluators will expect students to be acquainted with the format of this type of speech. A persuasive speech urges some specific course of action. As a persuasive speech, the presentation should (1) show that a problem exists and that it is significant to the audience, (2) show how the consequences of the problem are significant to the audience,...
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...Free Speech one of the amendments in the constitution a goal for all American colonists The First Amendment to the United States still stand in this present time for all to show in demonstration, protest, in a public forum to get political information or ideas presented to groups of people or Congress on any subject matter consider for soul reasoning to express agreement or disagreement . The Supreme Court has protected free speech since 1925 from government interference by state and local branch done by due process clause 14 Amendment, on the same hand government restrict dangerous and immoral speech. There are 4 major restrictions on free speech, 1 cover libel, slander and prohibit ones privacy and reputation 2 free speech can’t have obscenities or encourages immoral acts, offends anyone publicly .3 free speech discourage using the ability to commit treason or causing violence actions on a life, property and national security.4 free speech can’t invade other choice unless permitted to do as such in meeting forum in order to discuss issue. Free speech is apart society we used in other countries unless under dictatorship some have remain the same throughout the centuries and other have adopt new government policy Later years free speech ruling lifted bans on book and writing that are seen to be too graphic or depict sexual acts they remain under guide line on presentation and interputation of information. Free speech is having the choice to state belief or say in private public...
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...Evaluation Social evaluation in which you identify the ways that arguments or presentation of the arguments would need to be changed as the result of cultural differences in the country of Japan. Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation. ‘Noam Chomsky.' Self-expression should be done in an artistic way for the fulfillment of communication. Japanese business persons come up with resolutions based on the social value of Group frontage. Conclusions tend to be made by group consensus as opposed to Individuality. A foreigner who would desire to venture into business in Japan should not be pretentious as He or she is making advances in establishing a business foundation. Displaying a humanistic culture will be a great principle that will propel the business to greater heights. Strategic measures to observe as a business person for one to hit the expected set mark in the business recognize and apply the following aspects so that your message is communicated virtually, without embarrassing, intimidating, or offending the clients that are within your target. Speech clarity this calls for clear articulation so that people can hear and comprehend every word you are saying. Avoid mumbling in your speech, or speaking extremely fast when addressing the prospective client whose native...
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...Presentation Essentials October 15,2012 The Rhetorical Triangle is made up of three elements they are the speaker, audience and situation. I have watched two videos of presentations, which I will explain how they fit into the parts of the Rhetorical Triangle. The first video is Ellen Degeneres delivering a commencement speech to Tulane University’s class of 2009. Naturally the speaker in this video was Ellen Degeneres who is a well known actress and comedian. She of course started her speech off with jokes and kept it light hearted and jovial. This didn’t really show much direction in which she was trying to go with the speech, but as it went on she got more to the point as she delivered her intended goal. I feel that she did a fantastic job reaching her intended audience; they were focused on what she had to say during her entire speech. Ellen was able to combine funny with serious and even able to tie in some experiences that college students would have during their years at the university. She made sure to cover her experiences that got her and her career to where it is now. The situation of her speech was to deliver one at a commencement ceremony. The definition of commencement is a ceremony at which academic degrees or diplomas are conferred. (Commencement,2012) Even though Ellen did not attend Tulane University, but was a resident of Louisiana so the university had her deliver the speech. Its purpose was help the graduates look at someone’s path to their success...
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...Presentations Skills - Do's and Dont's of Using Humour in Presentations and Speeches Rana Sinha If you are given a choice between two presentations or speeches - one where you laugh a lot and one where you don't. Which one would you rather attend? The single most important criterion for succeeding in giving speeches or presentations is that the speaker connects to the audience. Speakers or presenters who fail to connect to the audience rarely get their message across. In speeches or presentations where the audience feels a connection with the speaker, energy starts flowing along this invisible 'connection'. If this connection achieves a bond like quality the speech or presentation becomes an epic and the fame of the speaker lives on. There are many things that create this connection such as charisma, presence, skills for using emotional appeal, mastery in using imagery that evokes powerful reactions and last but not least, humour. The famous roman orator and statesman, Cicero (106-43 B.C.) argued that the best orator would also be the best human being, who would understand the correct way to live and instruct others in it through speeches, through the example of his life, and through making good laws. Now, this is quiet high a demand. Very few people can in all honesty say that they should be considered the best of human beings. Think about it. The next time you walk up to give a speech try telling the audience that, "The roman orator Cicero said that the best orator...
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...Thompson Center. The center even provides night time hours between 6:00 pm and 8:00 pm every week day, with the exception of Thursday. Thursday night time hours are 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm. During night time hours the center operates in the basement of Main. The center handles an array of issues, and provides unlimited help to students struggling with a writing assignment, or even a speech. Receiving this help is as simple as making an appointment, walking through the door, sending an email, or even picking up the phone. Whether it is as simplistic as comma placement, or as complicated as speech presentation, as long as the UCA Writing Center is in place the student body will always have a helping hand. The Writing Center is an impeccable tool to utilize. The center leaves no room for excuses, as it provides free tutoring services through the entire essay process. Not only will the center provide assistance through the entire writing process, but also through the entire speech process. Through recording the speech presentation of a student, the center is able to analyze and provide assistance in the field of speech as well. Even for those students that use the excuse of time, the center provides phone, email, online PDF guides, and instant messaging services. As an athlete, these options make the center available to...
