...Intro Speech There isn’t a lot I can say to summarize my life or the things that are most important to me because I have so many people, things, and memories that mean absolutely everything. I have no visuals today because the three things I deem important enough to talk about can be given justice by simply showing you a picture. My family has my heart day in and day out simply because of their unconditional love and support for me. I have two siblings that I would absolutely die for in any circumstance. I proritize them at the top of my pecking order besides my religion. I’m a keen sports lover and you won’t find a bigger Dallas Cowboy fan the guy you are looking at right now, I relish the Cowboys and yes, we always believer we’re going to win the Super Bowl every year. For no real reason really other than we are the Cowboys. My friends have a huge impact in my demeanor towards a lot of things in life, they help make me, me. It’s too complicated to express how behind I would be in this life if it wasn’t for the people who I have met and engaged with in my lifetime. My parents are divorced, I think I’ve already gained my freshman 15, I have bad problems of waking up for 8 AM classes, my car sucks, and I owe money for rent.If it was up to me I’d probably tell you I’m just your everyday American I suppose, learning to live day by day. This will be my second semester at Western, I have really enjoyed my time here so far. I attended the University of Louisville...
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...Jacob Flores Introduction Speech Intro- * Who in this room has pride in their nationality? * Most people know that Spanish people are very prideful and like to represent their nationality whenever the chance arises. * If you haven’t already guessed I’m Spanish. * I’m 100% Puerto Rican and I’m very proud of that. * I love my culture because I feel like its very unique. * It has elements of European Spanish, African, and Taino Indian, which were the first inhabitants of Puerto Rico. * That alone makes us a very diverse culture. (Talk about how Puerto Ricans come in all colors) * Being Puerto Rican I feel like I can identify myself by two things, food and my favorite sport, boxing. Body- * The object I chose to represent my culture is this bottle of Adobo. * (If there is Adobo in the cabinets then you’re in a Spanish household) * For those of you that don’t know Adobo is a type of seasoning that is used frequently by Puerto Ricans when cooking meats and seafood. * Pork Chops, which is one of my favorite foods is seasoned with Adobo and if cooked right they taste amazing. * Pork Chops with rice and beans is a traditional Puerto Rican dinner and it’s usually what I have for dinner when I’m home. * Another one of my favorite foods is tostones, which are fried smashed plantains. (Taste really good when dipped in garlic sauce) * Pernil is also a tasty traditional Puerto Rican meal. (Tasty pork, Usually eaten on holidays...
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...Tyrone Edwards Public Speaking Assignment #1- Introduction Speech January 27, 2016 M/W- 5:00 pm – 8:00 pm Steve Harvey SPECIFIC GOAL: I want my audience to know Steve Harvey. INTRODUCTION I. (Attention getter): Good Evening Ladies and Gentlemen. II. (Credibility statement): I have researched our guest speaker and have followed many of his career successes. Perhaps, you are familiar with him and some of his successes as well. III. THESIS: It is both an honor and privilege to be able to introduce to you to a man that has forged his own definition of success in the entertainment industry and a role model to many. BODY I. If you don’t already know, you will learn all about our guest’s journey to become a successful comedian and his transition into becoming a successful television and radio personality. A. He will describe what it takes to be successful in the entertainment industry and how is it always a revolving door and constantly changes. B. Hopefully you will be moved greatly, once you hear about journey. In talking about his journey to he acknowledges the peaks and valleys because to him, success is a series of ups and downs. Transitional Statement: Now, that I have talked about how the topic will affect you, I will now talk about the speaker expertise. II. His career has spanned over 30 years and he has grown from someone known locally to an international success. A. Our guest has numerous amounts of successful...
