let audience feel that something’s wrong—that the speaker is inauthentic. Then how to prepare an authentic speech and rehearse those gestures? Four underlying aims (intents): 1. To be open with your audience: Try to imagine giving your presentation to someone with whom you’re completely relaxed, or even do this in real. 2. To connect with your audience: Think about wanting—needing—to engage the listeners. Imagine that a young child you know well isn’t heeding you. To capture his attention
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taught me far more than just how to write a well written academic paper for my next four years in a college environment. Looking back on the second half of the semester, I can look back and appreciate all of the time spent preparing all of my essays, speeches, and notes for discussion. Throughout the semester, I definitely hit some speed bumps along the way; however, overcoming these dilemmas is what I will be able to carry with me throughout college. The class taught me how to be able to stand at the
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She begins to panic: What’s happening? Is there anything she can do to salvage the situation? We all know a Carol. (You may be one yourself.) We’ve all heard speeches like hers, presentations in which the speaker is apparently doing all the right things, yet something—something we can’t quite identify—is wrong. If asked about these speeches, we might describe them as “calculated,” “insincere,” “not real,” or “phoned in.” We probably wouldn’t be able to say exactly why the performance wasn’t compelling
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lives, however, when departing university, the best advice is given in preparation for adulthood. Mary Schmich’s ‘Wear Sunscreen’ (1997) and David Foster Wallace’s ‘This is Water’ (2009) are both unconventional commencement speeches which as a result have caused these speeches to gain great popularity. Despite these similarities, they both have different ways of presenting their non-traditional advice. Schmich conveys multiple points of life advice in a very concise way, whereas Wallace focus’ on
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How Two Speeches Can Change the World During the 1960’s there were many issues in the U.S. that had the nation terrified. Two speakers confronted these issues head on by delivering two awe-inspiring speeches to their audiences that appealed to them emotionally and ethically. Martin Luther King Jr. was an African American who was a civil rights activist that led peaceful protests and presented fantastic speeches. One of his most famous speeches being his “I Have a Dream” speech spoken in Washington
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Informative Speech Assignment Information Speeches: 4 - 5 minutes Speech Day: Come to class early on speech days Do not disrupt other speeches by arriving late! Turn in your speech outline with a references page Purpose of Speech: To support a clear, one-sentence thesis To use at least three different kinds of supporting material To organize the speech with an appropriate and discernible structure To experiment with creative vocal delivery and presentation To demonstrate principles of effective
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without giving that person credit for the idea is known as: A) distortion B) Embellishment C) exaggeration D) plagiarism Points Earned: 1.0/1.0 9. Speeches that primarily celebrate values and lend a sense of distinction to an event are usually: A) persuasive speeches B) informative speeches C) entertaining speeches
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Traditional On Campus Class Welcome to the Traditional On Campus version of Speech 103 Oral Communication! I look forward to getting to know each of you. Over the years, I have learned that many of you dread taking this class (don’t worry I felt the same way when I had to take this class) but I hope that you will find your worries to be unfounded. I work very hard to try to create a comfortable learning environment, primarily because I need you to participate in order
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actually intended to imagine that what if someone fails to record his or her speech; therefore, we record our individual part separately and combine them together. Hence, even if someone made mistakes, she or he can do it again without ruin other’s speeches. I think we planned ahead well so we used our own time and delivered. It not only saved time but also with less pressure compare to record speech while people are watching you. This is completely different experience to complete group speech by using
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Final reflection- SPCOM 111 1. Based on the readings and responses I was able to learn more about the design and delivery of speeches. These response assignments help me reflect on different types of concepts that we discussed about in class. The most important piece of information that I got out of the readings and response assignments was how to create a powerful speech. The beginning of the course really focused on what should be used in a speech and what shouldn’t. For example, the readings
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