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...using hand gestures in English presentation. Group 5: Bùi Thu Hằng, Đặng Thị Thu Thắm, Nguyễn Thị Hải Yến, Ong Thị Hằng Nowadays, presentation skill recieves more and more attention not only in universities but also in companies and organizations. Many individuals and groups thoroughly studied on this field, especially on hand gestures. Although the literature covers a wide variety of such research, this review focuses on four major themes which emerge repeatedly throughout the literature reviewed. These themes are definition, classification, functions of hand gestures and mistakes while using hand gestures. Although the literature presents these themes in a variety of contexts, this study concentrates on the HUST Technical students. Presentation is an important part in learning as well as in study. The writer defined presentation in “what is presentation?” on skillsyouneed.com website as means of communication which can be adapted to various speaking situations, such as talking to a group, addressing a meeting or briefing a team. Dr. Steve Brooks defined it simpler in “love 2 speak” that presentation is the process of showing and explaining the content of a topic to an audience. In general, presentation shows what you want to talk about a topic or a study in public. In order to get a good presentation, presenters must have presentation skill. Dr. Steve Brooks also stated in his study about the definition of presentation skill that presentation skill is the ability to present...
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...LIN 100—Marla Perkins, Ph.D. Fall 2012 While I’m at the Conference 1. Watch one of the following movies and write a short paragraph or list in which you note three things that you learned about language. E-mail me your paragraph/list on or before October 22 (marla.perkins@oswego.edu). • The King’s Speech (drama: about working through a speech impediment—phonetics/speech pathology/sociolinguistics) • The Gods Must Be Crazy (comedy: includes lots of a natively spoken click language—phonetics/typology) • Children of a Lesser God (drama: about deaf culture and American Sign Language—typology/sociolinguistics) • Rango (comedy: about creating identity through speech patterns—sociolinguistics/discourse analysis/phonetics) • Snowcake (comedy/drama: about what can go hilariously/profoundly wrong when pragmatic implicatures are not used/understood—pragmatics/morphology) • Kenneth Branaugh’s Much Ado About Nothing (comedy: a sample of Shakespearean English—pay attention to the ways in which language has changed in the past 400 years—history of the English language/diachronic linguistics /phonology/lexicon/syntax/semantics) • Kenneth Branaugh’s Hamlet (tragedy: as above—history of the English language/diachronic linguistics/phonology/lexicon/syntax/semantics) • Driving Miss Daisy (comedy/drama: class differences in language use and pragmatic implicature—sociolinguistics/pragmatics) • Bridge on the River Kwai (drama: learning to communicate across a language/culture/power barrier—sociolinguistics/discourse...
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...Communication Analysis Cultural Barriers in the Workplace “The success of communication is measured not by how well the communicator speaks or writes but how well the listener has heard” (Lapin, 2004) Part I. Background information A modern organization is a melting pot of different nationalities, cultures and customs. Communication inside this organization is rather challenging due to various culture barriers, which naturally arise between people. Being aware of these barriers is the first step toward efficient communications inside organization. As we know effective communication in organization can improve employee performance, productivity, and business profits. I work for ceramic titles store in my city; my goal is to improve international communication with Poland, Spain and Swede. I write business letters make arrangements and compose orders for ceramic titles. It is important to do my best to the place I am working for. If the letter were written wrong, no one will answer on it. The purpose of this report is to show the possible barriers in a workplace, analyze them and to suggest the ways to overcome these barriers. Part II. Cultural barriers - occur when the communication can be break down between the cultures, subcultures, religion and etc. The cultural barrier can occur between the dominant culture and other cultures, which...
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...BCOM 3950 PROFESSOR TERESA LOWERY FALL 2013 SPEECH OPENINGS AND CLOSINGS (SOME SUGGESTIONS) Aristotle was the first (recorded) rhetorician to name the three parts of a speech: the Introduction, the Body, and the Conclusion. Here are some suggestions about opening your Informative Speech (as well as other types of speech). Also included: Conclusions and the Question-Answer Period. Openings: 1. If you choose to begin with a humorous story, never tell a funny story for the mere sake of humor. It has to be relevant or illustrate a point. Remember: never use distasteful or insulting language. Avoid curse words. Tiptoe around body functions. Ask yourself, what does the audience think is acceptable when speaking of body fluids or private parts? Don’t tease anyone in your audience unless you are speaking at a roast. Never ever use ethnic, racial, or religious humor, unless you are making fun of yourself, which must be crystal clear to your audience. Don’t go overboard with the humor: you are a speaker not a comedian. Also: Try using a pun or play on words (a “fun” humor strategy). Example: When is a door not a door? When it’s ajar. 2. Tell a joke on yourself (called self-effacing humor); studies have shown that this almost always provokes a laugh. Depict yourself in some ridiculous or embarrassing situation. This is the very essence...
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