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...I. Introduction A. Attention Getter: Have you ever had those dreams whereas you are plummeting towards the earth and right before you hit the ground your physical body drops and you are jolted awake as if it had been real? Many would say that having a dream like that would inquire a subconscious fear of failure in your waking life, or that something in your life is rapidly heading in a wrong direction. B. Relevance: Being college students, I know most of us go to bed every night and/or during the day and, many times have I woken up thinking “Wow, I just had the weirdest dream” but, you never think to ask the question why did I dream that. Throughout my high school career I kept a dream journal and every time I had a dream I would write it down and do some research on the internet about what it meant. According to Carl Jung, a famous psychologist who mentored Sigmond Freud, He believed that dreams were the “window into the unconscious mind”. C. Credibility: I have been interested in dreams for several years now. I took my first psychology class last year in the spring. however, I have had an interest in it before. It had all started when I woke up from a nightmare and I could not help but wonder, why was I so upset or unable to reach what I wanted? Its a dream, Why can I not control it? I looked it up online to find not only a few meanings of dreams, but a dictionary filled with them. D. Thesis: In order to understand the issues in our waking life we must first analyze...
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...|Topic |Assignment | |1-12 |Introductions & Course Intro | | |1-14 |Syllabus, What is Presentational Speaking? |Read Ch 1 Print Syllabus from WebCT & Fill out | | | |Personal Info Sheet in book pg. 353 | |1-16 |Audience Analysis & Topic Selection |Read Ch 2; Ch 3 pg 58-73; | | | |Ch 14 | |1-19 |MLK Jr. Day--No Class | | |1-21 |Purpose Statements & Thesis Statements |Read Ch 3 pg 74-79 | |1-23 |Research and Supporting Evidence |Read Ch 6 | |1-26 |Speech Organization; Transitions |Read Ch 5 pg 108-120 | | |Assign Useful Information Speeches...
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...With this informative speech being the second speech I have given in this class, I would have to say that it was a little jumbled compared to my narrative. I was very apprehensive about this speech and I feel that came out through my speaking. I was very confident about the topic I was speaking on, but I feel the broadness of the topic threw me off a little bit. Overall, I am satisfied with my speech but know I have some weaknesses to work on. But besides the weaknesses, I was happy with some of my strengths in my speech. In the beginning of my speech, I feel I did a good job starting off with a couple interesting facts and emphasizing a pause between the two. I know we talked about the importance of pauses in speeches, which I felt I did a good job with last time, so I tried to following actions from the last speech. Along with the pauses, I feel that I had a decent amount of voice inflection through my speech. I did tend to stumble a few times throughout my speech, but I thought I did an ok job changing the tone of my voice. Also, I feel that my movement went alright through the speech. I did begin to shift my weight when I would stumble on a sentence or point, but otherwise I did attempt to move after my intro and body. Lastly, I think I did a good job of using proper hand gestures. At times I would keep my hands close to my body when I sharing my aunts story, but when I began to talk about the actual topic I began to use my hands more to emphasize points I was saying. So...
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...Part A My Video Title | | SourceUnderline as appropriate | http://www.englishcentral.com/video/10084/introductions-meet-the-boss | Part 1(~ 50 words) | This is a video about Obama speech, every word of his speech was so powerful and in this half and a minutes long speech, he brightly pointed out what the follow speech is all about and also made the good atmosphere that everyone draw attention to that speech. | Part 2 & 3(~ 100 words) | Some one said that Obama’s speech is like a symphony. His speeches are so powerful because it has a shape, it has forms. During his speech he used the technique like Fast/slow, loud/quite, all of which may be separated by a short pause or silence. He has different movements and forms, also it has a harmonious whole. His powerful symphony and well crafted and delivered speech, in his ways, move the listener. Audience pay all their attention to Obama. I learnt a lot as I was lack of symphony preformence. | Do either Part B OR Part C to complete your reflection record for this module. Submit only one part. Part B My Activity Language ActivityUnderline as appropriate | CILL activity Others pls specify | Title | Movie watching – The Ring | Part 1(~ 50 words) | It is a horror film that produce from America , adapt from a famous horror film from Japan-----Ringu. Its about a girl who become a ghost and the story behind it. All that history is discover by the Main character. | Part 2 & 3 (~ 100 words) | At first,...
