Define the following terms in your own words. Do not use textbook definitions, but imagine how you would describe these terms to other students.
1. Thesis: A thesis is the main point you are trying to get across.
2. Narratives: Narratives are like little stories included in a speech that can help break up a structured approach and can help make the audience more interested
3. Analogies: Analogies are comparisons you can use to make a point more clear
4. Testimony: A testimony is the opinion of someone on the subject at hand.
5. Presentation aids: Presentation aids is an immune deficiency one acquires through unprotected joint presentations. (actually it is extra materials used to make a presentation more involved like visual aids like a fossil if you are giving a presentation on fossilization)
6. Models: Models are replicas used to show a something complex a great example is DNA and the double-helix.
7. Motivated Sequence: A motivated sequence is a pattern where you motivate the audience to sympathize with your cause.
8. Orientation: This is directing the audience to the purpose of the speech or what it is going to cover.
9. Closure: Closure is the wrapping up of the speech. Lets the audience know that you have completed your speech
Name 3 examples of presentation aids.
1. Graphs
2. Charts
3. Videos
Name 6 patterns that are involved with Public Speaking.
1. Temporal
2. Spatial
3. Topical
4. Problem-Solution
5. Cause-Effect/Effect-Cause
6. Motivated
What is the difference between a conclusion and closure?
1. Thesis: A thesis is the main point you are trying to get across.
2. Narratives: Narratives are like little stories included in a speech that can help break up a structured approach and can help make the audience more interested
3. Analogies: Analogies are comparisons you can use to make a point more clear
4. Testimony: A testimony is the opinion of someone on the subject at hand.
5. Presentation aids: Presentation aids is an immune deficiency one acquires through unprotected joint presentations. (actually it is extra materials used to make a presentation more involved like visual aids like a fossil if you are giving a presentation on fossilization)
6. Models: Models are replicas used to show a something complex a great example is DNA and the double-helix.
7. Motivated Sequence: A motivated sequence is a pattern where you motivate the audience to sympathize with your cause.
8. Orientation: This is directing the audience to the purpose of the speech or what it is going to cover.
9. Closure: Closure is the wrapping up of the speech. Lets the audience know that you have completed your speech
Name 3 examples of presentation aids.
1. Graphs
2. Charts
3. Videos
Name 6 patterns that are involved with Public Speaking.
1. Temporal
2. Spatial
3. Topical
4. Problem-Solution
5. Cause-Effect/Effect-Cause
6. Motivated
What is the difference between a conclusion and closure?
The conclusion summarizes what you have your speech, mentioning your thesis, its importance and the main points of the speech where as the closure is the finishing off of the speech creating a clear and definitive end.
Find an article in a magazine or newspaper and summarize it in 4 sentences below.
1. Article Title: No Free “Freebird”: All your excuses for pirating music have been nuked – by record companies
2. Summary: This article talks about the issue of buying digital music and the pirating of said music. It talks about the problems of Apple’s iTunes store in its beginnings and the compatibility issues it had between devices. It makes an analogy of pirating music as compared to stealing vinyl records. It also breaks down the way royalties are split up and how they are going to be changed to better support the artist, eliminating the reason to pirate as a means of protesting record labels.
Based on your own performance, and your observations of others in class, please describe five ways in which you will make a conscious improvement during your final.
Find an article in a magazine or newspaper and summarize it in 4 sentences below.
1. Article Title: No Free “Freebird”: All your excuses for pirating music have been nuked – by record companies
2. Summary: This article talks about the issue of buying digital music and the pirating of said music. It talks about the problems of Apple’s iTunes store in its beginnings and the compatibility issues it had between devices. It makes an analogy of pirating music as compared to stealing vinyl records. It also breaks down the way royalties are split up and how they are going to be changed to better support the artist, eliminating the reason to pirate as a means of protesting record labels.
Based on your own performance, and your observations of others in class, please describe five ways in which you will make a conscious improvement during your final.
- · From reading this chapter and watching you in class I definitely think that narratives would make our presentations a lot better.
- · Visual aids are definitely a plus and I can see how doing this with the blogs is helping us with this aspect.
- · Working on a good closure could help us to avoid the “and that’s about it” issue you have told us to avoid.
- · We could also work on our conclusion with summarizes the thesis, main points, and the importance.
- · Working on engaging the audience and making them sympathize with you and your topic
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