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...1:30-3:00pm Phone: 480-965-5095 (HDSHC main office) and by appointment WELCOME TO COM 225! The purpose of this course is to enable you to better understand theories and practices of public speaking. This course is designed to improve not only your delivery techniques but also your speech-writing and persuasion abilities. Additionally, this course is arranged to develop the skills necessary for you to critically evaluate both written and spoken speeches of others and to enter the public dialogue on issues that are important to you and your life. I am confident there is much to gain from the study of public speaking. The skills developed by engaging in this course work have practical applications in each of your lives. Although your participation may take place in various forms and environments, each of you will inevitably face the task of delivering, constructing, or consuming speeches. Developing your public speaking skills will prepare you for school or work presentations, job interviews, political campaigns, community meetings, and many other situations as well. BENEFITS OF THIS COURSE The objectives of this course are to: • Improve your speech delivery • Understand the ability to create effective speeches • Improve your listening skills • Improve your ability to think critically on a variety of subjects and genres • Improve your research skills • Develop skills to analyze your own and other’s speeches ...
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...Overcoming Obstacle One of the most challenging obstacles I have had to overcome was learning a second language. To be successful I established two specific few goals to help guide me in the right direction. First, and I feel the most important goal, was to speak the language at all times. The second goal I made was to read the language whenever possible. Speaking the language was the most important goal to me because the act of speaking words helped ingrain those words and their definitions into memory. I always carried a dictionary/translator with me so I could look up words I did not know. In the beginning, not having a proper core knowledge of the language made this goal extremely difficult. As time progressed, however, I realized that it was becoming easier and easier to not only speak, but I required less time to think of what I was trying to say. Reading the language was another important goal to help me learn a second language. Reading the language was very helpful for increasing my vocabulary. I would always read out loud while working on this goal, which in turn also helped me achieve the first goal, as well. As I did with speaking the language, I kept a dictionary close by as to look up the words I did not know. Again as time went on, I noticed that the frequency of having to look up words began to decrease. Having to learn a second language is a difficult task to accomplish. The setting of goals was crucial to the success of my accomplishment...
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...Journal #1 My speech wasn’t as bad as I thought it was going to be, but it could have been better if I put more time into getting more information from my partner. The body paragraphs needed to give more information and go into more detail. Although it wasn’t that bad of a speech giving the thought that we met up for about thirty minutes. Back in high school when someone was giving a speech, we, the audience always tried to make them laugh, or simply just didn’t pay attention to the speaker and did something else. Now the audience was paying attention and being respectful which calmed me down when giving my speech. As the speaker I needed to be more enthusiastic while giving my speech, because how is the audience going to be interested if I don’t even seem interested. I noticed very few people glancing at their phones or just with a blank look in their face; this made me relax a little more for some reason. Even though I could have had more information and gone more into detail, my speech did flow from the thesis statement to my conclusion paragraph. I was getting more nervous as the names kept getting closer to mine, once my partner Aldo, brought me up when he gave his speech, which calmed my nervousness down a bit because it wasn’t that bad being in front of the class and having everyone’s eyes looking at you. Once my turn came to speak, I took deep breaths as I made my way to the front of the classroom, and once there I paused, and took one last deep breath, and then...
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...As the globalization process accelerating, it is critical to learn a foreign language. Therefore, we can communicate with foreigners with few language barriers. At the sometime, how to learning is a frequent topic of discussion languages. Some argue that understanding the country as well as the cultures and lifestyles of the people who speak it is benefit to learn a language. Personally, I agree with this opinion. A language is not only including vocabulary and grammar; also the cultures and lifestyle are mutually exclusive. In the first place, without understanding the cultures, we might use the language in some wrong cases. For example, it is wired when you staring talking with climate in English speaking countries, however it is a normal beginning in China. In the second place, lifestyle is a key factor to learning a language, especially in writing essays. In western area, essays always begin the writer’s views. In contrast, in our country, we prefer to render our opinions at the end of the essays. In the third place, learning about the country has the inherent advantage of learning language. More specifically, some special words restrict to some countries. If you never been there, you would not understand such words accurately. Admittedly, there would be some drawbacks if you learn a language in this way. To begin with, it is time-consuming. Generally, understanding a language’s background cost more time than only learning grammar and vocabulary. In addition, it is also...
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...interrupt. • Don’t talk to only one person when conversing in a group. • Don’t engage in “one-upping. • Don’t overshare. Things Not to Say • “Am I boring you?” • “Huh?” “What?” “Say What?” “Eh?” • “Actually, you should say ‘between you and me,” not ‘between you and I.’” • “Stop me if I’ve told you this story before…” The Number One Rule of Conversation: Be Natural Source: http://artofmanliness.com/2010/09/24/the-art-of-conversation/ Public Speaking Public Speaking • Definition • Speaking Opportunities • Similarities between PS and Conversation • Differences between PS and Conversation • Speech Communication Process • Factors to be Considered During Speaking Public Speaking • Public speaking is the process of speaking to a group of people in a structured, deliberate manner intended to inform, influence, or entertain the listeners. • It is closely allied to "presenting", although the latter has more of a commercial advertisement connotation. Speaking Opportunities • At work • Selling your ideas • Technical...
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...Abubakr Mohamed 1. What I most liked about my speech was the first three and a half minutes because I started out my speech with confidence and strong voice that carries throughout the room. I also followed my outline and stick to it which made my purpose clear and showed the importance of the topic to the audience. Moreover my eye contacts was on entire audience , my posture was good , legs did not cross, no leaning on podium, and my hands movement was minimal and did not move too much which is the case when I usually talk to people. I think I also was able to show the importance of my topic to audience by getting their attention. I avoided making my speech to technical so it will be easy for those who are not familiar with the topic to understand. 2. After the three and a half minutes I started to rely heavily on my outline instead of eye contact and that the main point I need to work on. Also, I had multiple problems with stumbling over my words and using fill in words instead of speaking clearly and using very descriptive words. Furthermore, I saw that I tended to sway a lot, and that is something I will consciously try to fix during my next speech. In term of content, my outline needed more information and examples that will encourage the audience to ask questions after the speech and that will reflect their interest in my speech. For delivery , I was very nervous and I stumbled over my words and I had to pause longer than I should to recall my points ...
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...Figurative Language versus Literal Language Professor Veronica S Critical Thinking – PHI 210 January 22, 2013 Figurative Language versus Literal Language Figurative language is writing or speaking where ‘figures of speech’ such as metaphors and similes freely occur (Oxford Reference, 2003) where as literal language is opposed to figurative it suggests the influence of the letter as a measure of strictness and rightness: the literal truth is seen as being true in a basic and absolute way. If something is done literally, a person follows instructions ‘to the letter’, without flexibility or imagination (Oxford Reference, 2003). In this paper several figurative language expressions will be defined and discussed by providing examples for each term, appropriate circumstances for using the expressions and when it might lead to misunderstanding. An idiom is an expression established in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in grammatical construction (as no, it wasn’t me) or in having a meaning that cannot be derived as a whole from the conjoined meanings of its elements (as Monday week for “the Monday a week after next Monday”; many a for “many taken distributively”; had better for “might better”; how are you? for “what is the state of your health or feelings?”) (Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary, 2002) Also an idiom doesn’t mean what its individual words mean. In Italian, “In the mouth of the wolf” is an idiom, it means “Good luck”, and “kick the bucket”...
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...Language is a living organism which should be spoken or written in order to survive. Language is passed from one generation to another as parents pass their language on to their children and so on, so the language continues to live. Languages such as English, Spanish and Chinese are healthy languages. They exist in oral and written forms and are used by hundreds of millions of people around the world. But most of the approximately seven thousand languages are not as healthy. They are used by very few people as children do not learn from their parents. As a result, these languages are in danger of disappearing. When, however a language is dying? A language dies when the last person to speak it, dies. This happens in many parts of the world. There are dozens of languages that have only one speaker. According to Professor Harrison “The key to revitalizing a language is by motivating a new generation of speakers”. In my opinion this statement is absolutely truth as languages are staying alive only if they are spoken rather than written. It is important to note that there are many languages that do not have a written form but they have been surviving for many thousands of years orally. Consequently it is really important to prevent these languages from disappearing because its language represents the culture and the tradition of a nation as well as the knowledge of the people speaking the language. In conclusion, I think that teaching the new generation these languages...
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